[PEN-L:32499] Re: Re: re: how things change

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

You think they're associating themselves with the ACLU for the money?
C'mon, it's probably not that much. Like I said before, Barr's a
loon, but he's a seriou civil libertarian and probably is anxious
about threats to civil liberties. Armey's a bit more of a surprise.
But an alliance with right libertarians against snooping and
repression isn't a bad thing is it?

Doug

Michael Perelman wrote:

> dollars are not liberal or conservative.
>
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:41:03PM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
> >  what surprises me is that Barr and Armey want to be associated with the
> >  ACLU. Isn't the ACLU "liberal," and therefore bad, from the Reaganite
> >  perspective?
> >  Jim
> >
> >  From: Michael Perelman
> >  Yes, they hired Dick Armey also.  What strikes me is that nobody on the
> >  left in political circles has spoken up, so that the right wingers look
> >  like brave heroes.
> >
> >  On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:57:59PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >  > Michael Perelman wrote:
> >  >
> >  > >The New York Times reports that Bob Barr will now work as a
> >  consultant to
> >  > >the ACLU.
> >  >
> >  > Not that much of a change - despite many other loony positions,
> >  > Barr's always been a hardliner on civil liberties (like Ron Paul).
> >  >
> >  > Doug
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx