Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:08 AM 11/29/03 -0800, Eric Welch wrote: >My father - Robert Welch - exposed the John Birch Society for what they >were when he worked counter-espionage agent for the OSS. He found a >funding source connected through Germany that proved the Soviet Union >was sending them (unwittingly) money. It was, at the time, the belief >in the Soviet Union that anything that caused chaos was good. And the >John BIrch Society was one factor they considered caused chaos. > >Obviously, my father isn't THAT Robert Welch. But when I talk to John >Birches, it really confuses them when I tell them that story. :-) Eric An interesting tale. But you MIGHT read up on what the Birchers believe, as they would as cheerfully take money from Moscow, Russia, as from Moscow, Montana. Their world-view simply regards the same group being in charge of all large, modern states, not that these states cannot be duped. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html