OK, that's enough partisan political discussion. Get back to genealogy or go elsewhere. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Smith" <garymarian@comcast.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:16 PM 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 > >