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Re: [FT][SG][DS] structure of the NAC

From: "John M. Atkinson" <john.m.atkinson@e...>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:50:13 -0800
Subject: Re: [FT][SG][DS] structure of the NAC

Adrian Johnson wrote:

> Yes.	Very true.  What's the Second US Civil War about?  I kind of
pictured
> it as a big combination of factors - such as the growth of a Hispanic
> majority in the South West, many of whom would be illegal immigrants
(this
> isn't meant in any way to be a slur against Hispanic Americans - just
a
> reflection of social trends that are already developing) - and by this
time
> you'd be getting second-generation "illegals" who are hiding from the
> system.  Massive youth-gang problems throughout much of this region.
> Drug-based crime.  Reactions to this from extremists - such as the
highly
> conservative "religious-right" - Christians they may claim to be -
tolerant
> they ain't...

I don't buy this interpretation at all--the Religious Right are a pack
of blowhards, but as unlikely to nuke American cities or actually form
an effective military force as they are to grow wings and participate in
Gay Pride marches.  And the idea of the military siding with them is a
little far fetched.
 
> >> honest here, with two hundred million English speaking Americans,
seventy

> >Except we seem to have misplaced a third of the US's population.

> No - the other 80 - 100 million are the Hispanics who I mentioned
later.
> OK, I'm playing a bit fast and loose with the numbers, but that
doesn't
> really change my point, which was that the majority of the FOUNDERS of
the
> NAC were English speakers...

The US population is about 285 million, of whom 75% are non-Hispanic
Whites.  You've misplaced a lot of Americans, and that's assuming no
population growth.

John M. Atkinson


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