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> From: JOHN SEIDTS <john@astory.com>
> To: GIjeeps@aol.com
> Cc: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: Re: [MV] Re: SCUD missle seizure- let's keep our heads (and
jeeps)
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 7:12 AM
>
> john@astory.com
> http://www.astory.com
>
> >
> > << He noted that terrorists or rogue states could use
> > > > > such collectors to acquire missiles illegally. >>
>
> > Yikes! We are all missle dealers now it seems. Should I change my
profile
> to
> > read collector of jeeps, staff cars, trucks, tanks and the odd
> > intercontinental ballistic missle here and there?
>
> The powers-that-be would love to reduce all of these items into easily
> packaged categories that they can spit out in sound bites on the TV to
make
> the public go their way on legislation and enforcement. The trouble with
> this is that the real guys who buy and sell this stuff do walk in some of
> the same circles we walk in, and look just like us. We are going to be
> associated with them, especially if we band ourselves into a group with
> somewhat tempered, yet still politically incorrect views- like the NRA.
> The real big dealers like (Wilson?) the guy who sold stuff to Iran and
Iraq
> when we banned sales are the culprits, and irresponsible actions, like
not
> making sure your .5 M investment is demilled properly give the demagogues
> ammo to go after us peacnik Carryall, jeep, and GTB owners. But the
public
> doesn't hear this on the six oclock news. We have to be really careful
not
> to publicize ourselves as rogues- just people with unique and special
> interests.
>
> The point- get out in your community and put a positive spin on this
hobby.
> Show people that you are trying to "Save Private Ryan", not protect
> yourselves from "the jackbooted thugs and tactics of the Federal
> Government." Show up at Christmas Toy Drives, hospitals, and start
making
> public events OTHER than military vehicle rallies and car shows. Wade
> through the dumb "jeep in a crate for $50" questions, give some kids and
> families rides, and hopefully one of them is the next President of the
US,
> Prime Minister, or resident dictator with a soft spot for MV's.
>
>
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