From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 16:52:42 PDT
To: berzerk@xmission.xmission.com (Berzerk)
Subject: Re: Leaving the Country
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> 
> On Fri, 15 Jul 1994 smb@research.att.com wrote:
> > TANSTAAFL.
> ???????????
> 
> What is this, some comglomerate of 3 federal agencies?  tan-sta-afl
> 
> Berzerk

Roger, you ain't no mad dog libertarian if you haven't read "The Moon
is a Harsh Mistress," by Heinlein of course, and from whence came the
popularizaiton of of TANSTAAFL--There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free
Lunch.

I say "popularization" instead of coinage, because Goldwater use a
variant ("There isn't...") in his 1964 campaign, reportedly written by
one of his speech writers, Karl Hess. (The same Karl Hess who is
involved in libertarian matters.)

--Tim May

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