re waco burning in article c wcyb n f dscomsa desy de hallam dscomsa desy de phill hallam baker writes no koresh is responsible if a murderer goes on the rampage it is the murderer who is responsible the police may bear responsiblity for failing to stop him but the primary responsibility is with the murderer when did koresh go on a rampage what i saw was an unnecessary unprovoked massive attack on feb th probably even an illegal action by atf certainly way out of proportion to anything reasonable and yet according to a pole taken yesterday of the people poled believe the government forces acted appropriately they don t believe reno or the president have any guilt in ordering allowing the attack i suppose they also believed things like i would present a year plan to balance the budget we don t need to lead with a tax increase it starts with a middle class tax cut i ll have the bills ready the day after i am inaugurated and we ll have a day period it will be the most productive in modern history i will ask congress for a line item veto i will lift the social security earnings test i personally prefer to disbelieve the government until they prove themselves right rather than the other way around that way i have a better than chance of being right about my first guess read the constitution sometime it is supposed to protect the citizens and their rights i am sick of the abuse of government power as tom jefferson said when all government shall be drawn to washington as the centre of all power it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated
