"Gunner" wrote in message
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Recent releases of Soviet documents have shown that there were indeed
a great number of clandistine Communist activists among those
blacklisted. Jumping Joe McCarthy was an oportunistic clod..but as it
turns out, he was indeed correct in far more cases than previously
accepted. People who did provide aid, information etc to the
Soviets. Do the websearches on this fascinating topic. Its rather
moot now, as the USSR is kaput..but those individuals in many cases
are still alive.

He was right that there were a lot of communists, the treasonous kind, in
the US government. However, he got almost all of the names wrong. So he was
on the right scent but he made up the list of names for the most part.


Its very hard for anyone, to not use their own prejudices and mindset
in such matters. Particularly for those whom have not devoted any
appreciable amount of time to listening to both sides of an issue,
before forming a judgment. Once an individual has heard and understood
both sides of an issue, he can then form a rock hard Stand on
something, but that must include data, and fact, rather than solely
emotional content.

cough, cough...


As you may have guessed..Im a bit opinionated G..

gak! cough, wheeze...

but my opinions and
Stand on an issue are based on data, reason, logic and very little
emotion.

CHOKE! gasp, hack, cough...


...Because of this, I tend to be something of a pragmatist. I know what
IS, and what things Should be, and tend to try to work a compromise
with both, but never letting Should be overload what Is.

Wait a minute. You live in California. How the hell do you expect anyone to
believe you know what IS? The whole state is just a stage set, and your
government is run by actors and out-of-work entertainers.


Probably the most reality oriented political group in the US, is the
libertarians.

AAaaaaah, thud....

Cold hard facts are the basis of their platform, no
matter how emotionaly they argue it G. And because they neither use
religion or emotion as a basis..they get flack from both the Right and
the Left.

Not to mention the people who have to put up with their made-up version of
history and their utopian idea of free-range social Darwinism and
no-holds-barred business wheeling and dealing.

Lets be practical here for a moment..

I thought you were a libertarian.

--
Ed Huntress
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