DH> KK> Right after the '94 Republican victories, Mr Gingrich put forward
DH> KK> a proposal, written apparently by the religious right, though I can't
DH> KK> recall its formal name.  This proposal would have forcibly taken away
DH> As I remember, Newt simply suggested that orphanages might be a viable
DH> alternative to the existing welfare programs, I don't believe that he
DH> ever suggested that the Feds would be allowed to forcibly remove the
DH> children from their mothers home. I f you claim otherwise, I would
DH> appreciate some supporting material.
I'll research it.
[...]
DH> KK> Now if I generalize from your above example, and from mine,
DH> KK> I would say that
DH> KK> 1) We all secretly think the imposition of Federal power is
DH> KK> really cool when it advances our own value system, or that
DH> KK> of the people who finance our election;
DH> KK> 2) When the opposition (Those Who Are Wrong) do exactly the
DH> KK> same thing, we scream bloody murder and call it unethical,
DH> KK> immoral, or unconstitutional.
DH> Keith, all to often this is true.
At least we agree on that.
To summarize my impression of the Dem/Repub question, I've prepared
the following chart which shows, as far as I can tell, the differences
and similarities between the two parties:
FIGURE 1:  Differences and Similarities Between Democrats and Republicans
           in Congress and the Executive Branch
                    DIFFERENCES            SIMILARITIES
               ______________________________________________
               |
     DEMOCRATS |    Screw the rich         Screw the
               |                           middle class
               |
   REPUBLICANS |    Screw the poor         Screw the
               |                           middle class
As you can see from the 'similarities' column, there really is
bipartisan agreement on some things.
 * SLMR 2.1a *      Atoms are not things.  -- Heisenberg
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