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To: sylvester80 who wrote (6862)	9/20/2002 3:30:07 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

most such political debates are pointless Republicans bankrupt the nation and fill the pockets of the corporations & wealthy with tax money Democrats bankrupt the nation and fill the pockets of the poor & dispossessed with tax money get a grip on the reality of this bankruptcy many mistakes made on each side of the AISLE many congressional bills laden with PORK projects many committee recommendations for improvements, cost savings, efficiencies TOTALLY IGNORED many corrupt acts committed inside the White House (NIXON, CLINTON) get a grip on the reality of the failure of Democracy Karl Marx put it best, with something like... "A DEMOCRACY IS DOOMED ONCE ITS CITIZENS LEARN THAT THEY CAN LEGALLY VOTE THEMSELVES MONEY FROM THE NATION'S TREASURY " / jim

To: sylvester80 who wrote (6862)	9/20/2002 3:31:49 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Folks are speaking out over on Zeev's thread... Message 18015537 <<...Iraqi society is not like Korea, Germany or Japan, it isn't cohesive or unified in any sense. There are way too many conflicting variables in that country and that region to suppose that the aftermath of such a war is predictable or will be easy to control. If such a war leads to greater anti-Americanism within the Arab world, if it leads to, say, destabilizing a country like Pakistan which we KNOW has usable nuclear weapons and which already has a sizable population which is anti-American, it could be even more disastrous for this country and for other countries in the region than the status quo...>>