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2001/9/13-14 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:22436 Activity:nil
9/13    Big brother is not the soln. to the problem:
        http://www.cato.org/dispatch/09-13-01d.html
        http://www.cato.org/dailys/10-02-96.html
        \_ "Benjamin Franklin said, people who 'give up essential liberty to
           obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety,'"
        \_ So much for America's love of freedom.
        \_ "Benjamin Franklin said, people deserve neither liberty nor freedom"
           \_ Ben Franklin said that? I don't think so.
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To some, inconveniences such as long lines at metal detectors and other checkpoints suddenly seem tolerable. Instead of talking about how eerie the sight of military planes and tanks in New York and Washington is, some are saying they find them comforting. Surveillance cameras monitoring public streets sound sensible, the paper said. New 42 Archives Daily Dispatch 43 European Union to Expand by 10 Members Tomorrow 1 1 1 1 44 Some Iraq Rebuilding Money Shifted to Other Expenses 1 1 1 1 45 Senate Approves Ban on Internet Access Taxes 1 1 1 1 46 Archives Cato in the Media Christopher Preble will discuss the latest events in Iraq on CNN's NewsNight with Aaron Brown on Friday at 10:20pm ET.
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