From: Timothy.J.Young@dartmouth.edu (Timothy J. Young)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,alt.activism,alt.conspiracy,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Privatization
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:18:28 GMT
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In article <1jutsoINNlf7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
an030@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Broward Horne) writes:

> >    There's only one problem with that reasoning ; eventually the U.S.
> >will no longer be able to afford to support the oligarchical countries
> 
>         "oligarchial countries "   ??!!!
>    
>       Holy Media, Batman!  What do you suppose the U.S is?  

It is somewhat oligarchical, and a power elite is firmly in control,
but the majority of Americans, unlike in those Latin American
countries, are not suffering from gripping poverty. Mexico City makes
Detroit look like Utopia. 

> 
> >to which you seem to be referring to anymore. You are risking having a
> >Socialist popular revolt (do you REALLY think Socialism is dead?) in
> 
>     Well, I risk that HERE, too.  Besides, South America has already
>     had a fair number of revolutions.  I suspect that they will 
>     follow past experience, bail on their debts, and do okay.
> 
>      You must have missed the riots.  You see, there was this big wave
>      of riots and violence that swept the country a while back.
>      Luckily, in November, we progressed to political looting.
> 

The LA riots? They were small scale and were mostly limited to South
Central. They never got to Simi Valley...


Political looting? You can't be that scared of Clinton, can you?  Now
if I were president, there might be cause for a scare, but Clinton?
Calm down, I think you'll find he's a conservative good ole boy at
heart.

> >your country and losing everything. The oppressed people of the third
> >world are tired of economic subjugation perpetuated by international
> >capitalism. You may go there, but you do so at your own peril. If I
> >were you, I'd stay put, pay my taxes (keep my right to complain about
> >them, too), and realize this is the greatest country in the world, the
> >one that got you where you are today!
> 
>       EXACTLY my point!  It's gotten me where I am today.
> 
>       Taking it easy.
> 
>       But, it's just not in my nature, I guess.
> 
>       Come on, all you useless bitchers out there.
>       You're wrong!  Join Bill and Hilary.  Let us join hands, ring
>       bells, and work together to save America.  
> 
>       Jump on that gravy train while it lasts!
> 
>       We're gonna TOTAL this beater!
> 
> {serious mode}
> 
>       Truly a thanks to you, God, for granting the wisdom to
>       bail out in 1990.  I have way more free time now, I get
>       free health care for being a student, I qualify for grants,
>       plus I've got enough credits to qualify for all kinds of 
>       federal grant projects.  I have no expenses.  
> 
>       I can take classes, build my network and play with the 
>       Internet.
> 
>       I truly am thankful I didn't waste ANOTHER ten years
>       in private industry, working 60 hour weeks.  I'd have
>       been awful angry at recent developments.
> 
> >
> 
>      Work, work my old job
>        Take my place
>          There's no fee
> 
>       I bailed out to go to class
>           Being responsible, I think I'll pass
> 
>       I worked like a slave for years
>           Sweat so hard just to end my fears
>       But by now, I'm glad I ran.
> 
>    YES!  YES!  Goddam, I'm happy.  I KNEW this was coming.
>    It used to be, I'd just say " Hey, this is the way I am, I see it 
>    coming, but I have to do my part to keep society together ".
> 
>    Fuck!  I sure am glad I bailed now.
> 
>       >
> 
Taxes are a fact of life ; Limbots don't seem to realize that.



Tim Young, Dartmouth College, Class of '96
"Not everyone can carry the weight of the world..." -R.E.M.
The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Dartmouth
College or any of its students...
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