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To: redfish who wrote (144)	6/10/2004 11:54:31 AM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 267

Talking about the Florida Supreme Court?

To: redfish who wrote (144)	6/11/2004 11:56:16 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 267

The Reagan Phenomenon by Murray N. Rothbard (published in 1984) The presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan has been a disaster for libertarianism in the United States, and might yet prove to be catastrophic for the human race. Reagan came to power in 1981 as the chief political spokesman for the Conservative Movement, a movement which took its essential modern form in 1955, with the founding of National Review. Reagan has been the main conservative politician since "The Speech," delivered over nationwide TV during the 1964 Goldwater campaign, established him as the "Great Communicator" of the right wing. The Conservative Movement of modern times has had three basic, and mutually contradictory, tenets: (1) "Getting Big Government Off Our Backs" by rolling back statism and establishing a free market economy; (2) crushing civil liberties whenever crime, "national security," or "morality" are threatened, i.e. whenever civil liberties become important; and (3) seeking an all-out political and military confrontation with "atheistic world Communism," in particular its satanic headquarters in the Kremlin, up to and including a nuclear showdown. [continued ...] lewrockwell.com