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Old August 27th 04, 07:18 AM
C J Campbell
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"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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He didn't look the kind of guy I wanted to argue with...

Seriously? He would have assaulted you? On what grounds?


Gee, I dunno. Disobeying a Secret Service agent's direct order, perhaps?

I have to believe there's a law broken in there, somewhere...



Wise move. Those guys can turn from extremely polite to extremely serious
in a blink of an eye.


Granted. Still, I wonder by what legal authority they stopped Jay from going
to his plane? Would they have shot him? For merely going about his daily
business? What kind of headlines would that have made? What if Jay had
called the cops?

Solzhenitsyn said in "The Gulag Archipelago" that the Soviet people could
have lifted their oppression at any time. What if, instead of submitting to
the Cheka, the person being arrested in the middle of the night said no? And
everyone around him said no? In the end, that is how the Soviet Union fell.

They know that they cannot kill us all. They know that they need us more
than we need them. Why else do you think they are so frightened? It is
because they can no longer do their dirty work in secret. In every computer
in every house, from every fax machine and every telephone, the word
spreads, no matter what lies are printed in the newspapers, no matter what
they say on the television or broadcast over satellites.

They are few. The people are many. We can also turn from extremely polite to
extremely serious in the blink of an eye. All it takes is a match to kindle
the flame.


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Old August 27th 04, 02:14 PM
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They are few. The people are many. We can also turn from extremely polite
to
extremely serious in the blink of an eye. All it takes is a match to

kindle
the flame.


I do believe that a revolution is coming in America.

If you extend all the current trend-lines out to their ultimate conclusion,
it appears inevitable.

Or, of course, something bizarre could occur. It used to be called
"compromise" -- although I haven't seen it in quite a while, and I'm not
sure the problems we've got now lend themselves well to it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


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Old August 27th 04, 03:35 PM
C J Campbell
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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They are few. The people are many. We can also turn from extremely polite

to
extremely serious in the blink of an eye. All it takes is a match to

kindle
the flame.


I do believe that a revolution is coming in America.


The thing that keeps a lid on revolution is the perception that change is
possible through elections. We get to 'revolt' every four years.

However such a revolution takes place, it is very unlikely to be the one
that bin Laden dreamed of.


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Old August 27th 04, 04:36 PM
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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They are few. The people are many. We can also turn from extremely

polite
to
extremely serious in the blink of an eye. All it takes is a match to

kindle
the flame.


I do believe that a revolution is coming in America.


The thing that keeps a lid on revolution is the perception that change is
possible through elections. We get to 'revolt' every four years.

However such a revolution takes place, it is very unlikely to be the one
that bin Laden dreamed of.


More likely it'll look like the Weimar Republic.



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Old August 27th 04, 04:35 PM
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Most of us believe that what we get every four years is REALLY revolting.

Jim



-The thing that keeps a lid on revolution is the perception that change is
-possible through elections. We get to 'revolt' every four years.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com
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Old August 27th 04, 04:47 PM
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"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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Most of us believe that what we get every four years is REALLY revolting.

Evidently, every TWO years, too. Strange thing, though, 98+% of the time
they do it to themselves AGAIN.


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Old August 27th 04, 10:25 PM
C J Campbell
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"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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Most of us believe that what we get every four years is REALLY revolting.

Jim


Especially this year, when the choice appears to be between Darth Vader
("Bring me the prisoners! I want them alive!") and Gollum (tracing the image
of a heart shaped medallion: "Soooo beautiful. Soooo Preciousss.")


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Old August 27th 04, 11:45 PM
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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Most of us believe that what we get every four years is REALLY

revolting.

Jim


Especially this year, when the choice appears to be between Darth Vader
("Bring me the prisoners! I want them alive!") and Gollum (tracing the

image
of a heart shaped medallion: "Soooo beautiful. Soooo Preciousss.")


I thought the choice was more on the order of Beavis and Butt Head.



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Old August 28th 04, 03:27 PM
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Dave Stadt wrote:

"C J Campbell" wrote in message

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
Most of us believe that what we get every four years is REALLY

revolting.

Jim


Especially this year, when the choice appears to be between Darth Vader
("Bring me the prisoners! I want them alive!") and Gollum (tracing the

image
of a heart shaped medallion: "Soooo beautiful. Soooo Preciousss.")


I thought the choice was more on the order of Beavis and Butt Head.


No. Beavis & ButtHead are (at times) amusing.

But I truly believe you denigrate Mr. Vader by comparing him to
the current occupant of that place at 1600 whatever. Vadr knew how to
motivate his troops. And in the end, put himself on the front line.
(Well, at least in Episode 4 -- or SW1, however you wish to count)


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Old August 27th 04, 04:32 PM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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They are few. The people are many. We can also turn from extremely

polite
to
extremely serious in the blink of an eye. All it takes is a match to

kindle
the flame.


I do believe that a revolution is coming in America.


I do, too. Unfortunately, unless Americans, by and large, change between the
ears, it will onyl end up worse.

Remember that all those politicians in Washington, your state capital, your
county and city offices, was put in there by votes of your firends and
neighbors (certainly YOU had nothing to do with it...di you?).

If you extend all the current trend-lines out to their ultimate

conclusion,
it appears inevitable.


Yup...no longer a matter of IF, but of WHEN.


Or, of course, something bizarre could occur. It used to be called
"compromise" -- although I haven't seen it in quite a while, and I'm not
sure the problems we've got now lend themselves well to it.


Maybe it was those who were willing to compromise their liberty for a
freebie or other handout had something to do with it.


--
"He that would make his own liberty secure,
must guard even his enemy from oppression;
for if he violates this duty, he establishes
a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine


 




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