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From: ryan@fremen.DEC (Mike Ryan)
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Subject: Ken Arndt in context (NH)
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 21:58:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 15 21:58:39 1985
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To  understand Ken Arndt, you must first realize that here in New Hampshire,
he  is  not that unusual. The major daily in the state, the Manchester Union
Leader  (which  I'm  sure Ken has a lifetime subscription to) shows a "media
bias"  somewhere  about  2  millimeters  to  the left of Lyndon LaRouche. It
includes  a  column  called "Armed Citizen" and prints a prayer on the front
page  every  day,  and regularly prints columns by Phyllis Schlafly (doesn't
she  know  a  woman's  place  is in the home?). In this morning's (March 14)
paper,  a  front  page  editorial  by  that  venerable  political  watchdog,
publisher  Nackey  Loeb,  suggested that the Soviets killed Chernenko so the
transfer  of  power  to Gorbachev would give the Americans false hopes for a
Soviet policy change entering the arms talks. Sorry I can't provide the full
text,  the  paper belonged to a co-worker and made for some interesting talk
at  lunch  time  (maybe  Ken  can  post  it and show us the truth). The fact
remains, Ken's viewpoints (if not necessarily his style) aren't far from the
mainstream in a state whose motto is "Live Free or Die".

Regarding  working  at  this  facility (yes, I'm at the same location as Ken
Arndt,  but  a different building), it's a good place to work with many good
people  (some  of whom are of Ken's ideological frame of mind). You can work
here and never meet him (I haven't)!
 
Although  I  can only think of one issue I agree with Ken on, I think he has
both  provided  and  provoked many of the most entertaining flames recently,
and  I hope he continues to do so (along with his adversaries). He does have
a  point about people taking him too seriously; by now we should all realize
that   nothing  he  says  should  be  taken  seriously  (emacs  users: do  a
(re-replace-string "[.,;?!]" ":-)&") on his articles before reading).

Personally,  I  live  in Massachusetts and commute over the border (which in
New  Hampshire  is  considered  grounds  for  incarceration  in  the nearest
hospital for the criminally insane). There you go, Ken; flame away!

Note my avoidance of that unmentionable wimpy-pinko-liberal-Democratic-sissy
symbol throughout - y'all can tell what's serious and what isn't, can't you?

Keep flamin'

Mike Ryan