au contraire Harry

[telebob x]

Au contraire mon ami Harry-  I'd say we are a LOT closer to catching Bin 
Laden this week than two weeks ago. (Not that we will catch him...but I do 
hope they succeed.)

As for loss of civil liberties...it was bound to happen with that Ashcroft 
guy in office anyway. I do not care a whit about Bin Laden's rights, and I 
support the idea of a military tribunal for him and any Al Qaeda we can 
catch. It worked for the Nazis and the Japanese militarists, so why not now? 
As John McCain said the other day, "War is miserable business, let's get on 
with it."

I too am hopeful that when the present unpleasantness passes that we will 
not have lost too much in the way of our civil liberties.  I do however 
remember being in Britain when the IRA was blowing the shit out of 
everything, and personally I felt safer knowing the Bobbies were stopping 
everyone going into a store or movie with a satchel or a purse and 
inspecting them. I didn't bitch about my civil liberties to not be blown 
up....or in this case have some anthrax sent to our mayor or whomever (not 
that I like my or your mayor) MI 5 was tapping half of the phones in London 
(at will)and today I do not see the Brits feeling like they have lost all 
their rights because of this action. I do not like it, but these are 
extraordinary times with extraordinary events.

Plus I am in total agreement with the voices raised in anger at the 
Republicans using this opportunity to loot and eviscerate with their tax 
breaks and recissions of environmental rules.  They are acting despicably.

I support the war/police action.  I do not support the thieving gougers in 
our own Congress.

Tele

...the Bill Moyers speech that
Richard Smith forwarded summed up a lot.  Great speech.



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