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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (245775)	4/6/2002 12:14:43 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Paki/India nuke thing - we're being prepared for a bit of nuclear unpleasantness. If I were a suspicious person, I might think that the only way a fascist operation can keep power in the face of the internet is by escalating the fear factor. Good thing I'm not suspicious. Unfortunately, reading "The Police State" last night recalled how Nazis very deliberately increased the fear factor to get and retain the support of German citizens, making sure things got and stayed violent. That doesn't mean it isn't a violent world out there. It does mean we need to avoid becoming a party to the violence of others, and defend ourselves at home. It makes me suspicious when we become the Nanny to the world, then the cop to the world, then Supreme Master of the World, which is where we are heading. That's good the for the masters of the Master, but not so good for the citizens of the cities of the US. Only the citizens want safety. The leaders gain politically and financially from fear and chaos. At least in Nazi Germany. Maybe we're lucky, and when we open all the 20 years' pres papers and FOIA, we'll find contributions to charities and orphanages and cures for cancer. I doubt it, tho'