i plan on going next year, should be a blast. and as a side note: i thought you were talking about jessica simpson when you said simpsons :) i couldnt tell you anyone other than bart, marge, lisa and homer from the cartoon. never could get into that show.
tw On 3/3/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Come the next Winter Olympics, I'll be trying my best to get into the > good graces of a cousin. He has a condo in Whistler, just 5 minutes > from the skiing venues. > > larry > > On 3/3/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I loved Vancouver. I went to Expo 86 there. Stayed in a hostel. It was > > like a freaking Euro-Trip. I was like 12 man, that was awesome. > > > > > > -- > > Tim Heald > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 703-300-3911 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:17 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: americans know more about American Idol and the Simpsons than > > the First Amendment > > > > Yes Tony you'd love BC. > > > > As for Whistler, no thanks its too expensive. - My sister used to run the > > paper there. Because of the Whistler-Blackcome resort housing is more > > expensive than in DC. > > > > Myself I'd go for Vancouver Island or one of the smaller islands nearby, > > like Saltspring, its still close to Whistler - you can get a float plain > > from Saltspring Is. to Squamish, and be skiing within an hour and a half. > > > > larry > > > > On 3/3/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > canada for me. i want to be near whistler, bc sounds good! > > > > > > tw > > > > > > On 3/3/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh like this is a fucking surprise. > > > > > > > > I'm moving. To mars. Whose with me? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tim Heald > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 703-300-3911 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:22 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: americans know more about American Idol and the Simpsons > > > > than the First Amendment > > > > > > > > I'm not sure whether this is sad or pathetic. > > > > http://www.antiwrap.com/?912 > > > > > > > > NOTED WITH INTEREST > > > > > > > > Friday, March 3, 2006; A15 > > > > > > > > If life were a university, Americans would do better majoring in > > > > popular culture than in history, a survey released this week shows. > > > > > > > > The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum poll found that Americans' > > > > knowledge of television shows such as "The Simpsons" and "American > > > > Idol" far surpasses their familiarity with the First Amendment. > > > > > > > > Only one of the 1,000 adults polled in the telephone survey could > > > > name all five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. Yet > > > > more than one in five (22 percent) could identify all five major > > > > characters in Matt Groening's cartoon family. > > > > > > > > Similarly, only 8 people in 100 could name at least three First > > > > Amendment freedoms. Four in 10 surveyed (40 percent) could name two > > > > of the three judges on the star-making show "American Idol," and one > > > > in four (25 percent) could name all three. > > > > > > > > "These survey results clearly demonstrate that many Americans don't > > > > have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy," Dave > > > > Anderson, the Chicago museum's executive director, said in a written > > statement. > > > > > > > > The new museum, which will open its doors in April, wants to help > > > > people understand their constitutional freedoms, especially those > > > > protected by the First Amendment. There is a lot of work to do. > > > > > > > > Survey respondents wrongly said that the First Amendment guarantees > > > > rights to own and raise pets (21 percent), to drive (20 percent) and > > > > of women to vote (36 percent). The first two are not rights at all, > > > > and women's suffrage was not enshrined in the Constitution until > > > > ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. > > > > > > > > Grab your pen. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, the > > > > press, and religion, as well as the rights to peacefully assemble > > > > and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. > > > > > > > > The survey was conducted Jan. 20-22 by Synovate, a research firm, > > > > and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. > > > > > > > > -- Christopher Lee > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his > > > > judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to > > your opinion. > > > > > > > > Edmond Burke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198755 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
