Re: Fwd: Price of Gas; Now Duct Tape

Marge girl - givin' you an amen sister!!
And I don't think you are cynical, just realistic and sensible IMO.

Pam

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:11:15 -0500

>Well - and I'll probably offend the other half of the list, David,
>but, being a cynical old bod, who also lives 20 miles as the crow
>flies from the main source of natural gas in the US (i.e. the White
>House/Capitol Hill), IMO all this scare tactic stuff is designed to
>move people into support of policies that are, at best, dubious, and
>which have zero support in the rest of the civilized world.  
>
>Terrorism exists.  The rest of the world has lived with it in some
>form or another since W.W.II (or for centuries; even since the
>beginning of recorded civilization).  We have been sheltered in the
>US.  I have no doubt that some other attempts at terrorism will take
>place in this country at some time, despite the Gestapo-like laws
>that are being attached as riders to assorted budget bills (they'd
>never survive open floor debate).  
>
>However, this country has a huge land mass.  Even the most organized
>and highly financed terrorist group on the planet could not hit
>everywhere in the entire country at one time....so why put the entire
>population in panic mode - out buying stuff they have no clue how to
>use effectively against some unknown foe who is possibly going to do
>something unknown at an unknown time and place. Maybe it is a subtle
>and twisted way to improve the economy:-)
>
>Even if some group slips past our numerous and costly assorted
>government agencies in charge of security, their goal would be high
>numbers and those are only found in major urban areas, so anybody in
>a small town upwind of a major city has more chance of getting hit by
>a car crossing the street than suffering from a terrorist attack.  In
>fact, even those of us living in areas that present lovely targets
>need to simply get on with life and worry about what we need to worry
>about, which does not include going into panic mode about terrorist
>attacks.  Remember the story about Chicken Little...
>
>Don't get me started on what is happening to our environmental
>protection policies...that really WILL offend the remainder of the
>list:-)
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
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>> From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
>> 
>> Here, here Marge!  Is this unbelievable or what?  I had to stop
>digging
>> my bomb shelter to add my two cents.  Not to get too heavily into
>> politics and at the risk of offending half the list but  I CAN'T
>BELIEVE
>> HIS POPULARITY KEEPS GOING UP!  He's reversing all of the
>environmental
>> protections since the 70's and his off again on again war talk is
>> destroying our retirement plans.  Frankly, if you ask me the bigger
>> threat is across the Pacific not the Arabian Sea...of course,
>nobody
>> asked me!
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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