Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that is NOT the case in this instance ric On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:01 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > I'm afraid I agree with Jayanand, most of those who protest never vote. > This has been my experience, when I have asked those complaining, almost > 90+ % did not, or never have voted. > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RicCarter" <ric at cartersxrd.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:04:18 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Witness Wednesday > > No, actually, I'd believe that a very large percentage of the people there > are avid voters. The poll no-shows are sitting at home, thumbs up their > asses watching American Idol... > > In the last state legislative elections, more people voted for the > Democratic representatives (who are more progressive and against the > radical changes being made) than for the Republicans (who are rolling back > progressive laws whcih have been enacted over many years). > > The Repuvlicans managed this paradox by gerrymandering districts to > isolate the more liberal voters into isolated vote ghettos. > > > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:51 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Well, you get the Supreme Court (indirectly) and legislators >> (directly) you vote for. I will take a bet that most of the >> demonstrators did not vote during the election. It is always the case, >> lethargy on an important day, followed by shock - it will be the same >> the next 4election, our collective attention span is too short. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: >>> <http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/17_Witness_Wednesday.html> >>> http://tinyurl.com/le5omdt >>> >>> Ric Carter >>> www.CartersXRd.net >>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information