Re: [privacy] Privacy is dead; Just ask the president

[Ken Dyke <kdyke () keycomputerconsultants com>]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 02:12:22PM -0500, Brian Loe (knobdy () gmail com) wrote:
> On 7/21/07, Shyaam <shyaam () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Instead of conquering other nations and gaining more money in war,
>
> I agree with virtually everything you said, except this statement. Its
> been shown that we have spent more money running up to and invading
> Iraq than we could have ever hoped to get out of the oil Iraq
> possesses. It wasn't a war for oil.

You conflate two things here that are not even close to the same.  The
monetary cost of invading Iraq will be paid for by the taxpayers and
their grandchildren.  The profits from the oil will accrue to others.
Under no circumstance will oil profits be applied against the national
debt.
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Ken Dyke,
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protocols, we raise the bar and change the rules of the game."
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