mudvillegazette.com - 11/21/2008
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Glenn Reynolds on that topic in Forbes .
Read the whole thing for a good discussion. I'll offer a bit of a quibble on this line, however: Truman fought in Korea and lost the next election. LBJ had to give up the White House over Vietnam. George H.W. Bush won in Iraq and enjoyed 90% approval ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/21/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Glenn Reynolds on why butter's a bigger threat
than guns. An excerpt: Now we've had over five...
years of war in Iraq, finally winding toward a successful conclusion, and in the process have spent a lot of money and made some changes in the law. But ...
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Guns v Butter
forbes.com - 11/21/2008
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forbes.com —
"War is the health of the state," wrote
Randolph Bourne, horrified by World War I and its...
excesses. And that phrase has been used by libertarians and opponents of state power ever since, as a reason why war is a bad idea. Certainly the experience of ...
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Why Guns Are Better Than Butter
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Glenn Reynolds on that topic in Forbes. Read the whole thing for a good discussion. Ill offer a bit of a quibble on this line, however:Truman fought in Korea and lost the next election. LBJ had to give up the White House over Vietnam. George H.W. Bush won in Iraq and enjoyed 90% approval ratings but lost the next election anyway.Theres an exception to that rule - F.D.R., whose (depression-ending) leadership through WWII didnt cost him much in the way... read ...
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