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To: Grainne who wrote (51506)	8/15/1999 10:48:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

America never had a "soul." America is a nation made up of individuals with diverse interests, goals, beliefs, agendas and lifestyles. What made America great was the ability not to tread upon one another. What made America a travesty was not applying the rights defined by our Founding Fathers to all people across the board no matter their race or economic circumstance. This was the great failing of our Founding Fathers. FDR was without question the worst president America has ever had. His policies were evil and his arrogance the arrogance of a tyrant. Neocon, you and many others still labor under the delusions created by the programming you have had by elders, the media, textbooks and public schools and the government itself continuing to propagate "the big lie."

To: Grainne who wrote (51506)	8/16/1999 5:26:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I disagree with the author about corporate farming, which is simply more efficient, nor do I think that we can over- ride the responsibility of national governments to provide for their citizens, unless we are willing to becoming a truly imperial power. Finally, I do not think that it is global capitalism which is the main culprit in the problems of food distribution. That said, I agree that the reason for famine is not a lack of food, but an inadequate system of distribution, and that governmental and international agencies, including NGOs, can contribute to the broad distribution of staples before crises are reached. However, it must be noted that the primary problem at the end of the twentieth century is the misdirection of foreign aid dollars by tyrannical governments, and the use of food as a weapon in domestic oppression....In the Sudan, for example, famine was used as a means of quelling a rebellion, and international agencies were actively interfered with....