================================================ Subject: Re: Flags and NWO From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Mon 6 Aug 2001 18:40:27 -0400 ================================================ > But if you read the whole paragraph (and if you do ANY driving at all), you > know that there IS no "double-nickel" anymore. EVERY state is allowed to > determine it's own maximum speed limit, and that limit has NO BEARING on the > appropriation of highway funds. So your standard here has become a moot > point. > If your parents grounded you until you were 18. You would still hate them for grounding you. Even after you past 18. The point is that the US government compells states to do things against thier will. Ransoming moneys that are used for improving Interstates as leverage. The 55 MPH speed limit was done that way. The 21 drinking age was done that way and the phased in lowering of the legally drunk standard is being done that way. If it is hard to understand the leverage is wrong. I couldn't say much else to explain it. The money should only be disallowed if the states were using the money for anything other than improving the interstates. > >>It happened in Ohio, the 21 drinking age was put to a vote and lost by >>popular vote. the state complied with the federal government, regardless >>to the vote of it's voting population. >> > > If it was put to a popular vote (meaning the residents of the state voted), > how does the federal government even enter the equation? You have managed > to contradict yourself quite nicely on this one. > There was an issue put on the ballot about instating a 21 drinking age. The issue was defeated. however, the state still instilled the 21 drinking age. in order to get the ransomed funds. Other states might of voted for the 21 drinking age. Since California had a 21 drinking age for awhile. But Ohio voters expressed that adults should have the right to drink if they wished to do so. Contradiction??? ... I don't see any!!! > >>If the requirement was to raise the Blood and Alcohol limit or not get >>highway funds. I'm sure none of these concerned politicians would turn >>down the money. Public safety, I doubt it. >> > > Aren't you a bit young to be THIS cynical? Granted, the majority of our > elected officials don't necessarily always have our best interests in mind, > but give them a LITTLE credit. > By the "twisting" of my points. It sounds like I am talking to a politician (Dances to the left, then dances to the right) or someone in Human Resources. Young!!!... Maybe...Wait til i retire and get my SSI payments. About being cynical about politicians. I'm sure that there are those that are representative of the interests that thier constituents. But the ones that I have observed are party henchmen. (In both parties). Both seem to take money or put restrictions that are cumbersome on the population. > >>That is the way that the checks and balances are supposed to work. >>Theory and practice are two different animals. >>Judges, politicians, etc. There is corruption. and this is with the >>checks and balances. >>What is the goal of the Seattle conference? Is it commerce or the >>protection of people throughout the world? >>Pollution, lack of worker rights and health safety. That is what I see. >>Money... no other reason. the few, not the majority! >> >>Jim >> > > Again, aren't you a bit young to be THIS cynical? Yes, there are flaws in > the system, from top to bottom. But it is still the best system in the > world. I would favor a direct voting system. Where the people voted for or against regulations. I realize that the corporate leechings might be curtailed substantially. But it would be a truely democratic process. I know that we are branded as a Democratic Republic. But we will never likely see a true Democratic system enacted. I guess we can take it off the list. If further explainations are needed. Jim > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > -- We're constantly being bombarded by insulting and humiliating music, which people are making for you the way they make those Wonder Bread products. Just as food can be bad for your system, music can be bad for your spirtual and emotional feelings. It might taste good or clever, but in the long run, it's not going to do anything for you. -- Bob Dylan, "LA Times", September 5, 1984 To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp