BV,

Who says Dubya is the one in charge? GOTCHA!!!

Seriously, IMHO, this was a story that got all blown out of
proportion. It APPEARS Tom Ridge asked several important questions -
Is their any plan to postpone the election in the event of a terrorist
attack? And should Congress pass a law permitting that?

Sadly, at least some congressmen seemed to be agreeable (which brings
up images of what happened in Germany 70 some years ago). Judging
from more recent reports, current plans are more in the order of 'How
do we conduct the election in case of a terrorist attack?'. And THAT
kind of planning is always in order.

But from the other hand, the freedom to ask such questions AND to go
totally overboard when they are asked are an important protection of
the Constitution.

PlainBill

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:12:49 -0400, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


wrote in message
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http://www.rense.com/general54/postponed.htm
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I think this site is capatilizing on a story and propagating it improperly.
From what I understand, Al-Queda is planning an alleged attack in order to
disturb the election process, and Tom Ridge has suggested we should be
prepared for such an event, even if that means postponing the election if an
attack does occur.

I find it hard to believe they are seriously talking about postponing it
pre-emtively. Not even Dubya would be that crass.

BV.



He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression, for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
-Thomas Paine