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<div>William F. Buckley once threatened to punch Noam Chomsky in the face on "Firing Line" when Chomsky appeared as a guest. This is shown in Chomsky's film, "Manufacturing Consent." </div>
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<div>Having said that, I miss "Firing Line," and I respected Buckley's principled and eloquent conservatism. He publicly stated that the Iraq War was a failed policy, and opposed the war on drugs. Many think these positions are "left wing." Yet I think that both the Iraq War and the war on drugs promote a "liberal" big government/big spending approach, that should inspire intense skepticism from anyone who advocates a general policy that big government intrusive tax payer burdening solutions to problems are to be avoided if possible.</div>
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<div>I'm surprised by how many so called conservatives continue to insist that the invasion of Iraq was not a mistake, as the costs of the Iraq occupation climb hundreds of billions upon hundreds of billions of dollars, and world wide terrorism continues, in part inspired by hatred of the USA, for occupying Islamic nations. </div>
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<div>William F. Buckley writing on the Iraq War at URL below:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/buckley/buckley200602241451.asp">http://www.nationalreview.com/buckley/buckley200602241451.asp</a><br><br>CIA Bin Laden analyst Michael Scheuer on YouTube regarding Ron Paul's wise foreign policy views on the war on terror:</div>
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<div><span>CIA Michael Scheuer Binladin Expert: Only Ron Paul Gets It</span></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqXdbe7CVM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqXdbe7CVM</a></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/27/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chasuk</b> <<a href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">chasuk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:13 AM, lfalen <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> Flags should be flown at half mast today. William F. Buckley died this morning at 82.<br><br>I love William F. Buckley, but do you really think that he is such an<br>American icon that he merits flags at half-mast?<br>
<br>I wonder, is there any official, designating criterion for this honor?<br><br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
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