Could the Press Grow a Spine?

Ed Rasimus wrote in message . ..

you accept the fact that all of us who
fought in Vietnam were war criminals guilty of atrocity.

I dunno about anybody else but when someone tells me that he
witnessed or participated in atrocities I tend to belief them.
When someone also tells me that he did not, I tend to believe
him too. Unlike yourself, I don't have a problem with the
notion that different persons had different experiences.

What I find bizarre, is when someone argues that the atrocities
to which people admit, never occurred.


You agree that we should enthrone a Robin Hood government that takes
from the rich and bestows upon the poor.

I dunno if he agrees with you on that or not. But _I_ definately
am opposed to a government that takes from the poor and gives to the
rich, like the S&L deregulation, or allowing corporations to declare
a surplus in their pension plans based on projected cash flow from
their present workforce, then take back the 'surplus' then declare
bankruptcy and lay off the workers they said would be financing the
pension. Then claim they can't lay the pensions that could have been
payed if they had left the funds on deposit.

Or the corporate income tax, effectively a tax on all consumers, but
it has it's greatest impact on the poor.

We should turn over American
foreign policy to 220 stumbling third-world corrupt governments in the
UN.

I dunno about that. But when we feed them a pack of lies and
sabotage the UN weapons inspection program by feeding them false
information they should call us for being the liars we are.

And, we should provide universal health care to everyone in the
nation,

Yes.

regardless of cost.

It will cost us regardless. The question is mostly how will
those costs be paid.


Repetition might be satisfying and with the three of you echoing each
other, it may meet your needs for intellectual stimulation.

At this point I'll let you vote the way you wish,

No one needs you to 'let' them vote they way they wish. If that
makes you unhappy, maybe you're living in the wrong country.
Perhaps Myamar would be more to your liking.

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FF