Are you sure it's exactly 1000 times? I ran the numbers three times and kept coming up with 936.4.
I'd love to know how a person could make that sort of a comparison, and come up with any kind of a number. Oh, I get it. It's not a literal three orders of magnitude, just a figure of speech, expressing an opinion. And from the looks of it, not an opinion subject to empirical testing. Personally, I'm of the opinion that the Social Security system is much more dangerous to the future of this country than either of those two groups. I'm quite certain its done me more harm, personally. I could quote you numbers, had I my "statement of account" from the Social Security administration handy. Christian Fundamentalists and Muslim Extremists have pretty much ignored me, though the do give me the willies when I think of them too much. Best I just ignore them back. So I'm having a tough time being critical of either group, or taking others' criticisms of them seriously. YMMV. -Eric Paul wrote: > America is now, and has always been in a thousand times more danger > from Christian fundamentalists than it will ever be from Muslim > Extremists. > > > --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "M.A. Johnson" <michaelj@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are Conservatives Crazy? > > > by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. > > > 30 March 2006 > > > > > > > > > > This is an excellent analysis of the mental split going on in the > > parties. It does gloss over one HUGELY important detail. Communism > > and Islamic terrorism are the most significant threats the US has > > faced. They are expansionist ideoligies which actively seek to > > eliminate liberty wherever they gain power. > > > > National Review and WFB were on the leading edge in 1955 as > > anti-Communists, and the anti-Islamofascist movement is on the > > forefront at the moment. If we can get Libertrian policies through to > > the people and change the government, we can easily defend against > > these ideological threats. > > > > Were the federal government reduced to its necessary minimum, the > > current 4% of GDP (25% of federal spending) would have no negative > > impact on the economy. Considering how the economy is ripping right > > now, statistical full employment, military spending is not an issue. > > By eliminating needless spending; ending the occupation of the US by > > the UN, repealing the treaty which requires the US taxpayer to pay for > > the defense of Japan, ending foreign aid spending, we would actually > > be able to CUT the military budget and still have all the defense we > > would ever need. > > > > It is instructive to note the way the anti-American crowd argues > > defense spending. They never mention the 1.2 trillion (!!) dollars of > > social gifts given away as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. > > This way they can inflate the percentage of military spending by > > talking about the 'discrectionary budget,' as though the entitlements > > were created out of Whole Cloth. They also never mention the small > > percentage defense is related to GDP because that would make their > > cries of disaster much more hot air. > > > > Two party politicians are crazy. Just look at the current immigration > > legislation. This too, like the 1986 immigration reform, they will > > not enforce, because they have intention of enforcing any immigration > > law. We have a guest worker program, called the visa. We have a > > national ID card, called the passport. We have fines for the crimes > > of entering the country illegally and highering illegal aliens. Yet, > > none of these laws are taken seriously nor enforced. So, in their > > insanity, they think they can hoodwink the population with more two > > card monte legislation. > > > > The sad fact is, they will get away with it, as we can see since 70% > > of the population can't even be bothered to vote. Would that we had > > the low voter turnout they just experienced in Israel of 63%! -- Eric S. Harris If this address ever fails, try visiting http://www.returnpath.net ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
