True. This is the land that I love- the land that can lead me to tears or smiles.
On Jul 4, 11:18�pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > If anyone is offended or put off by an all-in-one reply to a number of > posts, please let me know. > > Don, I don't want to rain on your 4th but there is rejoicing to be had > hiding in the midst of the slaughter. �What is the news is that it is > received from hidden cell phone videos and twitter. �And that news > celebrates freedom. �The freedom that happens when a government can no > longer keep the voice of it's people locked up and shut away. �That is > the freedom that moves me the most this 4th of July. �It's a new > freedom that most people don't realize has emerged as yet. > > And yeah. �It was an apology. �Gee, George, we're real sorry but we're > taking our leave of you and shake the dust off our sleeves in the > process. �The iconic phrase 'dear john' should really be a 'dear > george'. However, I do think the signers went a little overboard with > the details. �A few cursory acknowledgments should have been > sufficient given that we merely did what we could as soon as it became > financially feasible. � We were lucky we didn't have to face off all > of Europe with what we were trying to pull off. �A fully elected > government? �My god, man. �What were we thinking? > > iam, we are completely and securely sheltered under the rule of law. > It never went anywhere. �It just got stronger. �And eliminate the > corporations? �Because that's what would happen if you took away their > status as persons. �That would be as bad a jolt as the elimination of > all the banks. �Everything would come to a screeching halt. �Riots > would erupt like instant cancers across the land. �Why would you wish > something like that? �I don't think you really meant that, did you? > > And Jackson? �I was just beginning to think we as a species may be > behaving rationally when along comes this circus with half the world > drooling over the center ring and who's that in the box office > twirling his mustache and counting the lucre? �That and letting some > sports event preempt the Nightly World News. �They both ring of > idiocy. > > Tinker, think about it. �The rule of law is not supposed to be in the > hands of the people. �It's supposed to be in the hands of government. > That is one of the reasons people create governments. �Otherwise we'd > have pretty much ad hoc chaos. �Rules are necessary on several levels, > but I find a general rule of law in civil torts that's we are all held > to. �Civil law in most developed nation is based on the concept of > fair dealing and the behavior of a prudent person. �The standard is > laid out in four elements. �There must be a duty to behave in a > certain manner. �That duty must have been violated. �That violation > must have caused damages for which people then turn to the courts for > reparation. �We can't just whip out our swords and chase down the bad > guy ourselves anymore. �Oh, and just who is it that �are pulling the > puppet strings of our leaders? �I'd like to have their names. �Your > rant seems to be winding up and becoming somewhat frenetic. �Are you > all right? > > Don, it may not be up to just the people of the United States to > decide whether to go after past administrations for anything like war > crimes. �We've done it and other nations do it all the time and it's > possible one of our allies or even a neutral middle-east nation might > be able to investigate and prosecute perceived war crimes. �We > certainly did it after WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and probably every other > war. > > As a for real right now for instance, the U.N. recently launched an > investigation into Arizona's wild west Sheriff Joe Arpaio for human > rights violations. �I mean, everything is still quiet down here, but I > think the reality and shock of it may have not yet worn off. �The U.N. > aimed right for the jaws of the beast tackling the most popular > sheriff in Arizona. �Joe's already told the press he's not afraid of a > U.N. investigation. �He's trying to go down in hisory with the other > Arizona greats. �Earp, Holliday, Dillon, Cartwright and Little Joe. > Arpaio was recently elected to his third term as Sheriff of Maricopa > County. > > Rigsy, I'm sorry, but at one time or another about half the country > felt like you do now, and about half feels the other way. �Actually, > slightly more than half. �That's what it's like astride a democracy in > action. �Imagine what it's like in a nation where rebels overnight > take over the government where you live? > > The Force is copyrighted? �How can that be? �It's ... its ... The > Force? > > Nixon was real dirty but I still liked the guy. �I think he did a lot > of good. �But he got caught with his hand in the pot wrapped around > the smoking gun with a shit-eating grin on his face. �He had to fall. > Either that or shoot it out with the people. �And in the instant > issue, I don't think you can prosecute someone for being stupid. �Now > Cheney, he may be a feather off a different horse along with a few > other second round hitters. �I wouldn't mind seeing Ashcroft go to > prison for a few years. �He's so soft and tender and such a fascist. > > And with you, Francis. �And may the breath of Allah caress your > forehead as an evening breeze. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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