"... I'm just deeply cynical of the whole process. I guess my attitude is a holdover from my years growing up as poor white trash...." - Liz
Liz, it may be of note that while I share your cynicism in a very strong way, since my socioeconomic status in my youth was quite different from yours, I would not conclude that this is a big factor in said cynicism. And, as an aside, I would guess that you could enter the locker room IF you wished to. On Aug 29, 9:08 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not anti Obama, I'm just deeply cynical of the whole process. I guess > my attitude is a holdover from my years growing up as poor white trash. I > just don't trust any candidate. I don't like having to vote for someone who > has been either forced to lie by the political process or chooses to lie > for ambitious benefit. It feels like I'm supposed to wait dotingly outside > the cheerleaders' locker room while they gossip about god knows what. I > want to be invited into the locker room for a change. I want to be on the > team! I want to learn all the cool cheers! > > I will most likely vote for Obama, and I certainly will not vote for > McCain, especially with his choice of VP. > > Liz > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Palin pro creationism in public schools > > I'm no cheerleader for any of the two political parties. Liberal leaning, I > do cast my lot with the diluted Democrats. > > I guess you didn't agree with Hillary when she exhorted her supporters to > back Obama? > > Preston > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Liz Purkrabek <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:37 PM > > Subject: RE: Palin pro creationism in public schools > > I think the chances of a Down's Syndrome child are 1 in 12 at her age. I > could be wrong. 1 in 12 might be for 48 and older, but I know her chances > are greatly increased. > > We're back to a fight against evil this year at the polls as far as I'm > concerned. I just wish I knew clearly who was the devil. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Palin pro creationism in public schools > > Forget about Palin's decision to have a Down Syndrome child- that is > entirely her decision and I respect her choice regardless. The underlying > question is why a woman of 44 years chose to have a fifth child knowing damn > well that older mothers (relatively) have a far greater chance of having a > child with birth defects. > > Is it that irresponsible Christian evangelist bent to have as many children > as feasibly possible behind it? Is she against birth control or is it her > husband that opposes it? Her choice to even get pregnant, barring an > 'accident', shows incredibly poor judgement. It's not like she didn't > already have children. > > But, hey, she does not 'believe' in evolution and supports teaching > creationism in public schools- why should I be suprised, right? > > Preston > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony" < <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Memphis Freethought Alliance" < > <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:54 PM > > Subject: Palin pro creationism in public schools > > > John McCain's vice-presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is > > an evangelical Protestant with a strong record of opposition to > > abortion and an openness to teaching creationism in the public > > schools. Palin is the mother of five children, one of whom was born > > with Down Syndrome. She learned that her son had Down Syndrome when > > she was four months pregnant, and she told the Associated Press in May > > that she never considered ending the pregnancy. > > > Read more at: > > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-says-she-open_n_... > .html>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-says-she-open_n_.... > html > > <BR- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
