--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifuxero@...> wrote: > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-10-taylor-vignette_x.htm >
Hypocrisy is characteristic of right wing ideologues. Reagan gave a good performance to his audience. He was an actor, after all. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > "One of the most elemental human rights [is] the right > > to belong to a free trade union." > > > > ~~ Ronald Reagan in a radio address to the nation on Solidarity > > and United States relations With Poland, October 9, 1982 > > http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110 > > > > > > In Context: > > > > My fellow Americans: > > > > Yesterday the Polish Government, a military dictatorship, took another > > far-reaching step in their persecution of their own people. They declared > > Solidarity, the organization of the working men and women of Poland, their > > free union, illegal. > > > > Yes, I know Poland is a faraway country in Eastern Europe. Still, this > > action is a matter of profound concern to all the American people and to > > the free world. > > > > Ever since martial law was brutally imposed last December, Polish > > authorities have been assuring the world that they're interested in a > > genuine reconciliation with the Polish people. But the Polish regime's > > action yesterday reveals the hollowness of its promises. > > > > By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming > > majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that > > they never had any intention of restoring ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTAL HUMAN > > RIGHTS - THE RIGHT TO BELONG TO A FREE TRADE UNION. [caps added -jrm] > > > > The so-called new trade union legislation under which this contrary and > > backward step has been taken claims to substitute a structure and framework > > for the establishment of free trade unions in Poland. But the free world > > can see this is only a sham. It is clear that such unions, if formed, will > > be mere extensions of the Polish Communist Party... > > > > ~Full text at link: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110 > > >
