Hi Sam!
11 Jan 2003, "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Bush invented the Department of homeland security (also known as
>> "Big Brother") 170000 people working there, budget of over 35
>> billion $/year !!!!!!
SE> Homeland Security is a new bureaucratic catch all that reassigns many
SE> existing departments and governmental bureaus to a new dept and gives
SE> them all a new focus.
I know ...
but many people (including me) fear that it is used to cut freedom of citizens
more, and to use it to increase their $$$. (so that dhs gets more money at the
end, than the single organizations got before)
anyways ... we will see.
And things tend to look worse at the beginning than that they really are at
the end. (I hope you understand this grammatically wrong sentence)
>> Boy ... I can't say how happy I am that I had the luck of not being
>> born in the US !
SE> Perhaps this is easier for your conscience. I'm proud to be an
SE> American, proud of our American democratic ideals and proud of many
SE> things that Americans have accomplished in the world,
Sure ...
I apologize for having written that.
SE> including helping to rebuild Austria with the Marshall Plan after
SE> World War II.
and this was a really great help.
But it was also a great help for america :)
But it took many intelligent persons to realize this.
And I'm very glad that they were all there.
Both very much helped the opther ones economy.
But for austria there's a another (IMO even bigger help) as the USA allowed
Austria to become a free country.
This was a really courageous move, and I don't know if I would have allowed it
if I would have been america.
This together with the support of east berlin was very, very important.
SE> I think there is another current in America besides the fear and
SE> insecurity provoked by the terrible events of 9-11. A current that
SE> has deep respect for freedom and the Bill of Rights. I think this
SE> current will reassert itself.
I hope so ...
But the trend to limit freedom of citizens is not only an american problem.
We (all) have to fight against it.
SE> Sam Ewalt
CU, Ricsi
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