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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (6515)	11/17/2000 7:09:34 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

I suggest you are not a very good judge of intelligence. Well, it would certainly assist us all if you could show us some.... Rhetorical mental masturbation and a seemingly transient moral standard hardly define a display of actual intelligence, but rather an attempt to mask the lack of any foundation for its presence. I gave you a clear case of where a Republican woman has been disadvantaged in her election campaign by the very same people who are claiming the right to engage in the current manual recount and all you could do is respond with an apathetic "I don't care". And the fact that you are out here reveling in the banter clearly shows that you must care.... Either that or you need to get a social life. Would it have made a difference were she a democrat, the PB canvassing board manned by republicans, and the Secretary of State a Democrat? What's going to happen when someone starts adopting a relativistic moral stance with regard to your civil rights? Do you have to be a liberal to have your civil rights under the 14th amendent guaranteed? At least I would have expected some small sympathetic whimper from you for the obvious arbitrary nature with which the PB canvassing board is conducting their election process as compared to past votes in local ones? But no... you just tell me "I don't care" and try to tell us all that you expect both sides to be corrupt. Well, I expect everyone in your neighborhood to be corrupt (being only human). So if some day we hear of your becoming a victim of a crime, we can justify our indifference to such an event by saying "We don't care". Is that how you want us to understand your moral standards?

To: epicure who wrote (6515)	11/17/2000 7:17:39 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

This might amuse: Buckingham Palace 15th November 2000 NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE To the residents of the United States of America: In view of your abject failure to elect a President and thus to govern yourselves, We give hereby Notice of the Revocation of your Independence, effective today at Five O'Clock Greenwich Mean Time. Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume sovereign duties forthwith over all states, commonwealths and other territories, with the notable exception of Utah, which she does not fancy, and Florida, which Shall be returned to His Illustrious Catholic Majesty, King Juan Carlos of Spain. Your new Prime Minister (The Rt. Hon Tony Blair, for the 98.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will suggest to Her Majesty a Governor-General for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing these words. In general, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (Look up "vocabulary"). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. (Look up "interspersed"). 2. There is no such thing as "U.S. English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. 3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that difficult. 4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast British actors as the good guys. 5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through. 6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 1.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full body armor like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least an American rugby sevens side by 2005. 7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons if they give you any merde. The 98.85% of you who were not aware that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky. The Russians have never been the bad guys. 8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new national holiday, but only in the British Empire. It will be called "Indecisive Day". 9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When We show you German cars, you will understand what We mean. 10. Please tell Us who killed JFK. It's been driving Us crazy. Thank you for your cooperation. Welcome back, HRM Elizabeth II