Gary- Do us all a favor and keep your political opinions to yourself, please. Not all of us agree with your poor little strange opinions. Thanks, Matt -----Original Message----- From: Gary Smith [mailto:garymarian@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:17 PM To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power One last comment in this string; please don't fall into the trap of comparing Bush's strange adventure in Iraq with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's marshalling America to defend against the fascist axis. Bush is no FDR, and poor little Iraq, who never attacked us (and couldn't), is not Germany, Italy and Japan. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bracca@aol.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > Hi Mary Ann > > Hope you have heard by now that Dubai is selling that part of their > contract > relating to our ports to a USA company. The American Public was heard, and > will always be heard. Unfortunately, there might not be an American > Company > capable to do the job - and we do not want Halliburton, do we? > > During time of war, there are many things the public does not and > might > never > know. Our parents accepted that during WW II and during the Korean War. > Some > things made public brought aid to the enemy. That used to be considered > treason. We must consider that some of our freedoms are being eroded not > by the > government as it exists, but by thieves and terrorists and other enemies > of our > country. Economic war is something that is creeping up on the frontline, > i.e., > the price of oil. > > The medical implant is vital to the survival of people like me. I am > highly > allergic to aspirin, and to penicillen. I hope I can get one. I do not > see > that as a loss of privacy, or something that would hurt me in any way. > > For searchers, the loss of information is a great loss. It is also a > great loss to me that I cannot use my credit card info on the internet > no matter how safe they say it is; that my granddaughter cannot wait > alone at the bus stop; > that I cannot carry too much personal information in my purse; that it > took > four pieces of identification to get a new driver's license just to get on > a > plane. > > There are some things that we have to learn to live with, and loss is > one > of > the hardest. > > Thanks for your comments. > > Ann Marie > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Visit our Collections Guide: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Mine was only part of a string. Please don't pretend to speak for others. Cheers, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Essex" <mthe@sbcglobal.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: RE: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > Gary- Do us all a favor and keep your political opinions to yourself, > please. Not all of us agree with your poor little strange opinions. > Thanks, Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Smith [mailto:garymarian@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:17 PM > To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > > > One last comment in this string; please don't fall into the trap of > comparing Bush's strange adventure in Iraq with Franklin Delano > Roosevelt's > marshalling America to defend against the fascist axis. > Bush is no FDR, and poor little Iraq, who never attacked us (and > couldn't), is not Germany, Italy and Japan. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Bracca@aol.com> > To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > > >> Hi Mary Ann >> >> Hope you have heard by now that Dubai is selling that part of their >> contract >> relating to our ports to a USA company. The American Public was heard, > and >> will always be heard. Unfortunately, there might not be an American >> Company >> capable to do the job - and we do not want Halliburton, do we? >> >> During time of war, there are many things the public does not and >> might >> never >> know. Our parents accepted that during WW II and during the Korean > War. >> Some >> things made public brought aid to the enemy. That used to be > considered >> treason. We must consider that some of our freedoms are being eroded > not >> by the >> government as it exists, but by thieves and terrorists and other > enemies >> of our >> country. Economic war is something that is creeping up on the > frontline, >> i.e., >> the price of oil. >> >> The medical implant is vital to the survival of people like me. I am >> highly >> allergic to aspirin, and to penicillen. I hope I can get one. I do > not >> see >> that as a loss of privacy, or something that would hurt me in any way. >> >> For searchers, the loss of information is a great loss. It is also a >> great loss to me that I cannot use my credit card info on the internet > >> no matter how safe they say it is; that my granddaughter cannot wait >> alone at the bus stop; >> that I cannot carry too much personal information in my purse; that it > >> took >> four pieces of identification to get a new driver's license just to > get on >> a >> plane. >> >> There are some things that we have to learn to live with, and loss is >> one >> of >> the hardest. >> >> Thanks for your comments. >> >> Ann Marie >> >> >> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >> Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > GSNJ Newsletter: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/newsletter.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >