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- From: birmingh@fnalo.fnal.gov (Phillip J. Birmingham)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: National debt is not bad
- Date: 23 Jan 93 22:36:29 -0600
- Organization: Deep Thirteen
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.223629.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>
- References: <1993Jan20.134249.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <yB3sXB2w165w@major.panix.com>
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- In article <yB3sXB2w165w@major.panix.com>, dos@major.panix.com (Dave O'Shea) writes:
- > birmingh@fnalo.fnal.gov (Phillip J. Birmingham) writes:
- >
- >> > 1) Maybe, just maybe, our large defense outlays are part of the reason tha
- >> > we haven't been attacked on US soil since 1815? If you have the means to k
- >> > my ass into oblivion, I'm sure as hell not going to mess with you.
- >>
- >> Hasn't hurt, but probably the combination of two large oceans and
- >> friendly neighbors have had more to do with it.
- >
- > Even strangers are friendly when you have a gun hanging off your hip. :)
-
- You know what they say: an armed society is a polite society...
-
- Seriously, though, I think our country's main protection has been
- the formidable natural barriers against invasion. Having a first-class
- military hasn't hurt in that respect, but I do feel the buildup we saw
- under Reagan could not have gone on much longer.
-
- --
- Phillip J. Birmingham birmingh@fnal.fnal.gov
- I don't speak for Fermilab, although my mouth is probably big enough...
-