I have to say that it's interesting to see how nobody seems to agree on everything here (on the everything list) but I find that everyone that I disagree with most in one area, I seem agree with them most in another. Or others who I disagree with slightly on everything but in unique balance. Some kind of Myers-Briggs type complementarity at work.
Craig On Friday, September 14, 2012 3:51:29 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: > > Russell: > wise words with one flaw: the US doesnot CHOOSE, people are 'trapped into' > especially now that ANY group can spend ANY sum to influence a choosing. > People are susceptible to persuasion - (true or false ones) and the White > House is fo sale. > I participated over the past 80 years in many elections, before 1970 in > Hungary (pre-nazi, nazi, commi) then in the US (capialistic > aristo-democratic, whatever) and appreciate your words deeply. > I wish you could ask for clearing the list from faith-related distractions > as well (although there is a lot of 'faith' called scientific idea) - > except of cours those that I harbor <G>. > > Regards > John Mikes > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Russell Standish > <li...@hpcoders.com.au<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I know this might be an impossible dream, but could we keep the list >> clear of parochial US election discussion, as it is clearly off-topic. >> >> Who the US chooses as their president has a significant impact on our >> country, but there's bugger all I can do to influence that result >> anyway, so I may as well find out who won after Americans have voted. >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >> Principal, High Performance Coders >> Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpc...@hpcoders.com.au<javascript:> >> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> everything-li...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/KdrDWyvBigAJ. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.