Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen to that! -- Jim http://www.hemenway.com 4 more years - 4 more wars - 4 more deficits 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 >> >