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To: combjelly who wrote (321651)	1/18/2007 6:50:14 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1573857

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black Muslim from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white atheist from Wichita, Kansas. Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a radical Muslim from Indonesia. When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia. Obama attended a Muslim school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, he was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school. Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education. Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obamaâs mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Osama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the radical teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politically expedient to be a Christian when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in Chicago in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background. You do understand that Obama is now the leading candidate to oppose the Republican nominee in the next presidential

To: combjelly who wrote (321651)	1/18/2007 6:55:05 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1573857

Libertarianism has more different factions than the Baptists. True, but consistently arguing for less government doesn't even require you to be a minarchist, considering how big government is today, and minarchists aren't anarcho-capitalists. I'm not sure anarcho-capitalists really even qualify as libertarian. Libertarian is generally distinct from anarchy, but if you define it broadly, then many Democrats and Republicans would qualify (one study using a broader definition had libertarians at 15% of the population). If you define "libertarian" broadly, then anarcho-capitalists are a very small minority within the group. (And I'm not an anarcho capitalist BTW, not even an extreme minarchist) Quick and dirty definition of terms. Libertarian - Supporter of limited/small government. A wide definition would include Anarcho capitalists on one end, and a decent sized chunk of Republican and Democratic voters on the other end. A narrow definition might be something like the definition of minarchist. Minarchist - Supporter of no government except that needed to protect against force and fraud. (Of course interpretations of what constitutes force and fraud vary widely, and opinions of what is needed to deal with them also vary, but if you have a very wide definition of what is needed and justified you probably aren't a minarchist) Anarcho-capitalist - Believer in providing all goods and services voluntary, having no taxes, or government in the way we know the term today (but people could contract for what we now see as government services, in the anarcho-capitalist vision this would go as far as police/protection services, and something that at least resembles courts.