KlatooBNikto
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Tue Mar-29-05 06:39 AM
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We have replaced Communism with Terrorism. Expect the same |
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level of manufactured paranoia, xenophobia, mad rush into wars, more bloated defense budgets, ignoring real human needs at home,wilful flouting of international agreements etc. The only thing that is going to have to save us is our economic bankruptcy which looks like a foregone conclusion.
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SpiralHawk
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Tue Mar-29-05 06:46 AM
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1. "We have always been at war with terrorism" - Big BushCo |
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"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." - GW Bush 12/18/2000. CNN transcript
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Esra Star
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Tue Mar-29-05 07:06 AM
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2. Somebody's got to be the boogie-man |
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Otherwise how are they going to declare martial law and scare the bejeesus (?) out of everybody. Come on, get with the program.
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punpirate
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Tue Mar-29-05 07:09 AM
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... there always have to be external and internal enemies.
Bush & Co. are finding (or creating) both.
Cheers.
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patricia92243
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Tue Mar-29-05 07:28 AM
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4. How would our economic bankruptcy going to save us? |
KlatooBNikto
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Tue Mar-29-05 09:04 AM
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6. Then we wouldn't have the resources to wage wars on weak countries. |
Harlequin
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Tue Mar-29-05 08:32 AM
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5. Terrorism is the incorrect category of "-ism"... what we're looking at is |
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fascism, where the state justifies police behavior based on creating a perception of irrational fear.
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