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Message 712743 - Posted: 15 Feb 2008, 3:04:59 UTC

Like to share with you my letter to a niece:

Hi Jackie,
>
> Feeling a little better but for me that is far from
> normal. Normal to me is that there is nothing ever
> wrong unless I drink too much and it has been a long
> time since one of those hangovers. Just one of
> those lucky ones.
>
> Hillary not on your life we don't need two
> Clinton's in the same office. Obama, at this point
> in time, not on your life. A black in office while
> the RACE (blacks) are still playing the RACE card
> not on your life.
>
> Huckabee, I guess if one is a born again Christian
> he will be OK but I may even have to vote for a
> Hillary or an Obama before I vote for him. (There
> was a little town that was almost destroyed by a
> storm in Arkansas when Huckabee was governor. The
> legislators send a bill to Huckabee to sign so that
> this town could be helped. He refuse to sign until
> the words in the document, damage caused by an Act of God,
> or words to that effect were removed. All they were
> doing was using the same words that insurance
> companies have been using for years in all there
> legal documents). Religion has its' place but not in
> government. The oval office would be a chapel.
>
> I actually was leaning toward Rommel but it seem
> now that I may have to vote for McCain. I connect
> McCain to that movie "The Manchuria candidate" where
> a prisoner of war was brained washed and later ran
> for office. My question is what happened to McCain
> while a prisoner of War?
>
> Now as far as watching all that political stuff I
> don't. Really getting to like the
> Saying...Politicians and Diapers: Change both often
> for the same reason. It seems more and more every
> day that the Elected Officials at all levels of
> Government care only for one thing...themselves. It
> is not what I can do my country, my citizens...it is
> what can I do for myself and how much more money can
> I get from these fools that voted for me.
>
>
> We can go on and on and yet we keep coming back to
> square #1. What can we do, nothing. Not really but
> we really need some changes in leadership or at
> least tell the truth why you are doing something
> this way or that way.
>
> Personally I believe Bush is doing a good job (WHAT)
> but does not know how to communicate that to the
> people. Nobody every complained about the Americans
> staying in Europe after the World War 2 (still there
> after 63 years as well as in Japan) and even after
> the cold war was over (20) years.
>
> Now that we are in Iraq and we may have to be there
> for another 60 years (WHAT) just to keep those idiots
> from killing each other and also because Americans
> want to have cheap oil so they can drive any time
> they want. Leave Iraq and we will have a World War 3
> because no other country in this world will do what
> we can do for the reasons we do it (saving
> Europe once again). Rather fight them over there
> than here. That enough for a while. What do you think?
> (OH MY GOD).
>
> Need to relax a little. Little drink and than some
> sleep and a big day tomorrow. Tax day, have to do my
> taxes...have to pay for my share of bombs, land
> mines, bullets, free rent, utilities, free medical
> for those with AIDS, dirty politicians, farmers aid,
> grants to study habits of goldfish, sex life study
> of bees, no child left behind programs (even if they
> can't see, hear, feel, smell, touch), grants to Ford
> Motor, General Motors, Microsoft, Exxon, Murphy's
> oil, PBS TV, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Social Security, my
> military retirement pay and at the end of the day
> ZERO money. And at the same time have to listen or read what outsiders think of my country and at the same time they claim to have the same rights as I do in my country Freedom of Speech and then be told by a moderator that Freedom of Speech in my country is extended to all, even outsiders, because we are liberals. I never would be a good comic, would I.?
>
> Keep warm. It is now about 24 degrees down this way.
>
> Uncle Vince
>
>
>


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Message 713192 - Posted: 15 Feb 2008, 22:47:31 UTC - in response to Message 712743.  

And at the same time have to listen or read what outsiders think of my country

I'm not an outsider... However, I'm not living inside the bubble either... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 713243 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 0:37:34 UTC

Vince,

Good letter.

@Jeffery,

Based on your profile and your comments I've read else where I'd say you're living in some imaginary space inside your head.
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Message 713244 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 0:40:10 UTC - in response to Message 712743.  

Like to share with you my letter to a niece:

Hi Jackie,
>
> Feeling a little better but for me that is far from
> normal. Normal to me is that there is nothing ever
> wrong unless I drink too much and it has been a long
> time since one of those hangovers. Just one of
> those lucky ones.
>
> Hillary not on your life we don't need two
> Clinton's in the same office. Obama, at this point
> in time, not on your life. A black in office while
> the RACE (blacks) are still playing the RACE card
> not on your life.
>
> Huckabee, I guess if one is a born again Christian
> he will be OK but I may even have to vote for a
> Hillary or an Obama before I vote for him. (There
> was a little town that was almost destroyed by a
> storm in Arkansas when Huckabee was governor. The
> legislators send a bill to Huckabee to sign so that
> this town could be helped. He refuse to sign until
> the words in the document, damage caused by an Act of God,
> or words to that effect were removed. All they were
> doing was using the same words that insurance
> companies have been using for years in all there
> legal documents). Religion has its' place but not in
> government. The oval office would be a chapel.
>
> I actually was leaning toward Rommel but it seem
> now that I may have to vote for McCain. I connect
> McCain to that movie "The Manchuria candidate" where
> a prisoner of war was brained washed and later ran
> for office. My question is what happened to McCain
> while a prisoner of War?
>
> Now as far as watching all that political stuff I
> don't. Really getting to like the
> Saying...Politicians and Diapers: Change both often
> for the same reason. It seems more and more every
> day that the Elected Officials at all levels of
> Government care only for one thing...themselves. It
> is not what I can do my country, my citizens...it is
> what can I do for myself and how much more money can
> I get from these fools that voted for me.
>
>
> We can go on and on and yet we keep coming back to
> square #1. What can we do, nothing. Not really but
> we really need some changes in leadership or at
> least tell the truth why you are doing something
> this way or that way.
>
> Personally I believe Bush is doing a good job (WHAT)
> but does not know how to communicate that to the
> people. Nobody every complained about the Americans
> staying in Europe after the World War 2 (still there
> after 63 years as well as in Japan) and even after
> the cold war was over (20) years.
>
> Now that we are in Iraq and we may have to be there
> for another 60 years (WHAT) just to keep those idiots
> from killing each other and also because Americans
> want to have cheap oil so they can drive any time
> they want. Leave Iraq and we will have a World War 3
> because no other country in this world will do what
> we can do for the reasons we do it (saving
> Europe once again). Rather fight them over there
> than here. That enough for a while. What do you think?
> (OH MY GOD).
>
> Need to relax a little. Little drink and than some
> sleep and a big day tomorrow. Tax day, have to do my
> taxes...have to pay for my share of bombs, land
> mines, bullets, free rent, utilities, free medical
> for those with AIDS, dirty politicians, farmers aid,
> grants to study habits of goldfish, sex life study
> of bees, no child left behind programs (even if they
> can't see, hear, feel, smell, touch), grants to Ford
> Motor, General Motors, Microsoft, Exxon, Murphy's
> oil, PBS TV, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Social Security, my
> military retirement pay and at the end of the day
> ZERO money. And at the same time have to listen or read what outsiders think of my country and at the same time they claim to have the same rights as I do in my country Freedom of Speech and then be told by a moderator that Freedom of Speech in my country is extended to all, even outsiders, because we are liberals. I never would be a good comic, would I.?
>
> Keep warm. It is now about 24 degrees down this way.
>
> Uncle Vince
>
>
>


Looks like it is being narrowed down to Obama and McCain......
Where are we to turn........
"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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Message 713262 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 1:09:42 UTC - in response to Message 713244.  

Looks like it is being narrowed down to Obama and McCain......
Where are we to turn........

Obama for change or McCain for more of the same... ;)

(I'm guessing it'll be a close 50/50 split on election day. A fixed system is a predictable system.)
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Message 713296 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 2:02:16 UTC - in response to Message 713262.  

Looks like it is being narrowed down to Obama and McCain......
Where are we to turn........

Obama for change or McCain for more of the same... ;)

(I'm guessing it'll be a close 50/50 split on election day. A fixed system is a predictable system.)


I am seriously worried that if Obama gets elected, there will be some serious trouble to deal with.......
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Message 713338 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 2:38:13 UTC - in response to Message 713296.  
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I am seriously worried that if Obama gets elected, there will be some serious trouble to deal with.......

Like the repercussions from the boomers? Sorry, I just couldn't resist...

I'm guessing that if it starts to look like Obama will win, a war with Iran is inevitable...

Then again, there are already enough wars going on to support the election 'war card'...

What I'm trying to say is that nothing will change, the current 'powers that be' will see to it... ;)

(Despite how things look now, I still think Ms Hillary will prevail at the polls.)
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Message 713405 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 6:31:48 UTC - in response to Message 713338.  

(Despite how things look now, I still think Ms Hillary will prevail at the polls.)

I agree... insofar as I think Election Day will come down to Hillary versus McCain.
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Message 713407 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 6:36:02 UTC - in response to Message 713243.  

Vince,

Good letter.

@Jeffery,

Based on your profile and your comments I've read else where I'd say you're living in some imaginary space inside your head.

Everybody live "in some imaginary space inside" their head. It's how we react to the 'outside world' that's important.
And yes, there are certain posts (and threads) on the 'Political Board' I don't agree with, but I figure "So what?" Either I can say (post) something that will change someone's mind, or it ain't happening. "So what?"
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Message 713652 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 15:31:25 UTC - in response to Message 713244.  

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And at the same time have to listen or read what outsiders think of my country and at the same time they claim to have the same rights as I do in my country Freedom of Speech and then be told by a moderator that Freedom of Speech in my country is extended to all, even outsiders, because we are liberals.
[quote]

One of the problems with American media is that you, as a citizen, are never shown what the rest of the world thinks.
Is this because you don't want to know or is it because those who control the media don't want you to know?

What could possibly be wrong with using your computer to access newspapers from around the world? You might find some truths out there that have been hidden from you.

Try reading the Letters to the Editor from London or Toronto. See what people elsewhere are concerned about.

Those "outsiders" may have a perspective on events that could change your whole way of thinking.











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Message 713900 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 22:48:12 UTC
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Noooooo...should Obama be elected........

I am seriously concerned that there will be several assassination attempts on him...
The KKK and other supremecists
just could not let this go by.......if elected, I seriously suspect he will be assassinated........

He will not live out a term of office.....

Not my view.....just wondering what the rest of the country will do.........
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Message 713931 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 23:29:03 UTC - in response to Message 713900.  

The KKK and other supremecists

It's a shame that in this day and age there are still those who can't see beyond the color of a mans skin... ;)

(Odd that we've never had a 'war on supremacists'.)
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Message 713935 - Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 23:31:38 UTC

Because them good ole boys is republicans.
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Message 713958 - Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 0:15:03 UTC - in response to Message 713900.  

Noooooo...should Obama be elected........

I am seriously concerned that there will be several assassination attempts on him...
The KKK and other supremecists
just could not let this go by.......if elected, I seriously suspect he will be assassinated........

He will not live out a term of office.....

Not my view.....just wondering what the rest of the country will do.........


I suspect Obama knows the risk to his life.

Regardless of his politics I have a great deal of respect for him for just standing up.

If he is murdered for being black the shame will not be on the supremecists it will be on Americans in general for allowing it to happen.

Courage to try is such a valuable thing.

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