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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (19307)	10/16/2004 1:54:14 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

I see a different view: I'd like to see an environment where the individual is free to take responsibility for his or her own security, and less regulation of the means to do that. Yes, I think the government should keep people from flying planes into buildings and such. I think it should be careful how it goes about that and quit bothering little old ladies at the airport by peering under their wrist watches and going through their handbags. Go after the barbarians. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are in their 80s. They always get frisked at the airport. My brother-in-law, a single man in his fifties with dark hair and swarthy skin, rarely gets the third degree. To me, this is absurd. John Kerry is no friend of freedom, because he consistently works against freedoms that are guaranteed (not granted, for they are natural rights) in the Bill of Rights.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (19307)	10/16/2004 2:13:16 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

What freedoms do you consider "foolish and extreme"? For the record, 9/11 happened because of incompetence, to remind you: ... cockpit doors were not hardened ... visas were not monitored ... preflight screenings were shoddy ... FBI field agent warnings from AZ were ignored ... FBI field agent requests from MN were denied They could never have foreseen the extreme freedoms that some Americans would foolishly demand to the detriment of their own physical safety. The founders' wisdom projected forward to the 21stC would never condone the reckless national security level that permitted the terrorist attack of Sept 11.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (19307)	10/16/2004 2:24:32 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

For the past 18 months our soldiers and intelligence agencies have been free to monitor communications, kick in doors, hold people indefinitly, drop bombs at will and otherwise have total control of Iraq - yet the violence and insurgency is getting worse. But you say curtailing freedom is necessary to fight terror? Yesterday you somehow linked liberalism and communism. Today you say we have too many freedoms. I'm beginning to think AS's opinion of you may be somewhat on target. They could never have foreseen the extreme freedoms that some Americans would foolishly demand to the detriment of their own physical safety. The founders' wisdom projected forward to the 21stC would never condone the reckless national security level that permitted the terrorist attack of Sept 11.