OT - Gas to hit 4.00
Andy Bradford
amb-plug at bradfords.org
Thu Jun 5 20:36:32 MDT 2008
Thus said Charles Curley on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:41:12 MDT:
> > Iran's government is bad. Do I think we should pull another Iraq and
> > go in and make it "good?" No. I think the best thing the US can do
> > is promote capitalism in the region via Iraq and Afghanistan and let
> > the people under oppressed regimes make their move.
>
> Here I agree with you in large part. Promote free markets, yes
> (including at home). Remain in Iraq and Afghanistan, no. The latter is
> not helping the former goal.
Trade with with all, entangling alliances with none? Sounds vaguely
familiar... oh yeah, Thomas Jefferson, once said it I think. Oddly
enough the first hit on google when searching for ``entangling alliances
trade'' is:
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst111107.htm
Don't quote me on this, but I think it was Mr Glenn Beck who called Ron
Paul the closest thing to a Founding Father that we could find in our
modern day... Not that I find Glenn Beck particularly interesting or
credible, but there are plenty of people that listen to his show. :-)
Andy
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