From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!ucbvax!poli-sci Newsgroups: fa.poli-sci Title: Poli-Sci Digest V2 #142 Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7577 Posted: Tue Jun 8 20:42:51 1982 Received: Wed Jun 9 02:07:55 1982 >From JoSH@RUTGERS Tue Jun 8 20:43:06 1982 Poli-Sci Digest Wed 9 Jun 82 Volume 2 Number 142 Contents: FoIA info Visa Rejections (3 msgs) Libertarianism Explained (2 msgs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 7 June 1982 22:41-EDT From: Steven A. SwernofskySubject: Freedom of Information Act The Government Printing Office publishes a booklet entitled "A citizen's guide on how to use the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act in requesting government documents." It is the thirteenth report by the Committee on Government Operations, House Report 95-793. It costs $3.50 and is available under stock number 052-071-00540-4. -- Steve ------------------------------ Date: 7 June 1982 1411-EDT (Monday) From: Hank Walker at CMU-10A Subject: visa rejections According to AP, the people who had their visas initially rejected were members of organizations on a "baddies" list, mostly communist organizations of various flavors. A specific example was given for the Japanese delegation. Some got visas on appeal. There is definitely a set of rules that has been in place for some time that specifically bars entry to the people who were barred. Whether this law has actually been strictly enforced in the past is another matter. ------------------------------ Date: Mon Jun 7 23:44:51 1982 From: decvax!watmath!bstempleton at Berkeley Subject: Stopping people from getting to UN conference Worse than refusing visas, the USA has refused entrance to a Canadian woman who is a former member of Parliament because of her anti-arms views. This is extremely rare. The USA should not be able to ban people from going to the UN. It might reserve the right to keep them on UN grounds, but should not stop them from getting there. I thought one of the ideas behind putting the UN there was that the USA is supposed to be a free country. ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 1982 12:24:44-EDT From: csin!cjh at CCA-UNIX Subject: Re: Visa rejections (but MasterCharge acceptance?) Of course State is fouled up---but what do you expect of an administration that professes such a black-and-white view of the world? Reagan has managed what is becoming standard for politicians in this country: after getting elected by promising satisfaction to one set of extremists, blow that and wind up being hated by everyone (note latest polls showing more than 2:1 unfavorable ratings for Reagan). ------------------------------ Date: 7 June 1982 18:49-EDT From: David A. Levitt Subject: Libertarianism explained, finally! Ever since discussions of "libertarianism" emerged on this list, I've felt like I've been watching a game, one for which I gave up hope of understanding the rules. Suddenly, thanks to Robert Stanzel's comment [Poli-Sci V2#141] contrasting "libertarianism" with "anarchism", etc., I'm enlightened. (I suppose everyone will want to write in about what libertarianism *really* is, again. But people differ in the ways they understand the word, and as best I can judge, Stanzel's observations are correct.) ------------------------------ Date: 8 June 1982 00:39-EDT From: "J. R. \"Bob\" Dobbs" Subject: Libertarian ideologies I consider myself to be a follower of Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialism. This unique political meta-ideology was first developed by Dr. Carl E. Havermist and popularized in his book "Making Freedom Compulsory". Since it is derived completely by means of formal mathematical principles, Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialism is far more rigorous and consistent than most so-called political theories, which must continuously resort to unreliable "real-world" data in order to support their dubious conclusions. Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialists support immediate repeal of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, forced bussing of ghetto children to L-5 colonies, the right to arm bears, redistribution of intelligence, traditional family values, and the right to urinate in different colors. ------------------------------ End of POLI-SCI Digest - 30 - -------