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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Presidential Politics
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Date: Sun, 26-Aug-84 13:52:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 26 13:52:59 1984
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>All those who think
>a Soviet leader can afford to let an American President call him a liar
>in the world press, mail $20,000,000,000.00 to the address below.
Tom Condon says this with the implication that Mondale would call
the Soviet leadership liars while Reagan has not.  Actually Ronald Reagan
and his Administration HAVE been accusing the Soviets of being liars
without giving any actual evidence to back up their statements.
For some months Reagan has been publicly accusing the Soviets of violating
past nuclear arms treaties--yet:
1)Reagan has refused to bring a single charge of Soviet violations to
the Standing Consultative Committee--Nixon, Ford and Carter ALL brought
charges before this Committee and had such alleged violations resolved
by having the Soviets cease activities that were thought to be in
violation of arms treaties OR by deciding that such activities were not
actually violations, OR by deciding that the supposed activities had not
actually occurred.
2)Reagan, while publicly shouting such accusations to the world at large
has labelled his evidence for such supposed violations "classified" and
refused to release the information which serves as the basis for such
dangerous charges.  (dangerous because Reagan and rearmament advocates
then use these charges as excuses for their own plans to break SALT II
in 1985 and continue rearming without any hindrance from treaties)
 
This is the worst possible sort of smear against an opponent: 
to make public charges without ever bringing it before the legal
authorities who are supposed to judge such charges, and then not
even to give any evidence with which to substantiate such charges.
But this is just part of the Reagan Administration's generalized
contempt for the law which has been evidenced in many spheres of
activity.  If the mining of Nicaraguan harbors is about to be
condemned by the World Court--simply pull out of the World Court.
If possible Soviet arms violations might be resolved by the
Standing Consultative Committee and thus lend support to efforts
at arms control which threatens the $1.65 trillion militarization
of America--simply bring no charges before the Standing Consultative
Committee and accuse the Soviets of violating treaties anyway.
If the laws require toxic waste sites to be cleaned up incurring
costs on corporations--simply appoint Anne Burford to insure such
laws are really not enforced.  If she is finally forced to resign
for her failure to enforce the law, then further show contempt for
the protection of the Environment by appointing her to a key
Environmental Commission.
If Congress passes restrictions on spending to overturn the Nicaraguan
government, then simply bypass the law by taking such funds from
allocations for other activities.
Tim Sevener
whuxl!orb
Bell Labs, Whippany