The American Spectator

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Even had a fellow on the street in my home town chew my ear when I dared asked if he knew anything about energy pricing and markets or global economics. Nope, it was that @$#%! Bush and his $#@%! cronies who were responsible, the fella spit and spewed.

p>Gotta admit: I really saw not just ignorance in some, but genuine hatred in most all. And a real unwillingness to believe anything other than a conspiracy was afoot. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia /p> p> CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS br> Re: Ben Stein's Terribly Exciting and Reader Mail's Inequality Assurance : /p>

It's all unbearably true. I attended Presbyterian College and have worked in a church since. The reality is heartbreaking. It's also crazy that the whole entire lifestyle in the Carolinas has changed because of this. For us, textiles is our history. My dad worked in textiles for many years, on the sales end. He saw how those who worked in the mills were treated-- they had health insurance for their entire families, they worked long, hard hours -- but they were paid. They made a living.

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