Its well known that in times of economic crisis, the best
thing an administration can do is take the nation to war.

War boosts manufacturing, jobs, and manages to get rid of a
few thousand future social welfare entitlement recipients.

But what happens when the population is sick of war.

What happens when the Government can’t justify another
overseas invasion.

Everyone is being good. 
Except maybe the citizens. They’re stealing a few movies.

Eureka! Declare
war on the citizens.

But they vote.

OK declare war on the citizens of a different country – I know
– how about Sweden.

Those Pirate Bay
chappies will be good for a few headlines. We can get some mileage out of that
and of course, we cant loose – we own the Judge.

Which brings me to some quotes that I like.

“It's ironic to me that we can commit a nation to
war, even world war, on less evidence than it takes to convict someone for
smoking a joint in downtown Manhattan.” -Ron Kuby, Criminal Defense
Lawyer, FOX NEWS, October 30,
2001, 11:54:21

“The legal hallmark of dictatorship has always been
Preventative Law — the concept that a man is guilty until he is proven
innocent…” -Ayn Rand

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft: Bear with
us here. We we are used to reacting to crime after it happens. Preventing
crime before it happens is new to us and we must adapt. Prevention is
now our top priority. We're learning with each new incident. -CNBC, October 16, 2001, 12:45:10

I honestly
did not think about downloading movies until I saw an ad against it on a DVD I
rented.

“If
the MPAA says its bad, it has to be good”!      
Someone make t-shirts, I'll buy one!

Don't
let regulations bought by campaign contributions by gangster corporations rule
your life.

The more complex societies get and the more complex the
networks of interdependence within and beyond community and national borders
get, the more people are forced in their own interests to find non-zero-sum
solutions. That is, win–win solutions instead of win–lose solutions…. Because
we find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when
other people do better as well — so we have to find ways that we can all win,
we have to accommodate each other…. Bill Clinton,
Wired
interview, December 2000 .

“There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to
accomplish something.” — Thomas Edison.

A good compromise, a good piece of
legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can
recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack
Obama

It is no coincidence that the 19th Century, a time of
Gold coin standards for the most part, was an era of peace. Nor is it a
coincidence that the 20th century combines war with paper money. -Ron
Paul (R-TX), The Ron Paul Money Book, 1991, pg. 32

“One
of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I
said, 'Wait – you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you
back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it? Who the f**k made
that rule? Oh! The record labels made it because artists are dumb and they'll
sign anything' (TRENT REZNOR 9” Nails)

“If someone ever organizers those bastards
([sic] the p2p community)  we’re
f*&^%d”. Music industry executive.

Special Thanks to L. Reichard White

http://www.thespiritof76.com/NEX_NEWS/NF_BIGGE.HTM

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