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Smedley Butler on Interventionism Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 ...

OGDEN -- Attorneys for three men fired by America Online for having guns in their vehicles parked at work are challenging AOL's contention that the parking lot belongs to the company. The three, Luke Hansen, Paul Carlson and Jason Melling sued AOL for wrongful termination after the company dismissed them in September for violation of company policy which bans guns in the workplace. Two of the men were off- duty and the third was on a two- hour approved break when they met in the parking lot at 2261 Grant Ave. and transferred guns to Hansen's car. The men planned ...