moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (07/02/84)
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I know this has been discussed on net.space (I sought it out), but I think
it's just too good to keep there. About two weeks ago, I was watching a late
movie on the tube when a political braodcast came on. Since the only other
program on was Three's Company (a program I detest), I decided to stick
around. A fellow by the name of Lyndon H. LaRouche came on, running for the
democratic presidential nomination. It started off making some comments on
how we should beef up our space program, especially "Star Wars" defenses,
and I got fairly indignant, as the moderators made lots of slanted
statements in their descriptions (their opponents "whined", "lied", "cried",
etc.). LaRouche then started to make references to people as Communists and
"fellow travellers" to certain people, and my indignation gave way to
amusement (I'm sorry, but these guys are such twits...). He even refered to
Henry Kissenger as an "overt Communist agent"! Frankly, I think ol' Henry
works only for ol' Henry.... I was still somewhat upset, though, as he made
lots of nasty references to the L5 group, who, as far as I understand, have
only one major (and in my opinion, noble) goal... to get a permanent space
station in orbit. LaRouche implied that most of the L5 people (and in fact,
all science-fiction fans, too) were a bunch of gullible adolescents.
And then it got good. LaRouche went bannanas, talking about how the flying
saucer groups were the greatest threat to national security ever; the groups
are apparently run from "the highest levels in Moscow" (funny, I thought
they were run from the National Enquirer :-) ), and that they participated
in TM, a "devious form of brainwashing... psuedo-sexual in nature". And to
top it all off, he turns out to be a megalamaniac, too, by saying that "The
Soviets fear me as they fear no other..." Quite an entertaining half hour.
Now, maybe I should be less joking about this; maybe this is another Joe
McCarthy on the horizon... but I just find it hard to take this moron
seriously. I believe that most people in the US are nowhere near
brain-damaged enough not to figure out that this guy is a complete whacko.
The only thing I worry about is the people who funded him enough to put this
thing on before the CBS late movie...
Just another garden variety Communist dupe...
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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ARPA (?): fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAcrm@rti.UUCP (07/06/84)
..... (are there dot-eaters out there too? This LaRouche fellow may be familiar to some of you all -- did you ever get accosted by the people in airports trying to sell Fusion magazine and bumper stickers that said things like "Nuke Jane Fonda"? Yeah, those are the same people. LaRouche also has some wild economics ideas that he claims revolutionize the whole field, and used to be associated with the U.S. Labor Party (which I think he founded...) Re: the economics ideas -- the Nobel committee hasn't noticed him yet ; no doubt because of Communist influence. The best reason I can think of to not worry about him is that he has been raving for some long time, and still hasn't been able to make much impact. Still, he probably bears watching. Anybody know how to get hold of Remo and Chiun (he said obliquely)? Charlie Martin
david@randvax.UUCP (07/08/84)
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I wouldn't worry about LaRouche too much...he's been running for
President almost as long as Harold Stassen. He is, however, a
Hall-of-Fame loony who does add a little psychedelic spice to our
drearily protracted electoral process.
How about a ticket of LaRouche and Falwell? Or maybe LaRouche and
the guy who claims that the media are all controlled by the Vatican?
I'd PAY to see those guys in concert...it might even be a bigger
draw than the Jacksons' tour...
Cheers!
--- dasmoriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (07/13/84)
> Anybody know how to get hold of Remo and Chiun (he said obliquely)?
Yes, why isn't there a master of Sinaju around when you need one?
"That's the biz, sweetheart"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAmikevp@proper.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) (07/18/84)
I saw Lyndon LaRouche on TV a couple of years ago. He's one of the few political types around who really scares me. Something about his eyes... grim fanaticism. What really aggravates me is that he has filched some of my favorite soapboxes: Nuclear power, BMD, and space development.