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:
> > >oh, okay. let's see, what party has been in
> control
> > of
> > >the State of La for 40-60 years? which party has
> > been
> > >in control of the city of New Orleans for 40-60
> > years?
> > >so who allowed the situtation to exist even
> though
> > we
> > >have spent more than 6 trillion dollars on the
> "WAR
> > ON
> > >POVERTY."? i think we need and exit stategy. we
> > need a
> > >time table to get out of this war. we have lost
> the
> > >war. New Orleans showed this war lost.
> > >
> > > the party starts with a "D."
> > >
> > >--- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't know if I agree with this
> > wholeheartedly.
> > > > Just another post to get
> > > > y'all talking...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Judge Roberts, Hurricane Katrina and Americans
> > with
> > > > Disabilities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Building a Supreme Court to Excuse Our
> Nation's
> > > > Neglect of the Poor and
> > > > Disenfranchised
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > By Jim Ward, Founder and President
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability
> > Rights
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > New Orleans is America's canary in the
> > mineshaft.
> > > > Ideologies of
> > > > privatization that incapacitate effective
> > government
> > > > -permitting the
> > > > privileged to save themselves while leaving
> the
> > poor
> > > > clinging to roofs -must
> > > > now be challenged. This disaster is a chilling
>
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