Recently recieved in an e-mail,....very interesting!


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Posted by kat on January 24, 2002 at 20:16:30:

Do you remember this? It was 1987!
>
> In an old news video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra
> hearings during the Reagan Administration. There was Ollie in front of
> God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning! He
> was being drilled by some senator;
>
> "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?"
>
> Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
>
> The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't
> that just a little excessive?"
>
> "No, sir," continued Ollie.
>
> "No? And why not?" the senator asked.
>
> "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir".
>
> "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
>
> "By a terrorist, sir", Ollie answered.
>
> "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
>
> "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
>
> At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce
> it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people
> laughed at the attempt.
>
> Then the senator continued. "Why are you so afraid of this man?" the
> senator asked.
>
> "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of", Ollie
> answered.
>
> "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
>
> "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be
> formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
>
> The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of
> the clip. If anyone is interested, the senator was none other than Al Gore.
>
>


A $60,000 home security system seems grossly inadequate now, doesn't it?



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