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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (138714)	7/4/2004 2:16:11 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 281500

Faultline hates redundancy, so Message 20278869 I'm a free speech advocate. I even think the NRA should be able to speak its mind after August 30, but unfortunately the campaign finance reform act prevents that, thanks to people who failed to think about the consequences to Michael Moore's advertising his film. My position is clear: The only power I have over Michael Moore is to boycott his piece of bullflop film, and that's what I'm doing and advocating. It's an old civil rights technique pioneered by Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, in the interest of returning to on-topic conversation, please give some thought to the following: forbes.com Ronald Reagan's Legacy Caspar Weinberger, 06.10.04, 12:25 PM ET Ronald Reagan was no ordinary politician. In fact, in many ways he wasn't really a politician at all. He was a deeply patriotic man who was raised in, and reflected the virtues and values of, an earlier America that started in New England and made its way well into the Midwest heartland. His actions were based on a strong, unchanging faith and an unquenchable optimism about the future of the country. His actions also were based on a feeling that he had not only been placed on Earth by God with a special mission, but that he was bound to carry out that mission--to reverse what he correctly believed were a series of serious failings of the country and a lack of belief in our future. He succeeded to an extent that will always confound and frankly irritate some of his opponents, because of his unshakeable belief in the causes he believed in and the rightness of the courses he recommended. The country and the world are better places because of Ronald Reagan, and the changed path that he created for us all. He strengthened the military and he determined that the Cold War had to be won--that we couldn't succeed simply by trying to contain the Soviet empire. Apart from winning the Cold War, his greatest accomplishment was improving the whole outlook and attitude of the country. It was by his efforts that we renewed our faith in a free-market system that emphasized the importance of the rule of law and the true worth of the individual. Caspar Weinberger served as Ronald Reagan's secretary of defense from 1981 to 1987. He is currently chairman of Forbes.