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To: marcos who wrote (312)	11/16/2000 4:06:36 PM
From: CIMA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37415

NATION PLUNGES INTO CHAOS: Pro-Bush Rebels Seize The West, D.C. In Flames WASHINGTON, DC--Presidential-election-related violence continued to spread across the nation Tuesday, with Day Seven of the battle for the White House claiming another 1,200 lives. Above: Riot police advance through downtown Miami, where clashes between Gore and Bush factions left 23 dead Monday night. In Bush-controlled Tennessee, news of Gore's call for a sixth recount in the disputed territory of Florida sparked full-scale rioting, with Republican militiamen setting fire to Gore's heavily fortified Nashville compound. It is believed Gore running mate Joseph Lieberman was trapped in the blaze, though his whereabouts and status were unknown as of press time. In Austin, Democrats continued to clash with armed Bush troops outside the Texas capitol. Inside, the Bush family waited for news on the welfare and whereabouts of Dick Cheney, who was carried off by a band of NARAL Reproductive-Freedom Fighters. Washington sources reported via short-wave radio that the city is littered with burning and abandoned National Guard tanks. The last D.C. television transmissions, which were broadcast at 11:22 p.m. EST Monday, showed the drowned bodies of more than 200 Young Republicans in the National Mall's cyanide-laced reflecting pool. It is unknown whether the deaths are a mass suicide or the work of a Democratic guerrilla group operating out of the Gore-controlled territory of Maryland. Since declaring himself President For Life, President Clinton has remained sealed inside a subterranean White House bunker with a cadre of Secret Service personnel and a stockpile of canned goods. Like the many state governors who declared themselves regional warlords over the weekend, Clinton said he plans to wait out the fighting in the streets. Meanwhile, Bush and Gore steadfastly maintained their claims to the presidency after respectively declaring Austin, TX, and Nashville the provisional national capitals. While Gore controls much of the nation's Northeast and Upper Midwest, Bush currently holds all territory west of the Mississippi River except California and Washington. Each man has issued commands to the American people to cease rioting and acknowledge him as president and has ordered the armed forces to salute him as the next Commander In Chief. Borders between Gore states and Bush states have been witness to some of the fiercest fighting of the past week. Along the Illinois-Indiana border, an estimated 240 people have died in skirmishes, including 47 Danville, IL, residents in a midnight Hoosier raid on the Gore-controlled state. On Sunday, police at the Arizona-California border turned away more than 40,000 Golden State Republicans seeking to cross into Bush-controlled Arizona. Democratic refugees attempting to cross in the opposite direction were similarly rebuffed. News of other presidential candidates is sketchy at best. On Monday, National Public Radio reported that a man "strongly resembling" Ralph Nader was crucified at the hands of angry New Hampshire Democrats. Pat Buchanan is believed to have entered Florida with several hundred Jewish followers shortly before communications with the state were lost. Libertarian Party candidate Harry Browne is believed to be mounting a challenge to election results in Suffolk County, NY, where Constitution Party candidate Howard Phillips edged him out for fifth place by just two votes. Alan Greenspan, who established the Fed-In-Exile in Paris last Friday, has announced a freeze on the markets until order can be restored. He has temporarily fixed the value of the U.S. dollar at $15 Canadian. Citizens have been urged to stay in their homes and keep their lights off until further notice.

To: marcos who wrote (312)	11/16/2000 4:11:28 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 37415

You are in luck Marcos, scientists at the Scripps Clinic have isolated the "gang bang" gene. Make sure you sign up for the treatment asap.

To: marcos who wrote (312)	11/17/2000 12:58:35 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37415

Hi Marcos, >>nor does he assuage the least bit of fear of a totalitarian bornagain regime<< This is Canada. What's he going to do ? Bring in state religion. LOL. Make our kids pray in school ? We could certainly muster more that enough signatures to get a referendum to quash that idea. Oh ! But referenda are not good (according to JC). >> this whole speech is a carefully crafted bit of fluff, there are no more specifics than you'd find in any other party.<< True. Is that any different than JC and the I'm a good Canadian story, or Joe C's 'Day Bashing' LOL. >>'out of wedlock'<< Pretty meaningless term nowadays. Many people never get married. So what. He'll do nothing. Nothing needs doing. >>To what precise degree do you advocate state control of wedlock andor reproduction?<< REALLY ROTFLMBO. The government's already meddling in reproductive technology. We've already had a 'commission' to limit out freedom. What about that. >>To what precise degree do you propose returning women to being forced to stay with abusive spouses << A bit of a stretch ? >>'The Valour and the Horror'<< War is bad. Sometimes there is no choice. Sometimes bad choices are made. I however, like the CBC. I also think Rush Limbaugh is amusing. I believe I'm smart enough to wade through the BS in both cases. SI thinks 'Valour' is misspelled. >>I want to like this guy, i really do << I don't know him. Don't know any other candidates either. Who cares. Sounds to me like you're buying the Grit/Tory scare mongering line on Day. His persona is a bit too manufactured for my taste. A little too much like Jean Charest. I find that JC and Joe C both come across much better on a personal level. I'm still voting for the new 'fluff'. That's all I can do. >>Keith Martin ... who btw goes to church, but who also as a doctor took a stand in favour of a form of two-tier healthcare, of which i am suspicious, << Two points here: A lot of nice sane, rational people go to church. :0) (See my comment re: Limbaugh and the CBC above). If JC needed an MRI right away or surgery that was available immediately in the US but months away in Canada what would he do ? Shuffle off to Buffalo or join the queue ? I'd bet on Buffalo IMHO, but of course this is only conjecture. The whole concept of two-tier health care is moot. I challenge anyone who has the need and means, to not seek out the best possible options for heath care. I know a few may be up to the challenge, but I doubt ther would be many. As a point of reference though, I'm in favour of universal health care and our social programs. It is the efficient management of these institutions that is lacking. >>he did stand against state control of the reproductive powers of women, for which i applaud both his judgment and his courage.<< Maybe it was just political expediency. Not that I'm cynical of course. This is only positive because it concurs with your beliefs. Had you been a pro-lifer you might be saying he had compromised his personal beliefs for political gain. >>the more they try to sweep aside legitimate questions with non-answers, the more they look just like the rest.<< We don't hang JC on his personal beliefs since we don't really know anything about them other than that he is a 'Proud Canadian'. In his case ca veut dire 'no comment'. I think Gulo is correct in that you are reading too much into this religion/abortion stuff. To vote Liberal over that would be a sad, sad affair. >>Day is not the only one who "was brought up in a deeply religious family", there are many of us, i was myself, just had the opposite reaction,<< That's what makes a market ! regards Kastel PS: I'm not trying to be confrontational I just believe we need to shake up the status quo. Our 'one party' system is not healthy. :0)