Bastiat?  He said:

"The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the 
expense of everybody else." --Frederic Bastiat

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:32:54 -0400 John Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>Some French guy couple hundred years ago said pretty much the same thing.
>
>On 07/10/2008 10:07:44 PM -0400
>Scandals & Animals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> I haven't been interested in a Treo 800W, so I've been deleting the 
>> messages in this thread.  Look what I've been missing!
>>
>> Economist Gary North was asked his opinion on when Americans might 
regain 
>> their freedom.  His answer: "When checks from Washington DC no longer 
buy 
>> anything."
>>
>> ...... Original Message .......
>> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:14:20 -0400 "Craig Froehle" 
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>   
>>> Possibly not before something very, very bad happens.
>>>
>>> Americans have become far too fat and happy...and lazy...for mass
>>> protests like we saw in the 60s.  And short of that, I don't see much
>>> changing for the better unless there's a long string of refreshingly
>>> sincere presidents in office.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 7:06 PM, L D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>     
>>>> IMO those who are only upset today have missed the previous 7 (perhaps 
>>>>       
>> 15) years of warnings. There is a deeper problem at work here. Hopefully it 
>> is addressed sometime soon.
>>   
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: "Sam Cayze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: 7/10/08 6:10 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: [Treo] Treo 800w
>>>>
>>>> I my eyes, A VERY VERY sad day in the history of the United States.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>>>> John Messeder
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 5:05 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Treo] Treo 800w
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> President Bush signed today a law which effectively guarantees that any
>>>> entity with access to our communications, writings, calendars, etc. can
>>>> turn over that information to law enforcement. No judges, no search
>>>> warrants. Just someone noticing that you've sent an email to someone
>>>> named Mahmoud.
>>>> With the Fourth Amendment out of the way, I guess worrying about
>>>> Apple and Microsoft is pointless.
>>>> On the other hand, my Treo680 still does a bunch of stuff that's
>>>> important to me, that no other device does.
>>>> Oh, well.
>>>>
>>>> On 07/10/2008 5:28:44 PM -0400
>>>> L D <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ldouglas%40gmail.com> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> Except where it comes to Canadian rate plans (allegedly)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't dispute that Apple is good at what it does, I just personally
>>>>>         
>>>> don't like that kind of Microsoftian approach.
>>>>       
>>>>> -----Original Message-----

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