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To: rrufff who wrote (5322)	1/1/2004 6:06:00 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

My point is that terrorism has never killed on a mass basis. Followed by loose nukes that have been around since the end of the Soviet Union. Followed by no use of any such weapon despite very bad people with lots of money and no morals whatsoever about using them. Followed by a dozen ways I can think of (as an amateur) to perpetrate an ongoing terrorist campaign that would scare the crap out of most Americans without ever touching a WMD of any kind. Hasn't happened, I don't know why. I look at OBL as a one-time lucky guy who is either very smart or totally incompetent now. I'm not saying choose between terror or drunk drivers, just like you can't reasonably say do we what we do now or "shut our eyes" to everything. I am saying that threats to the common good have to be put in perspective - handing out mass propaganda fear notices when there ain't diddly squat the average American can do about rogue nukes or rogue pilots is nonsense. I'm still at a loss to understand why government can save us from terrorists but wastes every dime it tries to spend to help people otherwise. The same bureaucrats who draw gallons of bile from the right are heroes and saviors if they happen to focus on the right's agenda. I am just looking for some balance and perspective. Which I don't see in Washington or Peoria right now. What exactly does "reassessment" mean when it comes to dismantling the Bill of Rights? It's a safe term for debate, but the devil is always in the details. Do we have a choice, scrap our freedoms or ignore terrorism? That way lies madness.