Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Re: Queens Libertarian Party election issues Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 01:33:09 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:03:17 EDT, WTurtleNY@aol.com wrote: >=A0But, in truth, I would rather cut a librarian than a police= officer. =A0I like >=A0my skin just the way it is and a police officer offers the best= possibility >=A0for keeping it intact in these times. Do you live in the City ? There is a ridiculous number of cops= around . The tend to loiter in clusters so its not as if they are doing= anything useful . And then they are joined by a few AR16 toting cammo wearing= would-be warriors . Pray tell , what the hell are they doing which is "keeping us= intact" ? They are just overtiming us into bankruptcy . And again , I invite you to come and see the enormous area they= have commandeered downtown here . They have taken down the 15 foot= blue walls which surrounded and hid their activities in many areas= around the headquarters , but I still can't take a short cut from city= hall to my nearest grocery store without going thru a police check= point . I , for one , HATE living in a police state . It's worse that= Rome with their machinegun toting carbineri . GOD DAMN IT that is not what this country is suppose to be about= . >=A0Our problem is not with the police. =A0It's with the policy= makers. =A0To >=A0paraphrase an old NRA saying: >=A0The police don't spy on people, politicians spy on people. Don't discount the idea that the police are spying on our= meetings . I don't believe they have any sense of proportion . And they= have the budget . It will be secret police acting for politicians in= our meetings not secret politicians . Politicians can't spy ; they couldn't keep their mouths shut . And it is our government's actions , particularly the= unconstitutional support of theocracy with our taken money , and now the growing= global fear and hatred of our militaristic hegemony that are the main= causes of our increasing danger . -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/04/19 12:50:59 AM