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Politics : John Kerry for President Free speach thread NON-CENSORED -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geode00 who wrote (732)	1/23/2005 8:12:47 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1449

The hot links in my SI post didn't work either, but I can get to them by pasting the addresses in my browser. Did the commas get added to the links? So, History of Economic Thought is at cepa.newschool.edu New School has peddled some garbage, but my recollection of this comparison site is reasonably fair and honest. http :// cepa.newschool.edu/net/index,htm (knock out the blanks) The Rise, Decline, and Reemergence of Classical Liberalism is at belmont.edu http ://www. belmont.edu/lockesmith/essay.html Rather than fill a page with other links, for now I'd suggest two easy little reads. One is Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions. I think he's given remarkable balanced analysis of why we, thee and me, have grossly different interpretations of what's going on. The other is Charles Murray's What It Means to Be a Libertarian. This is not full of economic analysis, but presents a lot of sources in the book and bibliography to support his theme, which you may or may not find interesting. These alone prolly won't convert you to a right wing nut like me, but may give insights as to why your opposition might not be altogether nasty or nuts. You're right about the kind of capitalism we have in the US. For reasons you may discover, I'd argue that we'd be better off with much less government intervention. If we'd let common law evolve wrt enforcement of contracts and adjudication of torts we'd be a more prosperous society. Who said there were no advantages to growing older? Believe me, the advantages are grossly outweighed. If you doubt, wanna trade knees and gizzards? If the formatting comes out as rotten as in the preview, well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME!

To: geode00 who wrote (732)	1/24/2005 12:32:10 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

Sen. Clinton decries leadership lacking resolve, inspiration By Nirvi Shah Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Monday, January 24, 2005 WEST PALM BEACH Ñ — America's leaders don't have a vision, and the economy may be on the brink of collapse, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday. The chance to invest in a national energy policy may be lost because President Bush is looking the other way, and flaws in the American health-care system are going unaddressed, Clinton said. But somehow, she manages to be hopeful. Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke at the Kravis Center before a gathering of Brandeis University alumni and the public, charming the crowd with her views on a Bush administration whose strategy, she says, is to turn a blind eye when it doesn't have an answer to a serious question. "I don't see that thoughtful, visionary direction that got us where we are today," she told the crowd of hundreds. "The history of America is... to make sacrifices today for a better tomorrow. The progress that then occurred moved everyone forward. "That progress is at risk today," she said. President Dwight D. Eisenhower left a legacy of highways, John F. Kennedy the excitement over space exploration, and Lyndon B. Johnson created the legal framework for civil rights, Clinton said. "What are we investing in today?" "I believe that on both political and substantive grounds, my husband did it just right," she said, referring to former President Clinton. "The deficit reduction act didn't get one single Republican vote. He took on the gun lobby with the Brady Bill. He took on health care. He took on hard issues that we pay a president for. Frankly, it is not that hard cutting people's taxes." Among her goals: a plan to extend the life and health of social security, a budget with discipline and health-care reform. "I think the economy is standing on a trap door, and I don't know that we necessarily hold the levers," she said, astonishing the crowd with the fact that the United States borrows $50 million each month from other countries. Outside, a man holding a giant poster didn't need to hear Clinton to be charmed by her. "Hillary 2008" read his sign, which was complete with a border of red and white bumper stickers announcing the same message. When a member of the audience asked Clinton what her role in the 2008 election would be, she didn't answer, but remarked that the Democratic Party has a lot of work to do. "I think there are a lot of very capable people on the horizon."