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What could be simpler? A driver's license is a grant of access to many privileged activities. It's an unconstitutional title of nobility. Of course, it doesn't matter to me. The U.S. constitution doesn't have any jurisdiction over me and I don't have a driver's license anyway. However, it should matter to a U.S. citizen. After reading this, any U.S. citizen should start looking for a way to abolish driver's licenses. I'm not holding my breath. The abysmal behavior of U.S. citizens since September 11, 2001 has convinced me that they're more interested in security than in liberty. Why would they care about the constitution? I expect that they'll all continue as before. Eventually, people always get the kind of government that they deserve. The U.S. government is a good example. The Long Search for Liberty
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Stray Thoughts
Sam Aurelius Milam III • Democracy, as it is presently practiced, is nothing more than another method whereby people can impose their beliefs on other people who do not share them. • Prohibition doesn't prevent bad behavior. It converts bad behavior into criminal behavior, providing job security for cops, stuffing the prisons, and not reducing bad behavior at all. • I don't know of anywhere in the entire world where voting is a right. In every instance, it is at best regulated behavior — a privilege. Worse yet, Herr Bush has recently declared that, in America, it is a duty. Will you be punished if you don't vote? • I noticed on the news that we're all waiting for the U.S. government to decide if we should receive smallpox vaccinations, and if they should be mandatory. What? Why can't I just walk into a clinic and buy a vaccination if I want one? Why does the government have to decide whether or not I can have it and, worse yet, whether or not it should be mandatory?
Letter to the Editor Hi Sam In the November 2002 Frontiersman you write: "... most Americans .... even believe that terrorists are more dangerous than politician." It's written as if to say that, "Of course, politicians are more dangerous than terrorists." Do you really believe that? Terrorists kill thousands of innocent people. How can you possibly believe that politicians are more dangerous?? Thanks, Sam. I always enjoy the Frontiersman, but have a hard time with this one. — Tom; Redwood City, California
Of course I believe it. Politicians have caused the deaths of millions of people, even if you consider only recent decades. Terrorists aren't even in the same league. — editor
Alternate Meanings for Words Source unknown. Forwarded by Susan, of Buhl, Idaho These are reportedly some of the winning entries in a Washington Post contest in which readers were asked to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. 01. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it. 02. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 03. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high. 04. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex. 05. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously. 06. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. 07. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? and then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer. 08. Glibido: All talk and no action. 09. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 10. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. Nine Lives Source Unknown. Forwarded by Warren, of Pocatello, Idaho Two church members knocked on the door of a woman who was not happy to see them. She told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to hear their message and slammed the door in their faces. To her surprise, however, the door did not close and, in fact, bounced back open. She tried again, really put her back into it, and slammed the door again with the same result — the door bounced back open. Convinced these rude young people were sticking their foot in the door, she reared back to give it a slam that would teach them a lesson, when one of them said, "Ma'am, before you do that again you need to move your cat."
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Buck Hunter Shoots Off His Mouth Dear Buck What do you think of Indonesia's Megawati? Political Analyst
Dear Political Analyst The biggest bulb I have it 200 watts, in the barn. I guess they must use bigger ones in some places. Acknowledgments
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