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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (549853)	3/9/2004 10:47:54 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

TYPICAL DEMOCRAT CALIFORNIA POLITICIAN. California lawmakers propose lowering voting age to 14 for state elections JIM WASSERMAN, Associated Press Writer Monday, March 8, 2004 ©2004 Associated Press URL: sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/03/08/national2139EST0788.DTL (03-08) 18:39 PST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A proposed amendment to California's constitution would give 16-year-olds a half-vote and 14-year-olds a quarter-vote in state elections. State Sen. John Vasconcellos, among four lawmakers to propose the idea on Monday, said the Internet, cellular phones, multichannel television and a diverse society makes today's teens better informed than their predecessors. The idea requires two-thirds approval by the Legislature to appear on the November ballot. "When we gave the vote to those who didn't own property, then to women, then to persons of all colors, we added to the richness of our democratic dialogue and our own nation's integrity and its model for the world," Vasconcellos said, calling it time to further extend the vote. A Republican colleague said it was "the nuttiest idea I've ever heard." Said Assemblyman Ray Haynes: "There's a reason why 14-year-olds and 16-year-olds don't vote. They are not adults. They are not mature enough. They are easily deceived by political charlatans." Student supporters said the idea could give them a say in issues such as education funding and bring new voices to the California electorate. "If we could vote, politicians would see us as votes, not just kids, and they would take our issues seriously," said Robert Reynolds, a student at Berkeley High School. sfgate.com

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (549853)	3/9/2004 3:40:11 PM
From: Kenneth V. McNutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hanoi john lied under oath to the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations April 23, 1971, he should be arrested and court marshaled immediately... Along with those politicians on the committee, still alive, who treated him as a real war hero, because he told them what they wanted to hear, that the military was composed of a bunch of dope headed, insane murderers. A degree of this attitude, toward the Vietnam vets, remains today because of people like Kerry, Fonda, Ramsey Clark and others. KM