RE: Gingrich, Moynihan step down

Julien, Howard (Howard.Julien@mci.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:01:42 -0700

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For what it's worth I'd much prefer a government that remained clueless until it was too late.
I had thought that having a techno-savvy politico like Al Gore was a good thing until he showed his true colors on crypto.

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From: Dan Fabulich [mailto:daniel.fabulich@yale.edu] Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 5:39 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Gingrich, Moynihan step down

Eugene Leitl wrote: 

>
>On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Paul Hughes wrote:
>> BTW, reading and/or writing science fiction does not necessarily make
one sane or 
>> decent.
>
>I hated the SF book Gingrich coauthored, and I'm usually fond of
>alternative-histories genre. Revanchism military SF? No, thanks.

This is getting absurd. <sarcasm> Why don't we debate Gingrich's skill at chess? I've always thought a good chess player, what with their complicated problem solving machinery and all, would have than enough intelligence in place to govern a nation. </sarcasm>

While I agree that it's nice for Congress to be forward-looking, it would be much nicer if he had more libertarian leanings than it would be that he be at Future Shock level 4. The future can take care of itself; all we want/need gov't to do is get out of the way!

-Dan

-GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-

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RE: Gingrich, Moynihan step down

For what it's worth I'd much prefer a government that = remained clueless until it was too late.
I had thought that having a techno-savvy politico = like Al Gore was a good thing until he showed his true colors on = crypto.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Fabulich [mailto:daniel.fabulich@yale.edu= ]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 5:39 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Gingrich, Moynihan step down


Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
>On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Paul Hughes wrote:
>> BTW, reading and/or writing science fiction = does not necessarily make
one sane or
>> decent.
>
>I hated the SF book Gingrich coauthored, and I'm = usually fond of
>alternative-histories genre. Revanchism military = SF? No, thanks.

This is getting absurd.  <sarcasm> Why = don't we debate Gingrich's skill at
chess?  I've always thought a good chess = player, what with their
complicated problem solving machinery and all, would = have than enough
intelligence in place to govern a nation. = </sarcasm>

While I agree that it's nice for Congress to be = forward-looking, it would
be much nicer if he had more libertarian leanings = than it would be that he
be at Future Shock level 4.  The future can = take care of itself; all we
want/need gov't to do is get out of the way!

-Dan

        -GIVE ME = IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-

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