i will say that i do not know which party might
benifit more if we reached the goal, but, that would
be true represenative government. oh the other hand i
do not want the cemetary residence voting. it does
happen.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken,
>
> That's about my voting record too, except the
> off-year election I missed
> I'd lived in the community for about a month and
> didn't feel like I knew
> enough about the local issues yet.
>
> 90% is a number we should be shooting for, because
> with absentee ballots
> and voting early, etc., there's just no excuse!
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: an interesting article...anti Bush anti
> Utah anti religion
> very offensive consider deleting
>
> well i knew that, but still more people should vote.
> i'd not be satified with 90 %. i think i missed one
> election since i was able to vote and it was an off
> year. i'd just moved to georgia and there was not
> time
> to get registered. i think the second night in
> temporary quarters, i watched election results.
>
> --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > The turn out for both the Republican and the
> > Democratic parties in the
> > last Presidential election was the highest it's
> been
> > in my memory (40
> > years). I'm older than that, but I just missed
> the
> > '60 election (not
> > born quite yet - missed it by three weeks), and
> not
> > tall enough to turn
> > on the TV in '64. As a matter of fact, Kerry
> would
> > have had enough
> > votes to win in '04 had the Republicans not also
> > increased the
> > percentage of their registered voters who actually
> > voted.
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the
> > unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:20 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: an interesting article...anti Bush
> anti
> > Utah anti religion
> > very offensive consider deleting
> >
> > well, i do agree that more people need to vote.
> i'd
> > not noticed either party advising people that it
> is
> > better not to vote. but, i will look for that in
> the
> > future.
> >
> > --- Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Whenever one party assumes control for
> a
> > > long time there is
> > > corruption. I am a life long Democrat and union
> > > activist. I do not
> > > understand poor people who are Republicans but
> > that
> > > is an aside. In Hawaii
> > > the Democrats have had control for a long time
> and
> > > there is corruption. In
> > > Utah the Republicans have had control for a long
> > > time and there is
> > > corruption. Of the two types of corruption, I
> far
> > > prefer the Democratic.
> > > This disaster like all disasters of
> this
> > > magnitude belongs in the
> > > hands of the President but he is too busy
> whacking
> > > golf balls and deciding
> > > how best to steal all the worlds oil for his
> > > friends. I don't like him or
> > > his policies.
> > > I work on child abuse issues and
> > > specifically on the church child
> > > abuse lawsuits. In Utah the Supreme Court
> decided
> > > that a church, namely
> > > Mormon, cannot be held responsible for its
> > negligent
> > > acts towards children.
> > > I have watched the Supreme Court of Utah make
> > wrong
> > > decisions for over
> > > twenty five years. It is sad. This is also the
> > state
> > > that allows, virtually
> > > promotes by their indifference, white slavery
> and
> > > the trafficking of young
> > > girls in the name of religion, polygamy. Oh yes
> > Utah
> > > and the Mormons have
> > > their public relations arm that claims they are
> > not
> > > responsible. That is a
> > > lie. They started polygamy and have done
> nothing
> > to
> > > stop it even though it
> > > was a requirement of statehood to do so.
> > > It is quite upsetting to hear the
> Mormon
> > > commercials claiming how
> > > much they love children. They love them so much
> > they
> > > move perpetrators
> > > around the country just like the Catholics and
> > > rarely report child abuse.
> > > These carefully crafted commercials simply
> appeal
> > to
> > > peoples fear of rapid
> > > change and longing for an idealized past and are
> > > gauged to find more tithe
> > > payers. The Republican theme God is on our side
> > also
> > > disgusts me. I hope
> > > the non voting Americans wake up soon from their
> > fog
> > > that voting does not
> > > matter. It was also part of the Republican
> agenda
> > to
> > > control Congress to
> > > disenfranchise voters by marketing the idea to
> the
> > > baby boom generation
> > > that not voting is the best policy since it's
> only
> > a
> > > choice of the lesser
> > > of two evils. If more peopel voted Bush would
> have
> > > lost and I think he did
> > > lose anyhow but for the Diebold machines that
> > > cpatured the phony vote for
> > > him. I am very disappointed in every American
> who
> > > does not vote as the
> > > mandate in this country would certainly change
> if
> > > people started voting
> > > again. Oh yes and then we have to count them
> all.
> > > Whew! ! End of tirade.
> > > Back to gardening.
> > >
> > > Linda
> > >
> > > At 06:54 AM 9/16/2005, you wrote:
>
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