Re: [Nolug] Political organisation

On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:01, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
> > One-world government by the UN? You want to talk about *RAMPANT*
> > incompetance and corruption. It's fscking incredible.
>
> As opposed to... the rampant corruption and incompetence that we see
> in our own national and state politices?
>
> People dislike the UN, but things that happen in DC aren't that
> different from what happens in NY. They both like to talk and they
> both want to protect their own turf. There's just more turf to talk
> about in NY.

Corruption in the federal gov't pales in comparison with most other
governments. It's probably more corrupt than, say Finland or Belgium,
or maybe even Germany, but how about Mexico, China, any African country,
Pakistan, Russia, etc?

> > The other alternative would be the corporate-state, and we see
> > hints about how bad that would be.
>
> Or we could have a religion-state. Many people think the U.S. should
> be a "Christian Nation", or, that we already are, and are fighting the
> "Islamofacist" governments.

Our country was formed as a Christian nation, not a Christian Nation.
Spain, Argentina & Britain are Christian Nations. However, the move
towards becoming a Secular Nation is just as bad.

Yes, I do hope that we fight the "Islamofacist" governments, because
the 10 Amendments are a strong bulwark that keeps the country great
(if ever so imperfect).

And that fight (physical and psychlogical) with the Islamofacists is
why we must find better ways to use non-petroleum energy sources,
so that we don't *need* them and can tell them to go bugger off.

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