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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (12718)	4/2/1998 3:37:00 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 20981

A presidential pat on the back for the one good thing the boy had done for US. Reappointing Alan Greenspan - a GREAT man. 14:31 GREENSPAN: ASIA CRISIS DISCREDITS CENTRAL PLANNING, MERCANTILISM 14:31 GREENSPAN: ONLY CAPITALISM FITS HUMAN NATURE. 14:30 GREENSPAN: ASIA DIDN'T FULLY EMBRACE CAPITALISM. 14:30 GREENSPAN PRAISES MARKET CAPITALISM. 14:30 GREENSPAN: TECHNOLOGY, TRADE SQUEEZING OUT INEFFICIENCIES. Asia crisis discredits central planning. Are you listening AlGore?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (12718)	4/2/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

While Hoover certainly did commit some violations of privacy.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, sorta, WAHT an understatement! He was also tight with organized crime. Did he ever really successfully prosecute the mob? Uh-uh. Spent his time checking up on politicians' sex lives. Sound familiar? But at least Bill doesn't turn up at parties in a pink dress and a wig. I was never a great fan of RFK's but it was Hoover, not Bobby, who began the MLK investigations, and blackmailed B into acquiescing. Hoover was a bigtime racist. Read Anthony Summers's book on Hoover. Extremely interesting.

To: Zoltan! who wrote (12718)	4/2/1998 5:06:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

"While Hoover certainly did commit some violations of privacy he also used his power to stop many of the more outrageous acts against US citizens that the Kennedys wanted to the FBI to perform." Excuse me, Duncan, but from the inception of his career with the Palmer raids in 1919 until the bitter end, Hoover's career was filled with nutty abuses and self serving acts. He certainly wasn't as bad as the KGB, but he possibly would have been if he had been over there. The man would have been a laughingstock if he wasn't so dangerous. I will see if I can find a biography this weekend to refresh my memory (although it may have to wait until next weekend since my wife is out of town, and I will be a single father until Monday). It is just plain silly--no, outrageous--to suggest that "Hoover shielded Americans from the Kennedy's transgressions." On the other hand, maybe I should just drop it, cause if you want to say such things, it just doesn't matter at all what the truth is.