Re: Technical and Spiritual Development

From: Keith F. Lynch (kfl_at_KeithLynch.net)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: 26 Jan 2005 23:02:08 -0500

OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> wrote:
> 8) Now, here's where we get into the meat of the matter. The major
> aspect of the 1912 election wasn't so much the issue of whether America
> should stay out of European geopolitics, but whether the industrialized
> America should remain capitalist or embrace socialism.

I never said otherwise. Few people in 1912 expected a major war in
Europe, and even fewer thought there was any chance that the US might
be dragged into it if there was one. I thought we were discussing
1916, not 1912.

> Even today we've seen that both sides have their pluses and
> their minuses ...

I don't agree.

> * Should the Federal Government undertake the responsibility
> of protecting the social welfare of citizens, especially when
> inflation skyrockets?

Inflation is cause by the government.

> ... by most accounts Perot honestly wasn't *that* interested in
> becoming President as he was towards getting revenge on Bush
> Sr. over actions taken as head CIA spook that led to Perot's
> Control Data Corporation going down the tubes.

Electronic Data Systems (EDS), not CDC. 

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