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5.12.08 @ 12:01AM

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1.) The long series of malfeasance in Enron took place during Clinton reign. It was a Republican administration take cornered the robber barons ten months after taking office. The employees of Enron who lost their retirements have my sympathies and I have no sympathy for those in upper management who will be in prison for a long time to come. On the other hand, many employees across this great land unfortunately lose their retirements precisely the way Enron employees did financial planners warn against over and over: failing to diversify investments and putting all one's eggs into one basket.

2.) The only time Democrats and Liberals give a rat's behind about "infrastructure," "mortgaging our future," "budget deficits," "the national debt," and foreign countries sucking up American bonds is when they are not in power. Somehow all these concerns disappear when the Benevolent Empire is back in full swing. Excuse me if in the end I don't take you seriously.
-- Michael Wm. Dooley
Indianapolis, Indiana

FOREIGN LEGION TREASON
Re: Lynn Ward's letter (under "A Carpetbagger in Full") in Hillary Out of Grapeshot:

One of the letters regarding the citizenship status of London Mayor Boris Johnson said one of the ways an American can lose their citizenship is by joining the military of other countries. I have heard of this, however I have never seen any proof of it actually happening. Not to any of the Americans who (A) joined the British, French, or Canadian armies during World Wars One or Two, (B) served on both sides of the Spanish Civil War (Sorry, fans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. There were a few who fought for Franco), or (C) fought in the Rhodesian Army in the 1960s and 1970s. To say nothing about all the Americans in the French Foreign Legion. If anyone has any further information on the subject could you please send it in?
-- Michael Skaggs
Murray, Kentucky

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