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Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Mar 31 19:02:17 2006
References: <4F488248ADCD6C419976DFE43A115091EBABCF@SV-EX01.jp2hs.campus> <442DC604.30604@waltjohnson.com> <442DE057.3050507@adrenaline.com>

Scott:

I was more than old enough but was holding a Canon or Nikon, can't 
remember. To get back on topic I was wishing I'd brought  a Leica. :-P


Nixon and one of his demons.               
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Walts/nixon

Walt

Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> I wasn't old enough to take pictures of Nixon with a Leica
> (on topic)
>
> But Nixon got a lot of flack for terming the "silent majority."
>
> But I really think we have one. The radical fringes speak out
> like crazy, and the silent majority, largely reasonable folks, just
> quietly assume that history will deterministically result in some
> reasonable result or policy or whatever.
>
> These days, me'thinks tis better to speak out, just in case.
>
> Scott
>
> Walt Johnson wrote:
>
>> Absolutely right.....Now pass the GD stress pills
>>
>>
>> Arche, Harvey wrote:
>>
>>> If I haven't joined in venting outrage, its because everyone else 
>>> has been doing such a good job of it. When I see W on the news it 
>>> takes about 2 seconds for my gnashing teeth to render me speechless, 
>>> so basically i don't trust myself to sound reasonable.
>>> Arche
>>>
>>>
> [snip]
>


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