Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sort of agree. The democracy in the USA has declined horribly since its inception. One needs to be so rich to stand for President these days that there are probably fewer Americans eligible to become President than there are British Royals in the line for the Throne! Frank On 1 Aug, 2004, at 03:33, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Bush's saga just proves that even moronic, cocaine > snorting party animal loser alchoholics can become > President. Hell, with the support of enough former > oil company executives, I guess anything is possible > in our fair land. > > And no, I'm no commie student long hair. I own a > business, pay more than my fair share of taxes and > wouldn't be displeased with an end to so called > "fiscal stimulus" and even a return to hard currency. > > But needless military interventionism is a waste > of human lives along with my tax dollars, and is a > sure fire way to lose my vote. > > Scott > > Jeffery Smith wrote: >> My beef is that the Republicans and Democrats feel that they must hold >> mutually exclusive views, which puts them at opposite poles, i.e., way >> to the left or way to the right. To me, that makes voting little more >> than the lesser of the two evils. I wish there were a good >> middle-of-the-road Independent that wasn't a kook like Nader or >> Perot. I >> sort of liked John Anderson way back when. >> But it does say something that the Republicans are bankrolling Ralph >> Nader to steal the idiot vote from the Democrats. >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc >> James Small >> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 8:15 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Feel Lucky, Punk?: Expired Fuji Film FS >> At 06:01 PM 7/30/04 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote: >>> Ah, truth in advertising, but it could hurt sales. You're voting for >>> Nader? ;-) >>> >>> >>>> This rubbish will never pollute any of MY cameras! >>> >> Jeffrey >> Unlike Ralph Nader, I AM honest. I will vote Libertarian, as I >> generally >> do when my vote can be a safe protest vote. If Virginia seems a >> posible >> Kerry victory (quite unlikely at this point), I will vote for Bush, of >> course, merely to save the nation. >> John Scary scares me. He is proof that a rich background can propel >> even a >> dishonest and incompetent moron into public notice, while Bush's saga >> only >> proves that anyone can be President. For the youngsters on the List, >> the >> old saw was that "Franklin Roosevelt proved that you could be >> President >> forever, Truman proved that anyone could be President, and Eisenhower >> proved that you don't actually need a President." From my anarchist >> stance, >> I will state that, yes, this nation needs a completely >> non-interventionist >> President but we've not been blessed with such since that finest of US >> Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, who knew what the office required and did >> exactly that much and no more -- Coolidge went fly-fishing in South >> Dakota >> every summer of his Presidency, taking off six weeks to live in a >> cabin >> in >> the back of the beyond. He took his family and his Secretary of State >> and >> his family along. Once a week they rode a Model T over rough trails >> for >> about six hours to the nearest telegraph office, where they would >> spend >> several hours handling federal business, and would then return to >> their >> fishing. >> Now that is an executive with a fine handle on the requirements of his >> position. We have not had his like since then, to the detriment of >> our >> nation. >> Marc >> Marc >> msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >