Bill Stewart writes:
Limbaugh does occasionally think rather than just knee-jerking, though he does claim to broadcast with half his brain tied behind his back :-) He's not so much anti-statist overall as he is anti-Liberal; on positions where the rightwing is statist and the left is non-statist, he seems to run about 50-50. He's distinctly pro-military, and generally pro-police, so having him come out against Clipper is not a given (and would be less likely to have happened if Bush had still been President when it was announced...) But it's good that he's against it; having a bunch of dittoheads sending mail to the whitehouse telling them to drop this nonsense can't hurt.
Indeed, I'm getting a little bit hopeful about things. To wit: - the Republicans who embraced statism and Big Government when their party held the top dog position are gradually returning to their anti-government rhetoric. (Caveats: Some of it is political opportunism. And not all of them feel this way. And if the Repubs win in '96, as seems increasingly likely, all bets could be off.) I'm hopeful that the Dems can also regain their traditional concern for civil liberties, for concerns that a fascist state will use its surveillance powers to oppress the citizenry, and that things like Digital Big Brother need to be opposed. I'm glad Clinton won in '92....it shows the nation that Democrats can run police state policies worthy of George Bush, it shook Republicans out of the their comfortable governing stance, and it proves ultimately that neither side is any less contemptuous of individual liberties than the other. -- Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."