From: Morgans (nmorgan@centurytel.net)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 15:47:06 PST
I can't believe I'm reading this stuff on a MV site, comparing our form of
Government to the Nazis government, Here all you do is call your
representatives and voice you opinion, and you don't have to go to a
concentration camp for saying it.
Ed Morgan
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grammont <islander@midmaine.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] SECTION 803
>Gene,
>
>>The liberals figured out a long time ago that the way to take over was
>> incrementalism. A little at a time.
>
>Actually, I think this was something they learned from the far right.
> Rember, first the Nazis were elected (sorta fairly), then they seized
>control of a democractic government (sorta legally), then they rolled
>back certain rights for everybody, then they rolled back even more for
>specific peoples, then they tried to force them to emigrate, then they
>rounded them up for "resettlement", then they killed them while their
>armies plundered, burned, and raped the rest of Europe, which in turn
>lead to the destruction of their nation state. Nothing liberal there,
>inspite of the name of the responsible party being "National Socialist
>German Workers Party".
>
>>We all remember how gun control started.......don't we?
>
>Yup, but I would hardly call George Bush Sr. a liberal.
>
>I do not fear this legislation any more than I fear any other. Any line
>of thinking can be carried to an extreme if our elected officials and the
>sheep like masses of this country (or any country) allow it. But to fear
>sensible legislation now becaues it might become oppressive later is not
>productive. I mean, what else should we oppose? Minimum gas milage and
>safety standards being set for an industry which has proven time and
>again that it does not act in its customer's best interests when left
alone?
>
>The entire environmental movement can't be all that bad. It was only 20
>years ago that my local rivers and lakes had nothing living in them and
>gave off a stench so bad that nobody wanted to live anywhere near it.
> Those "liberals" were the ones that made it drinkable again. The others
>continued to take payoffs from the Enrons of the day and fought even the
>most sensible cleanup efforts because it would "hurt industry". Sorry if
>I side with the "liberals" on this one, but I rather not have an open
>industrial cesspool in my back yard so some shoddy company can earn a
>quick buck.
>
>I am a staunch moderate. I despise both left and right when they are
>allowed to take control of the debate, as both of them are generally
>harmful to either the people and/or to the industrial base. If you think
>the left is to blame for all our woes, I suggest taking hard look at The
>Big Picture. There is plenty of blame to go around, and many of them
>call themselves Republicans.
>
>Steve
>
>
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