[Rhodes22-list] You can believe it, Ed (political)

[TN Rhodey]

Robert,

Well said sir!

Wally

>From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] You can believe it, Ed (political)
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:20:30 -0400
>
>Now, Ed, don't run off the end of the field with the ball.
>
>While I may be constitutionally and fiscally conservative,
>I remain concerned with the less fortunate of my neighbors
>and am an advocate of effective social support programs,
>ones that do not perpetuate the poverty cycle.
>
>I proudly support some initiatives that some would call
>"liberal", but also advocate a barbed wire necklace for
>our elected officials, something we can jerk when they
>try to spend our money to buy themselves another term.
>
>But I also support effective response to threats and
>attacks, and by effective I mean closely directed and
>clearly defined action with good intelligence behind it.
>
>I do not support a cowboy-with-a-shotgun-shooting-from-the-hip
>approach to international affairs, and I remain mindful
>of Eisenhauer's warning about the "military-industrial
>complex."
>
>So it is not correct to assume that I buy all the rhetoric
>that you expouse.  I try to recognize and understand what
>works woth my ethical structure and avoid that which seems
>ill-founded, ineffective, or unjustified.
>
>Emmerson states: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of
>little minds."  I interpret that to mean that someone who
>buys the whole Republican (or Democratic) line is not
>really exercising their grey cells or moral muscle.
>
>The mischievous aspect of consistancy is that it tricks one
>into thinking that one is thinking.
>
>In any case, Ed, it seems to me that those who live near
>terrorists or other delinquents know that their neighbors
>are up to no good.  If they also know that the wrath of the
>attacked will be visited on them 100-fold, they are likely
>to encourage the miscreants to move elsewhere -- or rat
>them out.
>
>/Robert, not in a box.
>
>Britanica:
>
>Main Entry: hob·gob·lin  Pronunciation: 'häb-"gäb-l&n
>Function: noun: a mischievous goblin
>
>Main Entry: gob·lin  Pronunciation: 'gäb-l&n
>Function: noun:   an ugly or grotesque sprite that is
>mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>
>Tootle wrote:
> >
> > Brad,
> >      The last few years, at least since he moved north, Bob has been 
>aligned
> > with the liberals.  Now he makes this reply.  Simply amazing.  Who would
> > have ever imagined.  It must no longer be a haven.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> >
> > Robert Skinner wrote:
> > >
> > > Brad Haslett wrote:
> > >> Philip,
> > >> You are getting very close to the real issue...
> > >> Let's say out of a billion Muslims (to keep the math simple) 990 
>million
> > >> are
> > >> more interested in getting a decent meal, housing, and education for
> > >> their
> > >> kids...
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, that leaves 10 million whackos.
> > > Blowing them to perdition is the only education
> > > that would be effective.
> > >
> > > But 10M deaths could also be regarded as genocide.
> > >
> > > Hmmm...  Is it genocide to wipe out 0.1% of all the
> > > cockroaches in the world?
> > >
> > > As an enlightened former Marine, I have no trouble
> > > with this, but there aren't a lot of us around,
> > > and somehow, I don't expect the UN to take action.
> > >
> > > The proper response may be to inflict 100 times as
> > > many casualties as we have suffered in any specific
> > > incident on the most obvious supporters of
> > > terrorist activity, immediately, wherever we find
> > > them.  We'd have a hit list handy.  90% collateral
> > > damage would be acceptable.
> > >
> > > Now, who wants to be anywhere near a terrorist
> > > cell?  Would terrorist leaders want to sacrifice
> > > themselves to promote their program?  Seems that
> > > they send boys and girls to do their dirty work.
> > >
> > > Just an idea...
> > >
> > > /Robert Skinner
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