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To: Travis McGee; Dane; tpaine
STEAL THIS BOOK!

Better yet, send Travis a check.

I read it this weekend, and I could not put it down.

From the politics of the Government Service, to the empire-building antics of GS-ladder-climbers, Travis manages to capture the real-world consequences of government of, by, and for the government. He lucidly illustrates, in his novel, what happens when the people accept willingly what the government tells them.

And, tellingly, he demonstrates what might happen, when they don't.

"Enemies, Foreign and Domestic" is an instructional work - for those of you paying attention, it is a clear indication of things you need to do now, to be prepared for the morrow.

Buried within the book are also an accurate description of life in "wonderland" (Washington, DC), and a hint of the world that coexists in and around the government utopia - a dark world of alternative lines, run by everyday guys, completely under the radar of the Government.

When these worlds clash, the pucker factor goes up, considerably.

[note to fellow freepers - if you are busy pissing each other off on a drug-war-thread, and have not read this book, you deserve what you get.]

72 posted on 09/08/2003 5:42:24 PM PDT by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: Cathryn Crawford
Hey Cathryn - the protagonist in this book fits my image of you.
73 posted on 09/08/2003 5:44:13 PM PDT by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: patton; Dane
It's amusing as hell that you would think our boy dane would read Trav's fine book.

I'm sure he'd love to burn it, though.
74 posted on 09/08/2003 5:49:05 PM PDT by tpaine ( I'm trying to be Mr Nice Guy, but politics keep getting in me way. ArnieRino for Governator!)
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To: Gabrielle Reilly
Quo video - De opresso liber

ete, misse est

78 posted on 09/08/2003 6:04:56 PM PDT by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: patton
BRAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!! .....Drop the Weed and read !!

Good review Patton........Stay Safe !

107 posted on 09/09/2003 7:08:12 PM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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