Thanks Hank, The irony is that absent greed even the greedy could have more. All we need is to methodically give up our addiction to weaponry. Sort of like a nicotine patch, we can just dedicate a smaller portion of our budget to weapons each year. As it is, we spend nearly as much as the entire rest of the world combined. We have such a security margin that it really won't be much of a risk. If we are truly the "home of the brave" we will have the courage to do this. If we don't we will be increasingly giving up our freedom to the military-industrial complex. Long live the home of the brave and the land of the free! Let freedom ring!
In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower stated, "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in a real sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed --those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone--it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." Here is a website that shows what we could do with the money. If we chose to do this the world would be outraged at anyone that would attack us. Our security would almost certainly be enhanced. http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_a/mod02/www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/index.shtml Take care, Dave Watkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "WEBMASTER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:34 AM > Well said David. > > Your excellent statement reminded me of the slogan, "There is > enough in the world for all human need, there is not enough in the world > for human greed." > > Hank ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================= 4 Portals - 2 Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No More BuSHIT! It all starts HERE: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) AND HERE: http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (Featured News) AND HERE: http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (Urgent News) =============================================================
