jb, You certainly seem angry at the world - too angry to have a substantive discussion. I hope you can find a productive use for all that energy. For now, I'll get out of your way. Best wishes, Brennen >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: laureates against the war >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:05:01 EST > >In a message dated 02/14/2003 10:32:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > The real question, the one I am attempting to address squarely, is what > > should America now do? > >Well, it should gets it collective ass out of other peoples' countries, it >should stop looting their economies, it should stop propping up ruthless >dictators, and it should stop devouring the world's resources out of >proportion to just about every other country. For myself, I don't see >anywhere in your remarks that you are attempting to 'address squarely' what >America should do now. Mostly you've been blithering about George Bush, >and >how he was 'elected' -- and you don't seem to realize that a serious >disagreement exits within this country as to whether or not he was elected >-- >and how we should all get behind him and kill Iraqis, Afghanis,or whomever. >This is not, as some on this list would suggest, a sophisticated issue -- >it's all about the money -- the tens of trillions (that's trillions, Bubba) >that Iraqi oil alone represents to Western Oil Companies. That's why we're >being put at risk, so that the corpocracy can swell up like a bloated tick. >If we have to lose a few buildings -- or a few cities -- then tough shit. >(Please, don't anyone waste their time telling me that it's about World >Domination -- the only reason any country would want to dominate the world >is >to cash in on it.) Now I accept that there isn't much one can do about it, >but neither do we have to sit around writing paeans to our inglorious >leaders, and waxing sentimental about a view of America one gets from a >Jimmy >Stewart movie. > >jb... > > > >They hang the man and flog the woman >That steal the goose from off the common, >But let the greater villain loose >That steals the common from the goose. > >Constant apprehension of war has the same tendency >to render the head too large for the body. A standing military >force with an overgrown executive will not long be safe. >companions to liberty. -- Thomas Jefferson > > >"America is a quarter of a billion people totally misinformed and >disinformed >by their government. This is tragic but our media is -- I wouldn't even say >corrupt -- it's just beyond telling us anything that the government doesn't >want us to know." > >Gore Vidal _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963