Speaking of Murray Rothbard, I just met a local businessman who sits on the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV), the oversight body for the state university system in Virginia. The guy is a drooling-on-the-floor fan of the anarcho-capitalist Rothbard, whose wife apparently came from Elkton, Virginia near here. This guy (Walter Curt) knew both of them. I did not inform him of my opinion of Murray (don't wish to jeopardize my uni's funding, such a hypocrite.... ). Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: W. Kiernan <WKiernan at concentric.net> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Where's BB King and Pol Pot?
>Charles Brown wrote:
>>
>> However, Adolph Hitler's high vote count is no indication of a
>> serious problem of racism in America, for as we know there are
>> different interpretations of what Hitler represents (sarcasm).
>
>Charles, I almost voted for Hitler. Sure not because I admire him or
>anything insane like that, but the criterion is:
>
> ...that person who, for better or worse, most influenced the course
> ^^ ^^^^^
> of history over the past 100 years.
>
>Today you see Hitler's hoof print all across all the lands on the
>globe. However, rather than giving top credit to a butcher and a
>destroyer, I chose to nominate someone who instead contributed
>materially to the maintenance of peace in this war-sick world. I voted
>for Klaus Fuchs.
>
>I wonder if they discarded that vote as "whimsical." Speaking of
>whimsy, as of 10:21 PM EST Elvis is surging even farther into the lead.
>The latest votes are:
>
>> CounterPunch <sitka at teleport.com> 05/17/99 03:20PM wrote:
>> >
>> > A Dec. 1999 issue of Time Magazine will unveil the "Person of the
>> > Century." Time's website is now holding a "reader poll" to help
>> > them make this awesome determination. Here's how the balloting
>> > stacks up so far....
>> >
>> > To vote, go to:
>> > www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/toppersonmain.html
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Person % Tally
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Elvis Presley 22.43 [24.96] 231805 [296156]
>> > Adolf Hitler 19.49 [19.55] 201392 [232025]
>> > Pope John Paul II 13.34 [12.64] 137869 [150040]
>> > Martin Luther King 10.74 [10.99] 111014 [130499]
>> > ...
>> > Murray N. Rothbard [ 0.62] [ 7371]
>
>Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net
>