> -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ZION] Thoughts on Ted Kennedy and Communism > > > > Ron Scott tried to excuse Ted's behavior by the deaths of his > brothers, and asked for what danger there is from communism today.<<
I did nothing of the kind, friend. Nor do I see any correlation between communism and Ted Kennedy. > > Let me answer both. First, Ted's behavior came along way before > any of his brothers died. Chappaquidick shows us just what kind > of a person he is. < Wrong, again. The incident at Chappaquiddick (correct SPELLING) was July, 1969. JFK was assassinated in November of 1963; RFK was gunned down in July of 1968. Teddy's behavior after the accident was reprehensible. >occured after the assassinationWhile John Kennedy risked his life for his men > on his PT boat, and with his brother, Bobby Kennedy, stood firm > against communism in the Cuba Missile Crisis; we have Teddy going > his own spoiled brat way. < I agree, he was a spoiled brat with a mjaor league drinking problem. He arrived in Utah in 1968 and his first question to reporters was: "where can I get a drink?" >Mort Sahl, the comedian and political > commentator once mentioned how people would grab him and say, > "you've got to see this new senator, he's just like JFK" or "This > new guy is just like Bobby." Mort wondered if there was anyone > that wasn't like JFK or Bobby, and then it dawned on him: Teddy. > If anything, Teddy sold out to communist/extreme liberal > interests long ago, and shares nothing with his older brothers > except the now misnomered label "Democrat." < As you noted correctly, Mort Sahl was a comedian. SNIP. I did not attempt to compare Ted to John or Bobby. Not once. Not ever. I simply said that we, who are no position to judge him anyway, ought to take into account the fact that his three older brothers -- Joe, Jack and Bobby-- met violent, untimely deaths. In the cases of Jack and Bobby, those deaths were in his face, day in and day out, for years and years and years. I suspect such would have a negative impact on all of us. That is no excuse for his behavior. > Now, as for communism's modern threat. I don't look at it as a > threat by communism, but by tyrannical ideologies. Ideologies > that seek to reach their goals by enslaving or killing millions > are evil.< I don't think we disagree. >America should not support nor sustain any of them, > except in encouraging them to become free republics. Then, I read > the Revelation of John as discussing Beasts, etc. I see the first > Beast as the European Union, with its disgust for true freedom > and desire to establish a major economic system enforced > everywhere (which is what the Beast does. You can't buy nor sell > without its mark: the Euro?). < You've got to be kidding? >Then, the Dragon is China, which is > becoming a world power. Finally, the second Beast will be the > Muslim nations, as they enhance in power, and as Europe embraces > them in their disgust toward Israel, and in their attempt to > pacify terrorists.<< So basically, your distorted view has transformed it into an "You and your fellow travelers against the rest of the world" scenario. I love it. > I am not a capitalist, BTW. I believe it is just as easy to push > capitalism in communist China as it is to do it here. I am a > believer in human liberty, not given by the state, but by God. > This is the clencher that separates free republics like the USA > from many of its counterparts in Europe. France and Germany > believe in freedom, only as long as it doesn't bother the > politicians. France doesn't have several viewpoints readily > available to its people, but only that of the ruling party. They > seek to secularize the EU, getting rid of Christianity, rather > than allowing religious freedom, but recognizing its roots: both > the good and bad of it all.< I think you have an astonishingly skewed view of reality, especially of Europe. > I see a grave danger coming in the name of capitalism and false > democracies that embrace tyrannical governments. We have been > known to do it in the past, but hopefully we are learning we > cannot do so any longer. Meanwhile much of Europe is becoming > one of the world's greatest dangers because of its embracing > terrorist nations and ideologies.<< To use my initials: B.S. RBS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
