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From: barbuto@idis.UUCP (indstd anthony barbuto)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: RE: Regan flame & a**holes
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Date: Tue, 3-Apr-84 17:15:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  3 17:15:03 1984
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>I am tired of spending thousands of tax dollars to support a bunch of 
>free-loading assholes.

I, SIR, AM NOT A FREELOADING ASSHOLE or whatever you may have called me.
You obviously do not know an asshole from a hole in the ground.
I am a graduate student, full time.  I have held some sort of part time job 
since I returned to school in order to finance my education.  I am living
entirely on my own means on less than $300.00 a month. I know that I am eligable
for food stamps and/or welfare or cheese or whatever and have not sought any
such aid.  I worked for 5 years after I finished undergrad work and have paid
off all my guaranteed student loans LONG before they were due to be paid off in
full.  I AM NO FREELOADER. And I believe that a vast majority of students are 
also not.  Education is this countries MOST valuable asset (as weak as it may
be)  If you believe that all should not be entitled to an education by providing
reasonable means to facilitate such then YOU are the ASSHOLE. On that topic 
enough said.

AS for Regan... For the past 100 years we have intervened in the politics of
Central America for our own entirely economic reasons. Always to benefit the
US and the large US multinationals.  We have maintained dictatorships and
such through military presence and have thus hindered the natural process of
political as well as social development.  I know this because I have a
graduate and undergraduate concentration in Latin American Studies.  It is
an area of interest and I feel that I am  an "expert" compared to the common
educated US citizen.  I do not necessarily advocate socialism nor communism.
In fact I believe in the capitalist system.  However we have NO right to
impose our views and politics on others.  (ever hear of human rights??)

In Nicaragua a majority of the people have finally been able to oust a vile
corrupt murderer (no thanks to us benevolent citizens) and set up their own
government.  A few (200?) felt that they would rather flee than live under
the new government.  (The junta did not in fact murder former supporters of the
old regeme.) That's their right.  All of the land, the banks and industries
owned by Samosa (approximately 90% of the nations wealth) was nationalized.
SOME of the large landholdings were redistributed. (Why should one person own
millions of $ worth of land when there are hundreds of thousands starving??)
NO MATTER.  We have NO RIGHT to attempt to destabilize such governments.
Our own government would have never survived had some super-power interfered
with our struggle.  If we would have offered to support the Nicaragua junta
with all the money we have WASTED in military aid they would be more inclined
to accept our form of government than to run to the Soviets.  Its only common
sense.  They were forced to seek aid elsewhere.  If we had helped them they
would not have felt threatened, those moderates in the junta would be in
good positions to have good relations with the US.  Instead as they(the 
 people)  felt that dealing with us was hopeless, the moderates were losing
out to the more leftists.  The right wing has proven to be infinitely more
ruthless and blood thirsty that even the EXTREME left.  But that's ok.
As long as IT&T and United Fruit Co., and EXXON, and all of the others are 
making money,  pushing for favorable legislation... what's the difference??

A vote for a continuation of our present policy in Central America is a vote
against liberty, human rights and most of the things I thought this country 
stood for.       

     HAVE A LITTLE HUMAN COMPASSION

I fear the threat of the Soviets as much as most people, but I don't check
under my bed at night.

flame off

decvax!idis!barbuto
so threatened