Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-24 Thread Bob Stokes
Joshua2 writes: I hope you're right Bob but I am forced to believe otherwise. The government and the Military have been eroding the Posse Comitadas (?) protections over a period of years now, and all it takes is for the Presidents signature to use the military against its own citizens. Bob

Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-19 Thread Nurev Ind Research
Bob Stokes wrote: In a message dated 00-06-18 17:24:33 EDT, Joshua2 writes: They are our very own occupying troops, and would shoot you and me down like rabid dogs in the street if ordered to even though we pay their wages and are the citizens of the country they suposedly work for.

[CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-18 Thread Alamaine
From http://www.sunspot.net/content/opinion/story?section=opinionpagename=storystor yid=1150340229802 }}Begin The Army at 225: a new patriotism By Eric K. Shinseki WASHINGTON -- In two weeks, Mel Gibson's latest movie, "The Patriot," opens nationwide. Set during the American Revolution, it is

Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-18 Thread Yardbird
Today, thousands of soldiers serve around the globe to maintain our freedom and to provide the promise of a better life to others for whom liberty is but a dream. And that liberty will always be a dream under an occupation by US soldiers as they aren't there to secure liberty but to advance

Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-18 Thread Nurev Ind Research
Yardbird wrote: Today, thousands of soldiers serve around the globe to maintain our freedom and to provide the promise of a better life to others for whom liberty is but a dream. And that liberty will always be a dream under an occupation by US soldiers as they aren't there to secure

Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?

2000-06-18 Thread Bob Stokes
In a message dated 00-06-18 17:24:33 EDT, Joshua2 writes: They are our very own occupying troops, and would shoot you and me down like rabid dogs in the street if ordered to even though we pay their wages and are the citizens of the country they suposedly work for. This is not true.