Mr. Pento,

As I responded the other day to a conservative promotional,
(and I feel your comment on the present administration policy in Washington as being hypocritical is quite on the mark!)it seems odd that an American President-and a self professed conservative one at that-would do something I never imagined possible, send a messenger to among other things, negotiate terms for the possible purchase of oil with a militant terrorist as Mr. Kadafy was classified by another republican administration some years ago. I too
support the Libertarian view and am a student of the Austrian School of economics. Raised by a grandmother who
was a repulican precinct captain during the l950's in Chicago's 24th ward (where republicans were rare indeed!),I recieved a thorough education in how the present political system has evolved into a one party socialistic 'republi-
crat' run society. Unfortunately the apathy and ignorance of the larger American public and absence of a substantive third party option allows this condition to flourish as this country continues to move closer and closer to a statist existence!

Erick Tippett
Chicago, Illinois