There is something about your post that doesn't add up, but for the life of me, I can't put my finger on it. It will come to me at 2 am in the morning.
There is a big difference in being paranoid and being realistic. Paranoia suggest no need to be frightened. Would you say that is the case.
We were just as likely to be attacked by Saddam and his weapons during the Gulf War and we did nothing. Why are we waiting until now. If you want to blame that on Clinton, try again.
I don't have an opinion as to the identity of this sniper.
It is apparent our leaders cannot or in many cases will not, protect us. It is up to us, whether it be from ME, local nut jobs, or illegals that have invaded.
Yeah, I would say it is the case. You NEED to be frightened? Well, there's always a large group of people that needs to be frightened about something, and there's always something to be frightened about. I'm just saying, you're just about as likely -- more likely -- to be die in a regular car accident than be mowed down by this guy. I'm not saying you need to go pump your gas in an open field, I'm trying to argue that being NEEDLESSLY paranoid (read: I don't consider being aware of your surroundings paranoid) is detrimental to your health and the overall health of the country. There's ALWAYS something to worry about. Asteroid from the NEAR hitting the earth. That's more statistically likely. How come you aren't worried nuts about that? :-)
A realist would suggest that your chances of getting hit are so slim that yes, there really is no need to be frightened. Unless you really NEED it yourself, for some psychological reason -- I'd like to think Americans are cast in a different mold.
We were just as likely to be attacked by Saddam and his weapons during the Gulf War and we did nothing. Why are we waiting until now. If you want to blame that on Clinton, try again.
You know, it'd help if you put question marks after your questions. :-) Sure, it was just as likely we'd be attacked, and WE WEREN'T. I heard all the end-of-the-world crud with Iraq one time over; I remember the mass surrenders. Furthermore, I can't exactly change war policy in any direction, so again, why take time out of my day *needlessly* worrying about this? Debating is entirely different; *that* I do for fun. I don't get frightened for fun.
It is apparent our leaders cannot or in many cases will not, protect us. It is up to us, whether it be from ME, local nut jobs, or illegals that have invaded.
Or Mexicans stealing our jobs, or MX missiles, or the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the riots in the '60s, or Malthus' prediction that we'd be overpopulated by 1970, or the other predictions saying we'd be out of fossil fuels by 1960, or...the world has never been short of nay-sayers, pessimists, and scaredy-cats (I'm not calling you one, here, I just want Americans to stand up, grow balls/ovaries, and ACT LIKE AMERICANS, and AMERICAN'S AIN'T SCARED).
--KL
P.S. "And yet it moves." ;-)