RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Ken Ketsdever
how the song goes, Sesame street was by brothers generation not mine. We're 10 years apart. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies We stayed in Shinjuku, but got arou

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Gruss Gott
. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies > > > Ken wrote: > > However, I am a Sushi snob (4 years in Japan might have so

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Ken Ketsdever
: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies > Ken wrote: > However, I am a Sushi snob (4 years in Japan might have something to do with it) I was just in Tokyo - it's great. Did you ever eat Sushi from those places by that massive fish market?

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ken wrote: > However, I am a Sushi snob (4 years in Japan might have something to do with it) I was just in Tokyo - it's great. Did you ever eat Sushi from those places by that massive fish market? Sushi for breakfast is fine with me! ~

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Kevin Graeme
> I imagine the sweet stuff is just added to the bag so that the corn and the sweet > stuff are infused during the poping in the microwave. Just a guess. So it is > really microwaved popcorn with an artificial kettlecorn taste. Again having never > had real kettlecorn I may not be a good judg

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Ken Ketsdever
the fake stuff sure seems good to me. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 11:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies Kettlecorn is popped in a kettle. Microwave kettlecorn in a bag. How does the kettle come into

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Sam Morris
Kettlecorn is popped in a kettle. Microwave kettlecorn in a bag. How does the kettle come into play? --- Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Buy a bag and try it. Can't say I've ever had real > kettlecorn, but that microwave stuff sure is good. > _

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Won Lee
Ken Ketsdever wrote: > Buy a bag and try it. Can't say I've ever had real kettlecorn, but that microwave > stuff sure is good. > > However, I am a Sushi snob (4 years in Japan might have something to do with it) and > will not eat the bait that many friends claim is good sushi only because they

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Ken Ketsdever
had truly good sushi. So if you don't like the microwave stuff I understand. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 9:46 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies Can anyone explain microwave kettlecorn to me? ---

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Sam Morris
Can anyone explain microwave kettlecorn to me? --- Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mmmm...kettlecorn. __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ~~

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-05 Thread Kevin Graeme
eman awards and two first place shooting > competitions, I don't think I'd have a problem with that. I prefer kettlecorn > please :) > > > > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 1:20 PM

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
(smothers a smile and blinks innocently) want me to go find one? Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:19:54 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only non-lethal gun is one in the hands of the French Army. > > I double dog dare you to say that to a Legionnaire. > > /me starts the popco

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies > The only non-lethal gun is one in the hands of the French Army. I double dog dare you to say that to a Legionnaire. /me starts the popcorn. -Kevin ~| Special tha

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Kevin Graeme
> The only non-lethal gun is one in the hands of the French Army. I double dog dare you to say that to a Legionnaire. /me starts the popcorn. -Kevin ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http:

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
I'm just being a wise-ass. But there are still small farms in Queens. -sm --- Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam Morris wrote: > > Sorry you're right. > > They are funded by the peopel that support your > view > > to make with my view look bad. > > > > I though country folk were always re

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Jerry Johnson
Naw, you haven't seen me shoot. I can't hit the broad side of a barn. From the inside! Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/04/04 03:47PM >>> The only non-lethal gun is one in the hands of the French Army. ~| Special thanks

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Protect all the rights that we have in the Constitution. Cheers. Actually I would be for gun control, but there are so many out that now that I don't see how it could ever be workable. My gun control, however, would put massively tight controls on guns - ba

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
The only non-lethal gun is one in the hands of the French Army. -Original Message- From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies Sam Morris wrote: > Sorry you're right. > They are funded by

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Won Lee
Sam Morris wrote: > Sorry you're right. > They are funded by the peopel that support your view > to make with my view look bad. > > I though country folk were always republican/guns and > city folk were Democrat/ anti-gun. > > What do I know, I'm just a farm boy from NYC. > > -sm Hmm...Trying t

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
Sorry you're right. They are funded by the peopel that support your view to make with my view look bad. I though country folk were always republican/guns and city folk were Democrat/ anti-gun. What do I know, I'm just a farm boy from NYC. -sm --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Gruss Gott
Nick wrote: > You know, I don't make millions, and I got a pretty good tax cut, I sure > don't want to give it back :) You didn't get a tax cut, you got loan that you'll have to pay back with interest because the money didn't come from a decrease in spending; in fact spending was increased. If yo

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Won Lee
Gruss Gott wrote: >>Sam wrote: >>They are studies meant to attacking the right. They >>are funded by the left to make the right look bad. >>It's pretty obvious if you read their polls. > > > I personally refute the idea that there's a "right" and "left". > > If you look at Mr. Bush's fiscal poli

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > They are studies meant to attacking the right. They > are funded by the left to make the right look bad. > It's pretty obvious if you read their polls. I personally refute the idea that there's a "right" and "left". If you look at Mr. Bush's fiscal policies, how is being the larges

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
woops :) thought I was talking to Sam and was a bit brutal even at that. My apologies. And I think you are right. It may boil down to directs vs perceived indirect responsibilities. On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:47:44 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whoa whoa whoaI wasn't making MY argument

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread G
Whoa whoa whoaI wasn't making MY argument, I was pinpointing where I thought YOUR argument for the delusion came into play. I should of made that clear, sorry. > yeah, I am in favor of individuals taking responsibility for their own > actions, with no innocent populations getting killed inste

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
yeah, I am in favor of individuals taking responsibility for their own actions, with no innocent populations getting killed instead :) Sorry, some sarcasm crept in there. I think this is, yes, where you and I diverge. So you think a statement by Saddam justifies our actions? (I am taking your word

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
No, I'm saying they both are and I can recognise that and should also. Let me also clear something up, PIPA is not the University of MD. It's a group that's based at the University and is funded by left wing organizations. -sm --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok, so > > The Univer

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread G
This depends on where you draw the line for responsibility. If you start tracing back from the 19 terrorists that day, for direct responsibility, I think you end up back at Osama Bin Laden. Perhaps the line of direct resonsibility ends there. The current administration, however, and this "signifi

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
o: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies We had a major terrorist attack and a small scale invasion of Afghanistan to iradicate terrorists both which served as justified reasons for increased spending. Bush then opted to spend unforseen billions of dollars and thousands of lives unjustif

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
ok, so The University of MD is biased Sean Hannity is not??? Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:12:36 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. > Sean Hannity does a man on the street segment each > week where they ask people walking by who they > support, who's the Vice-Presid

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
Exactly. Sean Hannity does a man on the street segment each week where they ask people walking by who they support, who's the Vice-President and a few questions like that. The folks that vote Republican almost always get it right and the folks teat vote Democrat almost always get it wrong. I don't

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
u read their polls. > > > -Original Message- > From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies > > Has anyone politically correct supported that > nonsense? > They are stu

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
look bad. It's pretty obvious if you read their polls. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies Has anyone politically correct supported that nonsense? They are studie

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
ok so nobody on the right has studied the issue because by definition if you think there is an issue you are not on the right? Is that what you are saying? And no, darlin, it isn't obvious. Not to me. Explain it to me. Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:56:27 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Read carefully :) (#replace(paragragh2, "delusional", "ignorant", "all")#) Its all good. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:49 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies Sorry I

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
This from someone who says that Bush didn't lie. Just said things that were wrong. That might (almost) be acceptable if he thought he had ever made a mistake. But ok, ok. I am starting to froth at the mouth, let's go to the real issue. I guess it all depends on your definition of reality. In mine

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
Has anyone politically correct supported that nonsense? They are studies meant to attacking the right. They are funded by the left to make the right look bad. It’s pretty obvious if you read their polls. --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're saying someone called you ignorant in a

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
Sorry I made a mistake. In this thread Jeffry Houser called us ignorant Gross said it wasn't a bad thing and Dana said we couldn’t deal with reality. Then you jumped in and agreed with Dana and I got the wires crossed. Same theory applies, replace ignorant with delusional (#replace(paragragh2, "ig

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Tangorre, Michael
> From: Adam Haskell > Seriously now folks If I called the FBI telling them my > neighbor ran a crack house and had a huge cache of weapons > and explosives and plans to boom the local city hall then > when the cops show up they find a 1/4 gram of pot, hunting > riffle, and some m120's they'd p

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
You're saying someone called you ignorant in another thread? Who was that? And yeah, I try to operate in reality. At times it seems to me that you refuse to do so. For instance, your rejection of the pipa data. Does it not occur to you that some people have a disinterested interest in truth, rega

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > the people who came to the site first said they didn't care too much about high > explosives, they could deal with those fairly easily. They didn't care because they didn't have enough troops to care and as to dealing with them later, yeah it was easier: just let them be looted and

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
I was merging threads. Deliberately wrong? I guess that's why we never agree, you're in your world and I'm not :) --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. First of all, I believe that the word > "ignorant" was introduced > into this conversation by you. I don't think you are > stupid

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
come right out and all them ignorant. Maybe you should spend a little time with one. Or with someone who is not goose stepping behind the bush bandwagon. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject:

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
Hmm. First of all, I believe that the word "ignorant" was introduced into this conversation by you. I don't think you are stupid :) just wrong:) at times it seems deliberately so. But I do appreciate your willingness to continue a discussion :D Perhaps just perhaps there is hope. Dana On Thu, 4

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Nick McClure
Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies We had a major terrorist attack and a small scale invasion of Afghanistan to iradicate terrorists both which served as justified reasons for increased spending. Bush then opted to spend unforseen billions of dollars and thousands of lives unjustifiably invading Iraq

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Nick McClure
You know, I don't make millions, and I got a pretty good tax cut, I sure don't want to give it back :) -Original Message- From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:46 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies Hey if they

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Harkins, Patrick
PS. Mike D, Do you think you could write a module that would change all @ signs in our posts to % or something like that? And perhaps also strip the dot whatever from anything containing the @ symbol? -Patrick >-Original Message- >From: dana tierney > >And they are expensive ($80-$90 US

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Harkins, Patrick
well yes, I see your point. >-Original Message- >From: dana tierney > >And they are expensive ($80-$90 US) and often long-term. > >On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:11:24 -0500, Harkins, Patrick wrote: >> Probably due to the increased risk of suicide. They just >passed a bill in Canada requiring al

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Sam Morris
You voted for both Bush 41 and 43 and Bob Dole? But now your so against the Republican Party that you state they can't deal with reality? Maybe it's you that's changed and can't deal with reality. You sound like a Jehovah’s Witness that all of the sudden realized everything about them is wrong and

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
We had a major terrorist attack and a small scale invasion of Afghanistan to iradicate terrorists both which served as justified reasons for increased spending. Bush then opted to spend unforseen billions of dollars and thousands of lives unjustifiably invading Iraq. That was a leadership deci

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Hey if they want a tax break they should make millions. THen Bush will provide them with plenty of tax breaks. :) -Original Message- From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies Seriously now

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
oh, these aren't stupid people; that's the tragedy of it. Some of them are people I respect! And yet they believe this stuff. I have been thinking about this and am wondering if a bad on political advertising on broadcast media might not be a bad thing after all. Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:20:48

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
And they are expensive ($80-$90 US) and often long-term. On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:11:24 -0500, Harkins, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Probably due to the increased risk of suicide. They just passed a bill in Canada > requiring all SSRIs to have a warning on them about it. > -Patrick > > >--

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread dana tierney
Yes, I read that poll. Carefully. Is it wrong? If so, how? Also please explain how and when the University of Maryland became "the liberal media." I have taken classes there, and last I saw it was a very large college campus. > The Liberal media is at it again. Did you read that > poll? What a jo

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Nick McClure
> 1.) The looted weapons to-do: nobody I've talked to sees this as > massive policy failure which it clearly is. If your primary job in an > invasion is to secure weapons so that they don't fall into the hands > of terrorists, wouldn't securing the *known* weapons caches be a key > thing to do? W

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Adam Haskell
Seriously now folks If I called the FBI telling them my neighbor ran a crack house and had a huge cache of weapons and explosives and plans to boom the local city hall then when the cops show up they find a 1/4 gram of pot, hunting riffle, and some m120's they'd probably arrest me for insighting a

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: > How do you think I feel listening to your claims that > the majority of the people are ignorant because they > don't agree with you? Ignorant isn't a bad thing - it means a lack of knowledge. The study Sandy showed awhile ago proved that that is the case. It also is consistent with

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Ken Ketsdever
To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a) I am not whining. It is a demonstrated fact that > Bush supporters tend to misperceive reality. > See the study Sandy posted a few days ago. The Liberal media is at it again. Di

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Harkins, Patrick
maybe, but last time I saw her she still looked hot! :) >> I mean I would like to look like Sophia Loren, >> but I don't :) > >Isn't she like 80 now? > >-sm Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e232) ~| Purchase from Hous

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Harkins, Patrick
Probably due to the increased risk of suicide. They just passed a bill in Canada requiring all SSRIs to have a warning on them about it. -Patrick >-Original Message- >From: dana tierney >welp, all I can say is don't run out and get a prescription for Prozac >(unless of course you do it

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Harkins, Patrick
I am too. If like me you are pondering the implications of the continuing status quo, you might want to read this book that I am reading by Gwynne Dyer called Future:Tense. http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0771029780 -Patrick >-Original Message- >From: Jeffry Houser

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-04 Thread Adam Haskell
Can't wait till that bill passes then this wil all be over b/c if you say anything negative about the administration you'll get fined On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 22:58:48 -0700, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:55:12 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:55:12 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I mean I would like to look like Sophia Loren, > > but I don't :) > > Isn't she like 80 now? > > -sm she's still hot at 80 :) -- Charlie Griefer Marta was wa

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Sam Morris
--- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a) I am not whining. It is a demonstrated fact that > Bush supporters tend to misperceive reality. > See the study Sandy posted a few days ago. The Liberal media is at it again. Did you read that poll? What a joke. Look at all the polls pipa.org di

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Sam Morris
How do you think I feel listening to your claims that the majority of the people are ignorant because they don't agree with you? -sm --- Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must be a democrat, because that's how I feel. > I think that voting for > another 4 years of Bush is proof o

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
welp, all I can say is don't run out and get a prescription for Prozac (unless of course you do it in Canada) http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/Insureyourhealth/P41966.asp On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:18:55 -0500, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must be a democrat, because tha

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Paul Ihrig
yes... exactly if it does i have a new titanium spork, and i am not afraid to use it On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:37:34 -0500, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you worried that the world as we know it is about to end? I am. > > At 08:04 AM 11/3/2004, you wrote: > >Subject: Congrats T

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Jeffry Houser
I must be a democrat, because that's how I feel. I think that voting for another 4 years of Bush is proof of how ignorant Americans really are. At 09:04 AM 11/3/2004, you wrote: >Subject: Congrats To Bushies >From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:33:09 -0600 >Thread: >http:

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Jeffry Houser
Are you worried that the world as we know it is about to end? I am. At 08:04 AM 11/3/2004, you wrote: >Subject: Congrats To Bushies >From: Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:14:15 -0500 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=147

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
let's hope he does :) And *read* any bills proposed by his administration. As the man said, trust, but verify. Dana On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:59:45 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian wrote: > >I have seen some (imho) unrealistic fears that this loss somehow portends > > the end o

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Brian wrote: >I have seen some (imho) unrealistic fears that this loss somehow portends > the end of our way of life as we know itbut otherwise most lefties i've > seen have been gracious. I agree, but Dana makes a good point that the win doesn't invalidate the concerns. All it does is say

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies Well, I have to admin that I was really scared about this election going like it did last time with Bush stealing the election (in my opinion). But now that a clear majority of the voters have elected

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Matthew Small
PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies I haven't seen much whining by the losing side. I have seen some (imho) unrealistic fears that this loss somehow portends the end of our way of life as we know itbut otherwise most lefties i've seen have been gracious. > > I

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
is bad it may be considered better than an unknown. -Original Message- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies What does that mean? 58 million Americans are simply confused? > the guy they

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
You know what Andy? This message is beneath you. Step back and read what you just wrote. I respect you for your willingness to consider other points of view, but apparently I am interfering with the victory celebration? a) I am not whining. It is a demonstrated fact that Bush supporters tend to m

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Nick McClure
-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies Actually, I doubt it. If the election here was anything to go by, the people were sent to the wrong precinct then given a provisional ballot :D Seriously, I am very glad that in any event it did not boil down to New Mexico. There were some very telling

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
I haven't seen much whining by the losing side. I have seen some (imho) unrealistic fears that this loss somehow portends the end of our way of life as we know itbut otherwise most lefties i've seen have been gracious. > > It was a hard-fought battle, but 1 side was the clear winner. The wh

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
Yes, a lot more. Something about Bush appealed to 51% of registered voters in the United States. That's not a fluke. That can't be "i'm right, 58 million people are wrong". I don't really know what your al-Qaeda statement means.as if Afghanistan never happened. > A lot of them, yes. They th

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Dana. What is your point? Since it is who they voted for, it is clearly who they want. A want is a thought, versus a need. Since he won the popular vote and the electoral vote, it is clearly a majority, no matter how you count it. When you combine this with the Congressional growth by the repub

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
A lot of them, yes. They think we are fighting al-Qaeda :) need I say more :) Dana On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:33:53 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does that mean? > > 58 million Americans are simply confused? > > > > > > the guy they THOUGHT they wanted. > > > > > > On Wed, 3 Nov 200

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
; yeah, me too. This sucks. But there is squat I can do about it. The people, > I guess have spoken. > > -Original Message- > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
What does that mean? 58 million Americans are simply confused? > the guy they THOUGHT they wanted. > > > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 08:38:10 -0400, Angel Stewart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, he won the electoral vote, AND the popular vote. > > So this time I think you can safely say that the

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread dana tierney
the guy they THOUGHT they wanted. On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 08:38:10 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, he won the electoral vote, AND the popular vote. > So this time I think you can safely say that the Majority of americans got the guy > they wanted. > > -Gel > > -Original

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Nick McClure
Hey I got Election day off. :) State employees get Presidential Election days off. Pretty cool, schools are closed and everything. -Original Message- From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
That's what absentee ballots are for -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies > Brian wrote: > yes yes yes, but all that stuff aside.all I want is a day off

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Who is "we don't" ? In the USA we keep hearing of 6-8 weeks of vaction time in European countries. Most Americans start with two weeks vacation time. So we get two or three extra holidays I'd prefer the extra 4 - 6 weeks of vacation time. Besides I get 6 hoildays a year, New Years, Memorial

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ken wrote: > Maybe Kerry should have run on that as part of his platform > > National Security blah blahb blah > Iraq blah blah blah > Health Care blah blah blah > and I will make election day a national holiday!! I still don't think it'd beat, "them home-a-sexshuls ain't a gittin hitched

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Brian wrote: > yes yes yes, but all that stuff aside.all I want is a day off work. Well, to be fair to the alternative argument, that's exactly the problem they say. If we make election day a national holiday, everyone will just go to Mexico rather than vote. ::Impersonates Homer:: Stupid

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
Sounds like you guys already have too many holidayswe don't. I'd even be in favor of axing President's Day in Feb, and moving that holiday to election day. At least the day off would be of some use then. I mean, what is there to do in February? > G, > We have the most public holidays I thi

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Jerry Johnson
That one hour wouldn't have helped here. The average commute to work for Americans now-a-days is 32 minutes each way. And we have to vote where we live (not where we work). My wait was 1 hour 45 minutes. Some people waited more that 9 hours to vote (although many left before then) Ah, to be a s

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Matthew Small
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:03 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies Maybe Kerry should have run on that as part of his platform National Security blah blahb blah Iraq blah blah blah Health Care blah blah blah and I will make election day a nation

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Angel Stewart
G, We have the most public holidays I think of any country. And even here, we don't have a day off for Elections. Employers are simply mandated that they must provide at least one hour free for employees to vote. -Gel -Original Message- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] yes yes yes, b

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
:12 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Congrats To Bushies I disagree with all that other stuff..but as to your final pointwhy isn't election day a national holiday? Seriously. Is there a valid reason I don't know of Is this an American thing? Do other countries have holiday

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
yes yes yes, but all that stuff aside.all I want is a day off work. If voting is as important as everyone says it is, then election day should be a holiday to facilitate the process. > > Brian wrote: > > I disagree with all that other stuff..but as to your final pointwhy > > isn't el

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Harkins, Patrick
Ok Gruss, you're hired! :) >-Original Message- >From: Gruss Gott > >Overall it seems to me that if we're the greatest democracy then it >should show. We should have the latest voter technology, national >holidays (parties) for elections, federally funded elections, TV ads >that must incl

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Brian wrote: > I disagree with all that other stuff..but as to your final pointwhy > isn't election day a national holiday? Seriously. Is there a valid reason I > don't know of > > Is this an American thing? Do other countries have holidays on their > election day? Yes, but notice w

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread G
I disagree with all that other stuff..but as to your final pointwhy isn't election day a national holiday? Seriously. Is there a valid reason I don't know of Is this an American thing? Do other countries have holidays on their election day? > > I agree, the state of the election proce

Re: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
Angel wrote: > What I find puzzling, is after the last election and all the furor that was raised, > how did so many absentee ballots manage to get > mailed out late? I agree, the state of the election process in America is horrible: old heterogeneous technology, an electoral college system that

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread Ken Ketsdever
2004 6:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Congrats To Bushies > I think there has always been fraud and there will always > be fraud. But if you lose by 2 million votes I don't see > that fraud really affected the outcome. If you are down > by 140,000 votes in a state I doubt

RE: Congrats To Bushies

2004-11-03 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> I think there has always been fraud and there will always > be fraud. But if you lose by 2 million votes I don't see > that fraud really affected the outcome. If you are down > by 140,000 votes in a state I doubt that the small amount > of potential fraud will make up the difference. Whether i

  1   2   >