On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:47:01 -0500 Scott Stephens wrote: This drivel doesn't belong on the PICLIST. But here goes. > I nearly gagged as I watched the news tonight. It seems the liberal > journalist whore propagandists are blaming the 'Hawks' for supressing news > that N.Korea has a potent nuclear weapon program going, so they could get a > favorable outcome in congress on Iraq. I was actually quite amused! What thought process is Dubya going to call on to explain this one? "liberal journalist whore propagandists" , I don't think that's what the rest of the world would call American Journalists! You should follow the News as reported from other Countries to discover what everyone thinks of American Governmental Policies. > Now that is quite a spin! Jimmy Carter negotiates with the Koreans so they > will stop trying to make nuclear bombs, and Clinton signs the treaty (back > in 1994 IIRC). In turn we give the Koreans billions of dollars worth of > food, fuel oil and help them build light-water reactors. We give them fuel > oil while people on our east coast suffer without it, and see its price > double. Now that is quite a spin! Jimmy Carter??? I didn't know a President from the 70's had such a strangle hold on today's politics. Shurely Ronald Regan's Reign must have nullified anything Jimmy did. As for the "Billions of Dollars", from what I've read, America has followed through with only a very small percentage of that promise. I guess North Korea has complied in kind. > And what do we find? Just like Clinton disembles over the meaning of the > word 'is' when placed under oath, the Koreans say the treaty was about > plutonium, not uranium bombs! And the delivery of pennies as opposed to dollars still means "money"? > 'Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" while you get a big stick'! > > 'Hawks' are dangerous, but 'Doves' are fatal! Unwise use of the big stick that you are lucky enough to carry at the moment will have you eventually surrounded by a pack of "nice doggies". Then you'll need more than one big stick! > Now what can we do about it? If we don't continue to give them food and > fuel, they will surely start selling nukes, just like they sell missle > components to whomever has the bucks. If we give into blackmail, they can > expend the resources freed up to making more weapons and grow more powerful. > If we oppose them, they may let people that don't like us get some fissile > fuel. Sorry to deflate your ego, but if North Korea depended on you for their food supply, your problem with them would have vanished a long time ago. > God knows we surely can't kick their communist totalitarian asses, and > violate the human rights of the plutocracy in that police state! Why do some Americans feel that they must kick everyones asses? Do they sometimes not deserve an ass kicking of their own? > My consolation is New York and Washington DC are likely targets. Sorry, you > will not catch me giving money to any widow and orphan funds. Let the damn > liberals that have demanded appeasment and 'peace at any price' clean up the > mess. How about the Nobel commitee? They have plenty of money to waste on > granola-intoxicated pacifist liberal fools. I'm sorry you feel that way about fellow Americans. I wouldn't denegrate citizens of my country according to their place of residence. We have one point that we agree on. I probably won't be sending money to the funds that you speak of. If indeed you are feeding all the residents of North Korea, why should I send you money to feed New York or Washington. My advice to you is to take the .45 Cal that you have beside your bed for protection, cock it, hold it to your head and pull the trigger, or open your eyes to the real world. The World beyond America's borders and learn a little. Either choice will improve your world and have no effect on mine!!! > Scott -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu