sample (04/26/83)
As a libertarian, I take exception to the title of Arlan Andrews' article "Libertarian Political Creed". His position is so far from mine and from other libertarians in this area, that I think he is applying the wrong categorization to himself. I would classify him under "radical right-wing redneck". Rick Sample ubc-vision!sample
pollack (04/27/83)
#R:inuxd:-28600:uicsl:16300004:000:2634 uicsl!pollack Apr 26 15:24:00 1983 Arlen, Your remarks all over this notefile really need a response: ***** uicsl:net.politics / inuxd!arlan / 10:35 pm Apr 25, 1983 If Reagan is allowed to use his powers, Central american will not be another Indochina. ... Viva El Salvador! Muerte a los rojos! (i.e. Death to the reds) **************** Unfortunately, Reagan is exercising his powers. Each time he certifies that human rights have improved in El Salvador, and sends more bullets, more reds (that is, illiterate, starving peasants who wonder why their life is so rotten) die. Reagan is exercising his powers, sending millions to train mercenaries to overthrow the recognized government of Nicaragua, which, by the way, is not a dictatorship, has not massacred its own people, nor nationalized U.S. company assets. Reagan is exercising his powers, refusing aid to Costa Rica unless they build an army suitable for American purposes. Reagan is exercising his powers, discreetly sending helicopter parts to Guatemala, where hundreds of thousands of people died since the democracy was terminated by our own CIA in 1954. Reagan is exercising his powers, training mercenaries to overthrow Grenada, because they will out-compete our tourist colonies with a brand new international airport. Reagan is exercising his powers, pouring it into the Honduran Army so they will be as useful as Somoza's National Guard. ********************** I consider that the Reds have fired the first shot many times. ********************** Talk about Socialists firing the first shot, eh? Allende didn't. Arbenz didn't. Castro didn't. Peron didn't. (Do you even know who they are?) Each time a popular movement rises to power (through elections or revolution) in Latin America, it is first Snubbed, then Embargoed, then Attacked, and usually falls to a punk who tries real hard to physically erase the national memory with the help of U.S. aid. ********************** I will drink a toast on the day that El Salvador drives the rats into the sea, and when Nicaragua and Cuban hoodlums try to swim the oceans to our shores, begging for asylum. I would like to be there to toss them lead lifejackets. ********************* Arlen, you should learn the real definition of a communist. The domino theory is correct, but it is not international communism which spreads, but the end of colonialization. You should learn the real reason why the U.S. is constantly battling "international communism" throughout Central America, and feel the struggle within yourself. You might then not issue such ridiculus junk. Tom Craver, at least, has class! Jordan Pollack, Illinois. ----------
myers (04/27/83)
Is Arlan Andrews a human, or an AI program written by LaRouche?
soreff (04/27/83)
In reply to Arlan Andrew's article: You certainly expressed your hostility clearly. Frankly, I don't think of the USSR as an opponent, but rather as a back up system. I'm quite happy to see them in space, because if the US space effort should expire of internal causes (as the planetary science program has been close to doing), I'm glad to see the USSR still running its program. Politics is a transitory thing. In 500 years, I expect that more people will remember Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong than will remember the ideologies of their nations. -Jeffrey Soreff (hplabs!soreff)