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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (357033)	2/10/2003 3:56:46 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

http://hsgfx:reciprocal@www.hussman.com/hussman/members/updates/latest.htm ...One of the disturbing features of the current economic and political climate is the willingness of our Administration to plunge the U.S. into international isolationism. Beyond the predictable political consequences (radicalizing first-tier enemies, amplifying anti-American sentiment, and proliferating exactly those weapons we seek to contain), there is one particularly acute economic risk to this, which is the ease with which U.S. isolationism could trip the economy into a depression... By pursuing a stance that isolates the U.S. internationally... we pursue a stance that threatens the continued inflow of foreign capital at a time when it is central to our economic stability. The potential effect of a chill on foreign capital inflows could mirror the consequences of our retreat into protectionism during the Depression.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (357033)	2/10/2003 4:07:21 PM
From: Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I don't want to get into this with prolife and all you males here that have so many strong feelings on this issue (I always have to wonder why it is men who are so concerned about this anyway... ) Maybe, because it is half us.....;-) a fetus, by definition is infringing upon the mother's human rights from day one. I have never heard that argument before, and I would completely disagree. It is the mother (and father)that "welcomed" that baby into her body by having unprotected intercourse. (please, no side arguments about rape right now). I believe that once that decision was made, you really do have to consider the rights of the child. Lizzie, I know we will never agree on this. That's okay. I do wish we would take the government out of it, stop forcing me to pay for abortions through my tax dollars. I would also be very happy with a ban on partial birth abortion. That name should be really changed to infanticide. I did read once, the only way to "solve" the abortion issue is to make it, over time, a social taboo. It would take generations to accomplish.