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[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>>Brad said he signed off because all the hard lefties here were making
>>>him feel like a right-winger, and he didn't like that. No doubt many
>>>will respond by saying he is a right-winger, but that's a pretty
>>>weird political taxonomy that makes little distinction between him
>>>and Jerry Falwell or Amity Shlaes.
>>>
>>>Doug
>>
>>Well, that's the wonder of Darwinian thinking, innit?  Being able to
>>recognize the fundamental similarity of different beings despite
>>superficial differences ;-)
>
>I know you're making a joke, but BdL is a right-wing social democrat.
>He believes in public programs and income redistribution, and no
>doubt opposes posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Falwell and
>Shlaes would probably disagree.

One thing I said before, however, was not in jest, i.e.:  Let a thousand 
flowers bloom.  I agree that Brad was an asset to the list.  His morbid 
interest in cold war minutia was always good for a chuckle or two.

Carl

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