That was Buckley the rich man talking Arthur. He always felt that he was abused.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: RE: Re: [Futurework] Fw: All the President's votes? [long; important] > Buckley the Conservative once said "I would trust the first 100 names in the > Boston phone book to represent me than the US senators there now." > > Only thing he ever said that made sense. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:51 PM > To: 'Ed Weick'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Re: [Futurework] Fw: All the President's votes? [long; > important] > > > Ed, > > Catching up after completely changing my E-Mail set-up. > > After bringing me up-to-date on Canadian politics, you said: > > ">I've snipped the rest of your posting because I'm still hoping > to wake > >up to find that the election of Ahnold Schwarzenegger was some > kind of > >comic dream! If it isn't, all one can say is the people deserve > the > >kind of government they elect." > > I think your remark about Schwarzenegger is an indication that we > have elevated politicians into a kind of nobility. The Lords and > Ladies knew they were born to the purple. That the commoners were > not only a class apart but also somewhat inferior. Certainly, not > material for the upperclass. > > I think that a similar attitude has led to the sneering at Arnold > even as Ronald was sneered at in his time. They were not > politicians, so how can they aspire to the role of leading the > country -- or even a State? > > A favorite painting of mine is hung somewhere in Capitol building > (I think). It is a picture of George Washington handing back his > letters of commission to Congress. He had completed the job of > throwing out the English, and was now going home. > > I wish politicians would think in terms of going home. As it is, > they like to stay in power forever. Al Gore finished college, did > a short stint in Vietnam, spent a year in divinity school, and in > his late twenties went to Congress. That's where he spent his > time until he was defeated by Bush. > > He is without doubt the professional politician. We don't really > elect people to represent us. Rather, they elect themselves and > quite right for who could possibly do the job better than they. > People like Reagan and Schwarzenegger, not to mention Jesse > Ventura, are interlopers. > > They shouldn't be allowed to into the Halls of the Godly. > > Harry > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
