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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (906955)	12/9/2015 7:27:13 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1571929

Somehow Perfect Justice And Fairness Keep Eluding Our Grasp Manhattan Contrarian by Francis Menton Down in Venezuela a claimed majority of the population for some 16 years has bought into the line, sometimes going under the name of "socialism," that perfect justice and fairness between and among people could be achieved by the government ordering that it be so. As payback for their foolishness, the Venezuelans have been rewarded with near complete loss of freedom and rights, plummeting GDP, sinking incomes, soaring real poverty, empty stores, endless waits in lines, plus a dictator's daughter who has stolen $4 billion from the people, and a former treasury secretary who somehow has over $11 billion is Swiss bank accounts. With the recent election, the Venezuelans may now finally begin to extricate themselves from their self-inflicted predicament. Then again, this was only a legislative election, and the ruling overlords who have been empowered by the "socialist" revolution are not about to give up their power easily. Cont...

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (906955)	12/10/2015 2:32:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571929

Eric, Yes - I know - they are afraid to discuss the failure of DHS/NSA intelligence gathering and the reliance on the cell phone collection - which also did nothing. Seems travel information would have been more of an indicator. Not to worry, Hillary will call on Silicon Valley to "write an app" that will fight ISIS. Only reason why Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook aren't telling Hillary to go pound sand is because they fear Donald Trump more. Tenchusatsu