"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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Bot those on the right haven't swerved to the far right. Today's
"conservatives" are to the left of the "liberals" that founded the USA.



Pardon me if I find it a little bizarre that we would compare the societal
values of 21st century civilization, with the societal values of 1776.


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*** A great civilization is not conquered from without until it
has destroyed itself from within. ***
- Ariel Durant 1898-1981