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To: ManyMoose who wrote (137891)	6/24/2004 9:15:43 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

dkosopedia.com!! The courts, I think, are our weakest link. The courts are responsible for the few rights that Americans have left. Bush and Ashcroft's Patriot Act suspends habeus corpus and takes a big whiz all over the Bill of Rights. They are pushing this "activist judge" propaganda to further their own agenda.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (137891)	6/24/2004 10:53:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

An equal vote? I guess it would depend on what you meant by "equal". After what happened in Florida I am not all that impressed with the "equality" of access to the voting booth, and I think firms like Diebold make the whole concept of believing in the accuracy of the vote a dicey thing. Better civil service? Norway, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Australia, probably New Zealand- however I'll defer to Maurice on that one... There are more countries that probably have a more dedicated civil service, but off the top of my head I come up with those countries listed above. All those countries have better educational rankings than the US- and all but Canada are more livable, at least as defined by some surveys. news.bbc.co.uk lib.muohio.edu