--- Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find it interesting that the > strong-central-government financier > Hamilton seems to more inspire the GOP and the > weak-government > Southerner Jefferson inspires Democrats. And that > since the early > 80's a wave has been rising in favor of the first > Secretary of the > Treasury among conservative and neoconservative > scholars. Was L. Neil > Smith right about an elitist group of > anti-libertarian Hamiltonians > bent on political power? > > Gary Denton -- Probability Broach Maru
If so, then L. Neil Smith has the political literacy of a tortoise. Which one of these two is an elist, again? Hamilton or Jefferson? I mean, one ruled over slaves and inherited his wealth, the other was the orphaned immigrant who defended the New York poor pro bono and never, in fact, even became a particularly wealthy man. It doesn't particularly surprise me, Gary, that you have such sympathy for aristocrats. The far left is inherently anti-democratic, as this list confirms for me on a daily basis. My own preference for the immigrant, self-made man, abolitionist war hero over the vain, slave-holding, aristocratic pacifist...that must be kind of hard to understand, I guess. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
