riverman wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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riverman wrote:
"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Lazarus Cooke" wrote

Get a life guys, stop being paranoid, and killing innocent people
with your paranoia.

Go fishing.

Thank you and I mean that sincerely .... this country is so
paranoid it is it's own worst enemy

And I agree and concur wholeheartedly. Hearing Joe American from
OshKosh being paranoid about Al Queda kidnapping the local gas
jockey, or meekly submitting to having his body and luggage searched
when he takes his yearly flight to Sheboygan to visit the in-laws is
just ridiculous. When I consider Joe American's lifestyle to what I
experience here and experienced in Israel: open gunfights in the
street, tank battles in front of the complex, incoming mortar
fire....And the next day, no one is terrorized. Its back to life as
usual. Were it that Americans had such resiliance and thick skin
inside their own country. Instead of 'getting over it', which is the
ultimate power against fear, we get milked and milked by our
leaders, led by the nose all over helenback, and are an
embarassment in front of the world. Ever noticed how little
'sympathy' for 9/11 we are getting from countries who deal with
terrorism on a regular basis? We're embarassing ourselves.

I'm not sure who this "we" is. Everyone I know has gone about their
daily lives without having to pay for a shrink. Personally, I'm not
the least bit embarrased. Ever notice what little sympathy we in
America get for *anything*? Probably because we don't need it and
can take care of ourselves.
--
TL,
Tim

I'm not so sure we can 'take care of ourselves', Tim, especially when
we import so much stuff, and consume so much more than we generate.
As long as we need furrin friends, furrin oil, furrin trade, furrin
investment and rely on friendly furrin markets for our goods we can't
really 'take care of ourselves'. We need international goodwill and
cooperation in many arenas, which depends a lot on being percieved as
a goodwilled and cooperative nation outselves.

And I'm even less sure that Americans are 'going about their daily
lives'. We just allowed a ton of personal freedoms to get
compromised, we are standing in lines for airplanes for 3-4 hours, we
justify having a president who is alienating our country to many
other parts of the world because he 'makes us feel safer at home'
(and a lot of evidence shows that he is, in acuality doing the
opposite), we are rushing out to buy duct tape and window plastic, we
are casting suspicious glances at any Arabs in our midst, we no
longer travel around the world as freely as we used to, our economy
is being dragged down by the largest military budget and the largest
federal deficit in history, our country is being polarized worse than
it ever has in our countries history....exactly what about your
'daily life' is the same now as it was 5 years ago??

Just about everything. I'm not sure what folks you hang around with that
are dis'ing Arabs and rushing out to buy saran wrap and duct tape, but
advise them to invest in tin foil hats instead. ;-)

I should have known this would turn into a political rant. My bad. I'll
bail out of this end of the thread and leave the empty soapbox for you.
--
TL,
Tim
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