Re: WTC Towers: The Case For Controlled Demolition

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:39:37 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>John Schilling <schillin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:6a2gt3l53lhkfo04gdih3cjgdkbv7167ch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Indeed. And if someone can explain why what he did had a Federal law 
>against it, I'd be interested.
 
>> Same reason there's a Federal law against buying a handgun outside of
your
>> state of residence.  Different states have, legitimately, different
laws
>> and policies about that sort of thing; it's a monumental pain in the
ass
>> to have States trying to individually regulate interstate commerce with
>> their own border checkpoints, etc, so if the issue is im****tant enough
to
>> bother with, it's generally the Feds who do the bothering.

>Are you honestly of the opinion that it's rational to have the Federal 
>government investigating call girl operations? Good grief!

That would be an absolute statement.  Did you miss that I was making a
conditional statement?


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