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Hypocrisy about Elections Sam Aurelius Milam III U.S. officials whined to High Heaven about the alleged Chinese attempts to influence U.S. elections. Now, they're openly debating how the U.S. can most effectively influence elections in Serbia. I'm disgusted by the hypocrisy of the U.S. government. Hypocrisy about "Women's"
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Hypocrisy about Guns
Source Unknown: Forwarded by Robert Hayton The NRA's bad press;
Letters to the Editor Dear Frontiersman I know you don't like the Constitution very much, so here is the good news — Mr. Clinton will overrule it by his executive orders soon as a major emergency arises. And when will that be? Say Jan. 1, 2000. While businesses are spending much time & big money to make their computers "compliant", Uncle Sam hasn't moved a muscle. No government checks! Seems to me those guys in D.C. have promoted this. So stock up on food — and water. And you'll need some way to keep warm if Idaho is as cool in winter as I think it is .... Lotsa luck, — Shirley; Urbana, Illinois
You're right about the executive orders, but will anybody even notice the difference? According to CRS Report for Congress, National Emergency Powers, December 10, 1992, the United States was continuously in a state of national emergency from 1933 to 1976, and thirteen declarations of national emergency occurred between 1976 and 1992. I recommend my essay "In Search of the Supreme Flaw of the Land: The Bill of Rights", in which I examined this and other constitutional matters. — editor
Dear Sam — If you would consult the great English scientists, like Newton, you would find that I am simply repeating their own arguments as to why they themselves used the continental measuring system rather than the British. If you would dig up Herr Hammerstein, I'm pretty sure that he would largely agree with my understanding of poetry & his intended meaning. I have tried to explain that a complete overhaul of the US education system is needed, which is impossible without a complete overhaul of the US government, & that until then real education, rather than brainwashing, much less competent teachers, is impossible. Apparently you miss my meaning because you yourself have lost your revolutionary fervor? Sincerely, — Elliot; N. Merrick, New York
Such proposals as "complete overhaul" are so vague as to be meaningless. You cloak your frequent advocacy of such generalities behind references to ancient thinkers, but you never suggest a specific remedy. Since you start with the assumption that your "complete overhaul" is impossible anyway, you conveniently relieve yourself of any need to actually try to solve the problem. If you want competent teachers, then I suggest that you try to forget the "impossible complete overhaul" approach and think of some kind of specific suggestions about how to get competent teachers. If you really are interested in a complete overhaul of the U.S. government, then I suggest that you read my "Treaty for an Alliance of American States", or any of my several essays on the subject. They provide, variously, specific suggestions regarding a "complete overhaul" of the US government. They're available upon request and are posted on The Pharos Connection. As to revolutionary fervor, I haven't lost mine. However, I understand what kind of revolution we need and what kind of revolution we don't need. We need the kind that happens in people's heads, when they learn to think for themselves. We don't need the kind where a centrally directed armed force of rebels overthrows a government, paving the way for a worse government. That kind, which I believe you advocate, is the remedy of choice of incompetent reformers. Finally, I don't rely on past thinkers to do my thinking for me. I don't expect poets to interpret their poetry for me. I can think and interpret for myself. — editor
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Buck Hunter Shoots Off His Mouth Dear Buck Where's the best place to catch sand trout? — Ready to Fish
Dear Ready to Fish Don't know. Never heard of 'em. Dunes? Acknowledgments
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