-=> Quoting Keith Knapp to David Hartung <=-
 KK> Yep.  Here are a couple of other examples.
 KK> Right after the '94 Republican victories, Mr Gingrich put forward
 KK> a proposal, written apparently by the religious right, though I can't
 KK> recall its formal name.  This proposal would have forcibly taken away
 KK> the children of Welfare mothers, and put those kids into "orphanages"
 KK> to be run by the religious right.  IOW, this proposed legislation
 KK> would have used Federal power to take children away from their
 KK> mothers. I like to think that Mr Gingrich was smart enough to know that
 KK> this proposal had about an ice cube's chance in hell, and was doing it
 KK> only to secure campaign money.  Yet somebody wrote it, and a supposed
 KK> opponent of Federal imposition on Americans floated it.
 As I remember, Newt simply suggested that orphanages might be a viable
 alternative to the existing welfare programs, I don't believe that he
 ever suggested that the Feds would be allowed to forcibly remove the
 children from their mothers home. I f you claim otherwise, I would
 appreciate some supporting material.
 KK> And here's a local example.  Recently, developers here in NM have
 KK> been trying to extend a major expressway right through the middle
 KK> of the Petroglyph National Monument, which is considered a sacred
 KK> site by local Indians.  Opposition is not limited to people you might
 KK> call tree-huggers, but also moderates like me who think development
 KK> is OK but that this is going too far.  Now, Republican Senator
 KK> Pete Domenici has introduced proposed legislation into Congress
 KK> which would make this a Federal issue that would override local
 KK> opposition and force the road through.  Correct me if I'm wrong,
 KK> but from reading this echo I've gained the impression that
 KK> conservatives despise, on general principles, the imposition
 KK> of Federal power upon local government and public opinion.
 They should.
 KK> Now if I generalize from your above example, and from mine,
 KK> I would say that
 KK> 1) We all secretly think the imposition of Federal power is
 KK> really cool when it advances our own value system, or that
 KK> of the people who finance our election;
 KK> 2) When the opposition (Those Who Are Wrong) do exactly the
 KK> same thing, we scream bloody murder and call it unethical,
 KK> immoral, or unconstitutional.
 Keith, all to often this is true.
 
 david.hartung@mcione.com
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