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Dear Resa,

    I just read your piece on medical care.  I loved it.  Your statements of ideas and examples were clear, and helped your readers to see the situation rationally.  Walter Williams could scarcely have done better.

    Ayn Rand said that when a person sees a situation clearly and rationally, he will always favor the side of the argument that supports individual's rights.

    Guess why our pictures of the Iraqi and North Korean situations are so fuzzy?

    Supposedly, we are going after those regimes because they are disobeying the United Nations.  Our gun-owners should focus on that fact.

    Early in Bush's term, the United Nations had a conference in New York about the "proliferation" of "light weapons" (ordinary rifles and pistols).  Supposedly, these guns were threatening peace everywhere and had to be stopped!  (Tone of rabid panic intentional.)

    Bush had his ambassador to the conference state that the United States would refuse to abide by any resolution or convention that would affect the rights of American citizens to keep and bear arms. Consequently, the conference ended in abject disappointment.  Its successor may convene either in this year or in the next.

    This incident supports at least one of two possible conclusions. The first is that Bush chooses which United Nations initiatives to support, and willfully disregards "the will of the world" if he does not want to obey it.  The second, drawn from Bush's policies toward Iraq and North Korea, is that if, at some time in the future, he decides to support the disarmament of American civilians, he will do so because he realizes that "we cannot stand against the world."

    Rats.  I would like to type more, but my right forearm is telling me, in Bill Clinton's memorable phrase, "your time is up."

    Anyway, again, you did a nice job.

    Thanks.

Sincerely,

Gordon

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