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To: tejek who wrote (172492)	7/24/2003 2:30:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575293

Ted, Having said that, why do you think conservatives have never met a defense budget that's too big? Why do you think conservatives are such strong supporters of the NRA? My cousin is an MD....he's trained to save lives. He owns 4 guns, belongs to the NRA and is a card carrying conservative. Thank you very much for demonstrating more of your stereotypes. For the record, I am not a supporter of the NRA, and I think the gun culture in this country is getting to be a little out-of-hand. I do support the right to own a gun (along with the responsibility to use it properly and not to sell it to psychos), but that's about it. As for the defense budget, do I think it can get too big? You betcha. New fighter jets are cool, but what use will they be in hunting down terrorists? New artillery systems might pack a bigger punch, but what's the use if they're going to level nine civilian homes for every military bunker they take out? We can be smarter in our defense spending, no doubt about it. Now let me ask you, why do you think liberals have never met a social spending budget that's too big? Seems to me that liberals suffer from their own version of "dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity," for to them, bigger government is the answer to everything. Tenchusatsu