To: surely_you_jest
The Founding Fathers would be appalled. Alexander Hamilton specifically created the precursor to the Coast Guard for the purpose of reducing smuggling (and gathering intelligence on possible disloyalty of the States).
59 posted on
09/22/2005 3:16:20 PM PDT by
AdamSelene235
(Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
To: AdamSelene235
Alexander Hamilton specifically created the precursor to the Coast Guard for the purpose of reducing smuggling (and gathering intelligence on possible disloyalty of the States).Yes, I knew that. My question stands.
To: AdamSelene235
Mike, tell him about "The Alien and Sedition Acts".
I believe John Adams was a founding father too.
317 posted on
09/22/2005 9:02:35 PM PDT by
higgmeister
(In the shadow of The Big Chicken)
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