FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY - Remarks by U.S. Representative Bob Barr

As Alexander Stephens, another fine son of Georgia, once pointed out about the Civil War and the Confederacy: If it could not be fought without leaving liberty alone, it was not worth fighting, because no people unable to keep their liberty at all times deserved to have it anytime.

The South lost, and the obvious conclusion is that there were a lot of people in the Confederate government underserving of liberty. This is true today in Washington also, and we need to send these weak minded folk home.

An interesting read; and, believe it or not?
This is the first time for me actually read what's he's all about.
BBarr's no stranger to me, or so I thought.
I've really only read/heard sound bites of the man & his position(s) up to now.

Thanks.
Most informative & more than enough for me to mull over in the context of what you & I have discussed.

More than enough.

Want to hear something strange. My wife died over 19 years ago, in another state from where I live at the present time (for the last 16 years). My wife never lived at my present address, was never associated with this address in her life. Get this, I get mail every now and then addressed to her at this address.

Once in the computer you never get out.

Our freedoms began disappearing in the late '70s and early '80s when the metal detectors began appearing at government buildings and government airports; and we lost the Constitutional Right of "presumed innocence" and replaced it with "presumed guilt." (I don't care what the courts have ruled since).

Then in 1995 more Constitutional Rights disappeared as the U.S. Border Patrol established 24-hour road blocks and vehicle inspection stations on every major federal, state, and local highway in San Diego county, California.

So far they've searched my car unsuccessfully at least four times (more actually). But I haven't had a parking ticket since 1984, and I don't drink or use drugs, so I'm not into smuggling either; Again, we're presumed guilty, until we prove innocence.

Please don't get me wrong, I'm an 100% supporter of border enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol and airline safety, but I'd rather see it done on the 66 mile border in San Diego county, rather than 25 miles inland on the highways, and on passenger aircraft with lawfully armed pilots, sky marshals, or passengers.

And I'll tell you this as a pilot: Those solid steel bulletproof cockpits doors will kill more people than they save. What do you think a hijacker is going to do when he encounters one? He's going to start killing passengers until the pilots open the door, and if that fails destroy himself and the aircraft.

And while I'm bitching, we need to formally declare war. Has the U.S. ever won an undeclared war? I don't think so. But it depends on if you think we defeated Saddam I guess... I don't think we did, personally. If we did, whay is he now attacking us with biological anthrax?

Nice job once again, Uncle Bill!

Can't wait to have sinkspur come in here on this thread with some more lame excuses for this crap.

Naaaah. Won't happen. She (yeah, that's right, I said "SHE") couldn't take the heat in this kitchen!

Wondering how I know "SinkingSHIPSpur" is a female? A few days ago she flamed me with the end phrase of "buster", a phrase which, during my 50-some odd years on this planet, has only been known to be used by women to vent anger at men!

Sorry, sink, you're cover is busted. Not that it matters, just another 'kink your armor'. But I've suspected it for a long time. (heh,heh)

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