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7.31.03 @ 12:01AM

NUTSO CONSERVATISM
Re: Jed Babbin's Are You Nuts? (No, but thanks for asking.)

Well, there you have it. The package is nearly complete. Having already defined conservative principles as hate crimes, liberals have now shown, with charts and graphs and footnotes, that conservative philosophy is mental illness. All that's left is to show that we shouldn't be allowed to run around loose, let alone vote and have families.
-- Larry Thornberry
Tampa, FL

At some point, when I was still very young (mid-40's), I observed that there are two kinds of people in the world: 1. Those who will admit that they are insane and, 2. Those who will not admit that they are insane.

True to form, the "Berserkely Study" (without its authors having the faintest idea) looks like a self study. Additionally, its points apply to two groups of people who are of the second kind (above): Illiberals in general, and Democrats in particular.

Again,
-- Carl Gordon Pyper
Monett, Missouri

Lemmesee --

* The State of California has a 38 BILLION dollar deficit

* more than the total of the other 49 states combined

* Our state bond rating is just above junk status

* California Universities will SURCHARGE (over and above tuition) students $3,000 if their parents earn $91,000+

* An illegal alien can attend a CAL University cheaper than a Medal of Honor winner from Tulsa

* Our 4th graders test scores are above those of Guam (one up from the bottom)

* The "car tax" triples October 1st

* Sales tax goes to 8 3/4% in some counties

* Our interstates are the longest parking lots in the world

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