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Article #1321Re: East Timor and U.S. Policy
From: Wes Dukes
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:00
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:51:25 GMT, George Alan Esworthy <gae@eLsworthy.com> wrote: > >I tend to be one of the latter. I'll try to introduce L14n principles >wherever and whenever I can. Unfortunately, what with so many >Americans getting direct subsidies or other benefits from the gummint >(and the proportion of them rising all the time), the vision of a >truly L14n society fills a lot of folks with dread as it means that >they would have to be weaned from the gummint teat and (*gasp*) be >responsible for their own wellbeing (what a radical idea!). > Actually I dread a rise of an l14n party because I see such an event (if it ever occurs) as then fostering a revival of Communism in the following 20-50 years. L14n to me are much like Christians of old who spread the gospel and holy wars at the same time. Full of good intentions, but produce dubious results. I also fully expect that any significant increase of offices held by l14n members will quickly be assimilated in to the current demopublicans that I already don't trust too much. As for the gummint teat analogy I only see l14n members as additional teats. Sorry, but in politics like religion I remain a doubting Thomas. -- Wes Dukes
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101acf,f0b8679ab2ad5bb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101acf,public X-Google-Thread: 108a25,f0b8679ab2ad5bb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid108a25,public X-Google-Thread: 114e5f,f0b8679ab2ad5bb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114e5f,public X-Google-Thread: 10374a,f0b8679ab2ad5bb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10374a,public From: wdukes@nina.pagesz.net (Wes Dukes) Subject: Re: East Timor and U.S. Policy Date: 1999/09/16 Message-ID: <slrn7u2lo1.n3u.wdukes@nina.pagesz.net> X-Deja-AN: 526017060 References: <37D6523B.F4B010D6@southernanomaly.net> <37d6a5f3.86166771@newshost.unx.sas.com> <FHrGFL.Mo3@unx.sas.com> <37dcecaf.906773451@localhost> <FHsxqy.5vw@unx.sas.com> <FHuuDA.ByC@unx.sas.com> <37E0495A.C301177D@nospam.pagesz.net> <37ed4dc6.1521512969@localhost> <slrn7u1tdu.rf2.wdukes@nina.pagesz.net> <37e50ea6.768379861@newshost.unx.sas.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntrnet.net X-Trace: netra-news.ntrnet.net 937514748 32098 208.194.157.3 (16 Sep 1999 20:45:48 GMT) Organization: Ntrnet Systems NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Sep 1999 20:45:48 GMT Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.politics,nc.general,duke.general