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August 9, 2004:
To Reiterate:
People who make terrorist threats, when apprehended, should receive
the same punishment as though they had actually carried out the
threat. The most recent incident was the train traveling to New
York where a bomb threat caused a major problem for the authorities
and the travelers. The cost of this insanity was enormous, to
the police and to the travelers. Here again, the punishment should
be proportional to the cost of recovery from the crime. The person
who did this, if apprehended, should get life in prison without
parole. It is not a prank. It is a seriously disruptive felony.
If it is not defined as such now, it should be!
The Commission:
The report has been published and the speeches have been made.
If I understand it correctly, the major recommendations of the
commission is to have congress reduce their meddling and add
two more levels of bureaucracy to our security system. I like
the idea of having congress butt out. As to the two new bureaucrats,
why in the world do they think the system failed in the first
place? It failed because of entrenched bureaucracy. Adding more
of those kind of people won't fix it. The congress will probably
not act on this report and King George is already mush-mouthing
around it. They are all going on vacation. No one will act to
make any meaningful change. After all their work, the commission's
report will be set aside and forgotten. Of course, we have a
long history of ignoring history.
About the Military:
This commission report may have helped the military. They were
able to issue their report on prisoner abuse under the smoke
of the commission's report. I suspect the hope is it will not
be noticed under the shadow of national security.
GM:
I have not seen their irresponsible ad lately where fools play
frisbee from moving cars. Maybe they got smart and pulled it.
That is not enough. The fool who approved that ad should be dismissed
with cause and no recompense. The agency that created the ad
should also be blacklisted as a GM provider.
Contradictions:
Drink responsibly. How do we do that? Alcohol impairs human functionality.
Everyone knows that. Drink responsible is a contradictory con
perpetrated by the booze manufactures who continue to target
children in their ads. Now the newest nonsense is gamble responsibly.
It's the same game with a different set of con men. Gambling
is by definition irresponsible. They know that.
Another Idiocy in Michigan:
This is another case wherein the government's punishment is totally
unrelated to the crime involved. We now have laws which allow
the police to take away a person's drivers license when they
pump and run. Pump and run means to steal gasoline. The people
fill up their tank and drive away without paying. That is stealing.
It is either a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the value
of the stolen merchandise. It is not a traffic violation for
Gord's sake. Should we also take the driver's license of the
guy who drives the getaway car at a bank heist and then let him
walk? The proper charge is theft. The people who steal gas should
go to the slammer not lose their drivers license. So long as
we have morons in law enforcement and government, we will have
irrational moronic laws. They are as stupid as the people who
steal the gasoline.
Terrorism:
I cannot believe the rabble. The polls say that a large majority
of the voters trust Bush to handle the war on terrorism. They
cannot seem to notice that he has absolutely bungled the situation
in Afghanistan. Then he invaded Iraq on a trumped up charge and
got a bunch of our kids killed for no reason. He has our military
spread so thin that we are sending exhausted troops back into
battle situations. On top of that he is making noises about Syria
and Iran. I wonder if these fools believe in Santa Claus too?
The Convention:
It seems a large number of Democrats were attending private parties
wherein they are lavishly wined and dined by wealthy private
interests. The same thing will happen at the Republican Convention.
Of course the media tries to muscle their way into these private
affairs. They have been thrown out of some and they affect a
great pretense of indignation. In a way the media people remind
me of the police of olden days who would drill tiny holes in
crapper walls. Then they would sit for hours peeking through
their tiny holes at the unsuspecting occupants. What a life.
Kerry:
He says he want's to rebuild our alliances. Okay! Alliances with
who? Who are our allies? The only ones I would trust are England,
Canada, Australia, and possibly Germany. We already have suitable
relations with them. Most other nations would betray us in a
minute if it suited their purpose. Any other alliances we make
should be based on short term common interests and should be
limited to the achievement of that interest. They should also
be limited in time.
Bush:
We saw another funeral on television for a GI who was killed
in Iraq. Of course, taps was performed on the traditional bugle.
That is a mournful heart tearing melody. It is one I think George
should have to hear for half an hour each evening as he retires.
Even So:
Now that we are in Iraq, we must stay a while. Things are gong
to turn in favor of the interim government. The terrorist butchers
are getting desperate. They are now murdering large numbers of
Iraqis. That will turn the population against them. We must stay
there even if it makes George look good. We must be there to
support the government when the people turn on the insurgents.
No matter how or why we got into it, we must be there to help
clean it up.
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