This is so weird....I just got this in my inbox,dated:March 14. Has anybody else gotten this? Did you just send this out Kakki? It seems like at read this before. Also,Susan responded to a post of mine that did not show up in my inbox until just now. I wrote it late last night. ESP,Susan?
Bree...and is like I'm in the Twilight Zone. >From: "Kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Randy Remote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Bush (NJC) long >Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:37:57 -0800 > >Thank you for the links, Randy. Everything I've read about the Patriot Act >does not concern me but I'll take another look at it. I'm still of the >belief that it is for going after dangerous terrorists in the U.S. who have >and have been planning to harm us for years and not for some whim of some >"aristocracy" to go after all Americans. > > > More recently, LA cops shot rubber bullets and attacked with clubs >protesters at the > > Democratic convention last year, and arbitrarily arrested and detained > > 600 people, some just passersby. > >Where did you read this? I was RIGHT THERE almost the entire time and have >the photographs documenting most of it. The police for almost an HOUR >requested repeatedly that the crowd disperse before they went in. Most >people left the area as requested. I stayed until almost the last minute. >I did not see anywhere near 600 people still hanging around. The reports I >heard were that only around 10-25 people were shot with rubber bullets. The >last I saw them they were climbing over the protective fences to get onto >Staples Center property. By the way, these people were NOT Democratic >party >supporters nor were they Republican protesters. They were rag-tag groups >of >organizations I'd never heard of before, but they were all anti-Democrat >and >protesting the Democrats convention. Maybe you would know better which >groups they were. They seemed to be some of those enviro-radical groups >and >the "free Mumia" crowd. Would you rather they'd stormed the convention at >Staples Center while the Gores and Clintons were in the house? > >I frankly do not understand all the concern over the loss of reproductive >rights. They are protected by the highest law of the land and I cannot >conceive how any group can overturn that law. On the other hand, I believe >that people have a right to speak of their beliefs based on their religion. >Just because they speak up against it does not mean they can overturn the >law. It is certainly not only the Christian right who are pro-life. There >are a large number of Christian left who believe the same. Their religion >comes before their political party. There are also Jews and other >religions >who believe abortion is taking a life. They don't like their tax dollars >going to fund abortions, particularly in other countries. I think they have >a right to their opinion. I personally think it is an individual decision >and that government should be out of it completely. > >Kakki _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
