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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Lane3 who wrote (18007)7/11/2001 6:50:31 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 82486
 
Dissolution does seem more than a bit extreme.

But if it comes, I want to make sure I'm not in the parts that keep either D.C. or California. And DEFINITELY not Oklahoma.

Hmmm. Can we break off the border states, except the industrialized ones? Washington, maybe Oregon, Idaho if necessary, Montana for sure, the Dakotas for sure, Minnesota, Wisconsin, then jump over to Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. That's a pretty good set of states in my book. We'll keep Iowa, too. But we don't want Michigan, Ohio, or Pennsylvania. If we can get upstate New York without NYC we'll take it, but if the city comes with it, no thanks.



To: Lane3 who wrote (18007)7/11/2001 7:12:22 PM
From: one_less  Respond to of 82486
 
"Good grief, we're all too fat and lazy for that.

If it happens, though, you can have the middle without a fight.


Thanks. Us middlers would be happy to have the fat trimmed off the edges.



To: Lane3 who wrote (18007)7/11/2001 10:38:08 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
You might get a kick out the August issue of Vanity Fair. There is an article titled The Bully Boys of Fox News. It even calls Neil Cavuto a bully boy! I only picked it up because it's written by James Wolcott, who I think is a very good writer. I disagree with just about every point he makes, but he makes them in a very entertaining way. Unfortunately, it isn't available online. Gee, they're not giving it away, they actually make you buy it.