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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] The Clinton Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>On Aug 31, 2016 2:10 PM, "spike" <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Recall that not everyone believes that Mrs. Clinton’s rivals will use nukes. I don’t think that is a big risk. Yes I know what he said. But I don’t think he will do that, once he sees the alternatives, some of which are even scarier in some ways, but can be done quietly under the radar, since it doesn’t create a mushroom cloud and doesn’t run the risk of triggering a nuclear war.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Trump has made it clear he doesn't care about that. "Quietly under the radar" is the opposite of what he wants…<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Ja, my argument is not that Trump is acceptable, nor that Clinton is acceptable. I don’t accept the notion that choosing between a criminal and a crazy is all we have, because alternatives cannot win, because they have no press coverage, and have no press coverage because they cannot win.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My contention is that if either of the front runners win, the result will be bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. This does not look to me like the face of a person who fears government. It looks to me like a face of one with contempt for law. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><img border=0 width=155 height=149 style='width:1.6145in;height:1.552in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D203AD.BECF5510"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Trump has demonstrated contempt for law by what he has said. Clinton has demonstrated contempt for law by what she has done. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Meanwhile Johnson tells us the truth: a US president is not a king nor an emperor:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2016/08/31/neither-dictator-nor-king">http://reason.com/archives/2016/08/31/neither-dictator-nor-king</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>They are not there to do good deeds or run family charities on the side. That isn’t what US presidents do. Our system is broken. We must fix it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>