Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

[James <freedomadvocate@xxxxxxx>]

I don't think I forgot anything. The common (banding) goal was to provide for 
the common defense of our collective right to life, liberty, and pursuit of 
happiness. 

The Internet was begun as a research project of DARPA, a defense agency, which 
if you look back at all my postings you will see that I clearly defend as a 
legitimate use of government. The Interstate road system has it's roots in a 
defense project, it is by consent that we drive on them everyday. Computer 
technology grew in a large part because of our huge reliance on them for 
defense.

Yes I benefit from a lot of things initially developed for use in our defense. 
As you can see our country benefits greatly when it focuses on it's core 
comptencies, namely protection of our collective rights mentioned above.

If our nation is not defined by our Constitution, and sadly I have to agree 
with you that it hasn't been for a long time, what is it defined by? Who's 
agenda defines it, the current king who has just won the last popularity 
contest? I prefer a president who takes an oath to defend the constitution 
which defines his and the rest of governments place in our lives.

James

P.S. Am I doing this top posting thing right here? :)

On Sunday 02 February 2003 02:12 pm, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 11:19:48PM -0500, James wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 February 2003 10:16 pm, Robbie Wells wrote:
>
> In all your ranting about the original purpose of our government, you seem
> to forget that a large part of its purpose was to band together for common
> goals.
>
> > I'd love to see your copy of the constitution. None of those things are
> > in mine.
>
> Neither is the Internet, the highway system, or computer technology.
>
> I suspect you make use of all three, all of which were funded by our
> government.
>
> I think we are overtaxed, but our nation and its agenda are not defined
> soley by the Constitution.
>



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