hey yall,

sarah, how refreshing it is to talk pollutics with you again.
I must disagree with you though about the rise of terrorism in the world today. true, there has always been and always will be terrorism in the world, as long as there are smaller factions forced to fight against a stronger more sophisticated entity this will never change. But with car bombs killing 60 people at a time, train bombings killing hundreds and beheadings on the nightly news i find it difficult to say that the american abroad and at home is as safe now as 5, 10, or 20 years ago. What is scary about the terror attacks in the past 2 years is that they are frequently being justified, defended or minimized by a growing number of governments and people. However, looking only at the effect will never lead to an understanding of the cause. This problem is not a new one, and to find it's cause one would have to look past the Bushes, past the Regeans, and past the Trumans. I feel personally that if science could unlock the secret inner workings of a single human being, then all would be revealed.

to chew on...
erik

ps. chris and everyone else, my address is 509 arnold ave portland nd 58274 and the phone nbr is 701 788 3426 (my parents addy and number).

will write more later

thanks for contributing everybody love to hear from you all