"Must be a Right Wing Conspiracy..." <vbg>


>You may find Oliver North's response to this email interesting:
>
>http://www.northamerican.com/EMAIL_RESPONSE.htm
>
>Tracy
>
>>Well..
>>
>>I guess I should check these things I get in my email before posting them. snopes.com says its false.
>>
>>
>>>Craig,
>>>
>>>Hmm.. How soon do you think that will make Time Magazine, The NY Times, The Washington Post or some of the other so-called 'balanced' news outlets? <g>
>>>
>>>Must be a Right Wing Conspiracy... <g>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone remember this? It was 1987....
>>>>
>>>>At a lecture the other day they played 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 turned out to be
>>>>none other than Al Gore.............