Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > At 05:16 PM Monday 8/25/2008, Olin Elliott wrote: > >> (I'm 45, born the same week Kennedy was shot) > > > > ObSF: > > > > And the week _Doctor Who_ premiered . . .

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 05:16 PM Monday 8/25/2008, Olin Elliott wrote: >> (I'm 45, born the same week Kennedy was shot) > > ObSF: > > And the week _Doctor Who_ premiered . . . And the week C. S. Lewis died. Heck, he died on the *day* Kennedy was shot. Julia

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread John Williams
> From: Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Who do you think it is fair for someone to take your money and give it to? An efficient justice system, including courts and police. Road and bridge builders are okay. Military engaged in defending (in a narrow definition of defend) the country

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread Olin Elliott
ller Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:13 AM Subject: Re: McCain Positions At 05:16 PM Monday 8/25/2008, Olin Elliott wrote: >(I'm 45, born the same week Kennedy was shot) ObSF: And the week _Doc

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:16 PM Monday 8/25/2008, Olin Elliott wrote: >(I'm 45, born the same week Kennedy was shot) ObSF: And the week _Doctor Who_ premiered . . . . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:27 PM Monday 8/25/2008, John Williams wrote: >I was writing about economics, not morality. But since you asked. I >do not think it is fair for someone to take my money and give it to >agricultural corporations. Who do you think it is fair for someone to take your money and give it to?

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Max Battcher
John Garcia wrote: > While I wait for a vendor to call me, I thought I'd post some McCain > campaign > stuff about science and the internet, taken from his website. What do you > all think? > > *John McCain Would Place A Priority On Science And Technology > Experience.*As President, John McCain wi

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Olin Elliott
- Original Message - From: John Williams<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:25 PM Subject: Re: McCain Positions Olin wrote: > And even if I did trust John Mc

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Olin Elliott
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 1:50 PM Subject: McCain Positions > Olin wrote: > One thing that I have not seen mentioned yet about > the candidates is that McCain has a dramatically better > v

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Williams
> From: Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > are you suggesting that free trade is fair trade? I was writing about economics, not morality. But since you asked. I do not think it is fair for someone to take my money and give it to agricultural corporations. I do not think it is fair for someo

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Williams
> From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You mean like Clinton? I was not old enough to vote for Clinton, but retroactively, yes, I would vote for him :-) http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/downchart_gs.php?year=1970_2010&view=1&expand=&units=p&fy=fy09&chart=F0-fed&stack=1&title= Are y

McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Jon Louis Mann
> Olin wrote: > One thing that I have not seen mentioned yet about > the candidates is that McCain has a dramatically better > voting record on free trade (one of few points of near > universal agreement among economists is that subsidies and > trade barriers are harmful): are you suggesting that

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
John wrote: > > I am generally in favor of politicians who demonstrate a record of less > government spending and smaller government. > You mean like Clinton? Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Williams
Olin wrote: > And even if I did trust John McCain personally (which I don't), I > wouldn't trust the Republican machinery that comes with him. I don't trust McCain, I don't trust Republican machinery, I don't trust Obama, and I don't trust Democrat's machinery. I do not trust politicians. Do y

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Olin Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On the face of it, none of this sounds horrendous. As with any promise, > the > >real deal is whether or not he can or will deliver. YMMV. It's all just a > >matter of trust. > > > Exactly. And even if I did trust John Mc

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread Olin Elliott
talist leaders he's been cozying up to? - Original Message - From: John Garcia<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: McCain Positions While I wait

McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
While I wait for a vendor to call me, I thought I'd post some McCain campaign stuff about science and the internet, taken from his website. What do you all think? *John McCain Would Place A Priority On Science And Technology Experience.*As President, John McCain will be committed to bringing talen