[Buddha-l] Question for academic teachers of Buddhism

[jkirk]

 On Behalf Of Richard Hayes

On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 12:36 -0600, jkirk wrote:

> Actually, for some years now (except for John Birchers, racists
and 
> KKK) it has been difficult to find many folks committed to
anything 
> except their lifestyles.

This trend started with Ronald Reagan. Before his presidency
quite a few Americans were committed to insane asylums and other
institutions. He cut funding to everything but the military, as a
result of which all those formerly committed people were put
either out on the streets or into uniform.
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Best chuckle I've had all day~~~and unfortunately too true.
JK