USNORTHCOM is the U.S. Northern Command. In terms of what I just wrote - they now have infrastructure to fully implement Martial Law.

There was no such thing as USNORTHCOM before Oct.1 2002

Your guns are already useless, killer. Look up:

InfraGuard
Fusion Centers
Northcom

3 domestic programs all well funded and now operational.

You think that the “socialist propaganda” is a threat to your way of life, well, while you weren’t looking the Cheney administration sold you out like you were Valerie Plame.

Best of luck, though, looking out for those socialists under your bed.

I don’t agree with this…we must do something to fix the health care crisis in this country. Even if her plan sparks a debate where another plan comes to pass…that’s fine with me as well.

“The assault weapons ban was allowed to sunset without more than a snivel from the gun control nuts and NO ONE is talking about it anymore.”

I disagree here as well. We’ll be revisiting this issue on a national scale real soon I bet. As long as the bodies keep piling up that is. No one is out to take anyone’s guns that were bought and used legally.

WRT education, my proposal is posted here.

*Right - I didn’t see that exchange before I posted. No harm, No foul.*

I know that you can buy anything you want with foodstamps, incuding drugs and stolen property, for 60 cents on the dollar.

*And, left to their own devices, financial institutions come up with loan bundling and sub-prime mortgages. The point being that there isn’t one aspect of this country of ours that hasn’t been abused by some scumsucker or other. They are both reprehensible, and should be punished accordingly, but oversight is non-existent any more. Shameful on ALL sides of the isle.*

*Look. Some uh, - socialism - to use your word, is, I believe, necessary. Health care and education are my big ones. I have NO idea how children in public schools now are going to compete with the Japanese and Chinese in 10 years. A rigorous Liberal Arts education helped form Thomas Jefferson, and that ought to be good enough for our public schools. At a minimum, rigorous science, math, history, and yearly classes in the Declaration of Independance, the Constitution, and the Bill or Rights. Simply learning to pass tests to advance a grade is complete BS and we are about to reap the “benefit” from No Child Left Behind.*
*There is no excuse for the illiterates coming out of our school system now. None.*

Hillary is a dittohead? =:[]

*Now, now now…..you know what I meant by that ;~)*

You’re correct that redistribution of wealth, in all its many forms, is socialist. I use the word descriptively, according to its definition. The word itself is not intrinsically pejorative, though you choose to interpret it that way. Personally, I don’t favor socialism. Many liberals do agree with the principle, but don’t like the word, presumably because conservatives tend to use it as an epithet. Pick another word, if you prefer, as long as it has the same meaning. It’s all the same to me. It’s the underlying principle to which I object.

I do not support “corporate welfare,” or any form of subsidies or protectionism. Nor do I support the “rebates.” (See my comment from 1/26, 8:13 pm, on this thread.) Bush is not a true fiscal conservative, and has been a great disappointment from that perspective.

“Learn 100 ways to cook rice, killer, and learn to love oatmeal and macaroni and cheese.”

I have lived on rice and beans, cabbage, potatoes, and biscuits made with flour, water, and margarine, with an occasional chicken (when it was on sale), whose carcass I cooked down to soup after stretching the meat as far as it would go. I know how to subsist on minimal rations. At that point in my life, I was living in a ghetto in NYC, and all of my neighbors collected foodstamps, welfare, and various other entitlements, which they subsidized with unreported income from various illegal activities. They ate a lot better than I did. And I know that you can buy anything with foodstamps, incuding cigarettes, dope, and stolen property, for 60 cents on the dollar.

I also know there are people who use government programs as they’re intended, as a temporary stopgap in an emergency. (Charities also serve that purpose, though many people are too proud to apply for charity but have no compunction about getting it from the government.)

I agree with you that we have prosecuted this war inadequately. (See my response to Mr. Guy, 2/10, 1:33 pm, on this thread.)

“Hillarycare will die in comittee faster than Terri Schiavo after the machine was unplugged. Yet another ruse by the dittoheads.”

Hillary is a dittohead? =:[]