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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsResurrected from August 2012, by babylonsister: Charley Reese's Final Column.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021210150Unbelievable that no-one responded back then.
I hope it does better this time.
It's an excellent read.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)Libertarian claptrap by the way.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)It didn't sound like Libertarian claptrap to me...
Thanks for the kick.
donheld
(21,311 posts)Doesn't sound at all like Libertarian anything. It sounds like facts.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)That lines up with what I thought.
spanone
(135,907 posts)RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)He originally penned it in the '80s. It appeared again in 1995. In 2008, the version cited was put out with some additional material not written by Reese:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/reese.asp
Reese was a RWNJ.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)RWNJ=right wing ??
It's still a good read, IMHO.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)That's a ridiculous notion.
I also believe this column is being misrepresented and was not written by the man it's being attributed to.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)I know things were added.
How do you prove authorship?
Uncle Joe
(58,467 posts)Thanks for the thread, CaliforniaPeggy.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)I only discovered this; it was originally posted by babylonsister...
She deserves the credit.
I'm just the messenger...
Uncle Joe
(58,467 posts)Peace to you.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,742 posts)That's why I reposted it.
Peace to you as well!