On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:12:11PM -0500, Ed Robbins wrote:
Derek,
I hear by give unto thee an official atta boy. Looking back through
the thread I see that you pointed out this very point in an earlier
response. My humblest apologies for any hardship I may have placed upon
you for my
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Democracy died a long, long time ago.
The United States has been a republic since June 21, 1788 when New
Hampshire ratified the constitution. When we vote for the president,
In a message dated: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900
Derek Martin said:
Democracy died a long, long time ago.
And Democracy has absolutely nothing to do with our form of government,
which is a Constitutional Republic. The two are very, very different!
You're also overlooking the fact that this
I strongly agree with Derek that Democracy doesn't exist in America.
The facts also show the current administration has so badly defrauded
the population that I'm finally convinced that we have to vote in order
to change things. The point of my original post was that we need to
vote. We
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:20, Greg Rundlett wrote:
However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of
me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican
after 9/11
And that's what makes this country interesting, the ability to vote your
choice.
Do
I as an independant,
were I a citizen of NH, could have voted in the primary, and would
have probably voted for old Al. Not because I like him, or because I
even have the feintest notion he might win or make a decent president,
but simply because it would be one more vote cast and _against_
However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of
me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican
after 9/11
Because some people think he's the best person for the job? For whatever
reason..
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:29:33AM -0500, brian wrote:
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:20, Greg Rundlett wrote:
However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of
me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican
after 9/11
And that's what makes this
Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to
Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it
is in fact a republic. However, that being said, we do have many
democratic process' and institutions, the New England town meeting is a
perfect
Ladies and gentlemen,
As interesting as this discussion might be to a few, it has NOTHING to do with
Linux.
Please stop.
Thanks.
md
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:10:41AM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote:
In a message dated: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900
Derek Martin said:
Democracy died a long, long time ago.
And Democracy has absolutely nothing to do with our form of government,
which is a Constitutional Republic. The two
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote:
George Bush = Hitler
Max Cleland = Bin Laden
There. Thread's over.
Haha... Invoking Goodwin's Law Good one :)
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:08:02AM -0500, Ed Robbins wrote:
Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to
Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it
is in fact a republic.
Jeez, can't get no respect, even amongst geeks... ;-)
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Since it's rude to inflict your non-Linux-related
views on this captive audience (gathered here because
we value this channel's blessedly high *LINUX-RELATED*
S/N ratio) and since there are eleventy-bazillion
other channels (USENET, email lists, blogs, barrooms,
etc) where election-talk *is*
That is also hogwash. Who wanted the DMCA? Who wanted the Patriot
act? NO ONE, except for those who it directly benefited (law
enforcement, RIAA/MPAA cartel, whatever). Those with enough money or
influence to see that they passed. Was there public outcry about
these bills, beforea they
Derek Martin wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:08:02AM -0500, Ed Robbins wrote:
Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to
Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it
is in fact a republic.
Jeez, can't get no respect, even
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, at 1:22am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As interesting as this discussion might be to a few, it has NOTHING to do
with Linux.
I have long been an advocate of the idea that anything that touches even
the fringes of Linux and open source software is on topic here.
Given
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote:
George Bush = Hitler
Max Cleland = Bin Laden
There. Thread's over.
Haha... Invoking Goodwin's Law Good one :)
ITYM Godwin.
Yes, but Quirk's Exception says
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:13:38PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote:
George Bush = Hitler
Max Cleland = Bin Laden
There. Thread's over.
Haha... Invoking
Ed Robbins wrote:
Ok, so
it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion!
I'm sorry to disagree with Maddog, but I think it *is* Linux related,
although I never made the connection clear. Let me try to do so.
Technology policy, Patent law, Copyright law and our government have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'm sorry to disagree with Maddog, but I think it *is* Linux related,
although I never made the connection clear.
Those of you who quickly turned to the issues of DCMA, Copyright law, etc. to
justify the discussion that was in this list about whether or not the United
The US Census Bureau reports that there were 926,224 persons over the
age of 18 in NH in the 2000 Census.
http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?geo_id=04000US33_sse=on/
The Associated Press reports that about 200,000 people voted in the NH
primary yesterday
eg.
We can simply deduce that 22% of persons over the age of 18 voted
yesterday in NH. If NH is the Live Free or Die state, I guess 78%
would rather let Democracy die than cast a ballot for President of the
United States The Greatest Democracy in the World.
But we're a republic, not a
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 13:04, Greg Rundlett wrote:
The US Census Bureau reports that there were 926,224 persons over the
age of 18 in NH in the 2000 Census.
http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?geo_id=04000US33_sse=on/
The Associated Press reports that about 200,000 people voted in
Keep in mind that NH tends to lean towards republican, and for most
republicans there was not much (if any) reason to go to the polls
yesterday.
This is very true, also the fact that a lot of independents (like myself)
tend to side with the right a bit probably didn't go to vote either. I know
Although it does not make a large difference, 2.3% of the people in NH
are not citizens and are not elegible to vote. I did not see numbers
for those over 18. I suspect that the percentage would be somewhat
higher for them because children are automatically citizens if born in
the US.
In
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:04:15PM -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote:
We can simply deduce that 22% of persons over the age of 18 voted
yesterday in NH. If NH is the Live Free or Die state, I guess 78%
would rather let Democracy die than cast a ballot for President of the
United States The
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