On 1/14/2016 7:38 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 01/14/2016 08:37 AM, Don Y wrote:
And you see politicians *exploiting* that fear -- even MANUFACTURING it
when it may not truly exist! Again, makes you wonder what they think of
their
constituents...

Remember the peace dividend? It didn't take the pols long to find another
existential threat to impress the rubes.

The job of legislators is to write laws and spend money. Do you
really wonder why there are always MORE laws and MORE expenditures?

Cops are supposed to catch criminals. Do you think there will ever
be a time when *they* declare them "all caught" ("Gee, what do we do
now, cap'n?")

"Let's go invade Granada!"
"WTF? Granada? What's that -- some new CAR MODEL??"