Another attack on American Democracy

[Alex146]

I hear that letters to congress may be banned because of Frist getting sent one poisned letter in 5000. The terrorists are winning!

[DustMolecule]

1. Hey, whatever 'happened' to the semi-trucks full of mail

Letters that were all addressed to the White House? After the antrax letters, I remember reading that letters addressed to the White House were being 'stored' unopened in semi-trailers for 'security reasons'. I seem to recall that there were many many trailer loads? What ever happened to all of those letters???

[Bandit]

2. Didn't a bunch of those letters have a dollar in them from our children?

I seem to remember Bush* asking our children to send him a dollar so he could send the money to Afghanistan. What ever happened to all those dollars anyway?

[DustMolecule]

4. That's right! I forgot about that

Maybe * will form a commission to study that? Should take about 1.5 years... That'll keep people from remembering about the money that was missing from the Pentagon's books? Remember THAT one? Was it Trillions or just Billions?

[newyawker99]

5. Hi DustMolecule!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Voice_of_Europe]

3. Chain Events...

Next thing to come will be that the congress will meet secretly because they might be targets of terrorists and people will understand the necessity...

Opposing candidates who endanger the great struggle against evil by raising their voices will be silenced or removed and people will understand the necessity...

Finally elections will be canceled because a terrorist might infiltrate the government by actually being elected and people will understand the necessity...
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As long as you can make people tremble with (irrational) fear they will agree to anything..
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And to drive that chain of thoughts to its ultimate end...
Maybe somebody will have to fight a war to "free" the Americans and remove the threat of a rogue state possessing WMD's ...

(and investigation actually might show that U.S. REALLY possessed WMD's of all types nuclear, chemical and biological ^_^)

[Alex146]

6. Sounds like animal farm

I'm stuck reading that for school...

anyway Orwell was a man ahead of his time.

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Where did you hear it?

n/t

[mac2]

8. Frist on CSPAN about Ricin

Did anyone see Senator Frist on CSPAN with the DC police chief talking about the Ricin? You can watch it yourself on the CSPAN archieves.. http://www.c-span.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=Ricin

I could see Frist trying to contain his laughter. His lips were quivering...very strange...like he was containing himself from outright laughter and shouting. Yes...I got back at them..and I'm so smart!!!

If he had been attacked and took it seriously, he would have looked upset. But NO...he was gleeful!! As you remember this man usually looks like an undertaker in personality. Not a happy smiling man up to this point.

Why was he so happy? This is a distraction from his office spying on the Justice Department Democratic computers. He closed Congressional offices and made them really suffer for going after him and breaking the law. He probably had access to all their computers then. Before this, the Democrats were asking him to resign. Was this a plan to protect him and cause more fear...you bet.

I think, Senator Frist is a schizophrenic. He's not right. We should demand he step down from being a leader in Congress.

I want him and this letter investigated. All mail is supposed to go thru security is it not? How did it get there? It's not harmful unless injested.

"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we all are his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow.

[JCMach1]

9. The Ricin thing is total BS

the only way it can harm you is if it enters the blood stream.

It occurs naturally in Castor Oil beans. We used to grow these and save them in Florida... we would take the beans and place them in mole runs to protect the grass. It worked too. It didn't actually kill the moles, but they would get the hint and beat a hasty retreat.