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To: Metacomet who wrote (76495)	7/18/2011 4:52:35 AM
From: Maurice Winn	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220035

< let's continue to find fault with the only American politician who can possibly avert this disaster.> You are kidding right? Is there really only one saviour available? Wow, risky. <I invite you to join me in total disgust for that political faction of our country that is willing to forfeit a measure of our sovereignty to assure the failure of the first black President in American history. > I agree it is tremendous to have such excellent skin colour in the White House. It gives a good contrast with the dark brown against the white of the building. Imagine how exciting it will be when the first Japanese President takes office. And how about if the first Japanese president is a woman. OMG!!! And for bonus goodness, left-handed and short. There has never been a genuinely short one, [five feet even] so that would be even more excellent than a dark brown one. Look at the discrimination against short men. en.wikipedia.org It would have been good to have Condoleezza Rice as president - two for the price of one. A high melanin content AND no Y chromosome. How cool would that have been? She could be her own First Lady too for further savings in these straitened times. Maybe elections should be held with multiple boxes to tick in order of preference and the person with the most popular characteristics would get the job. For example, there could be boxes for melanin, xx chromosome, y chromosome, tall, short, fat, skinny, Hispanic, Chinese, Negro, Kenyan, Indian, Islamic, Pakistani, homosexual, curly hair, straight hair, bald, orange hair, black hair, blonde hair, brown hair, large nose, small nose, Moslem, Christian, Jewish, Bahai, Buddhist, Jain, Shinto, Mormon, Amish, Catholic, Irish, large feet, small feet, blue eyes, brown eyes, both eyes different colours, well, you get the idea. People could write in characteristics for their favourite items. It's not that I have anything against melanin. Heck, some of my best friends have melanin. In summer I get a reasonable amount too. It's just that it's not fair on the rest who have been missing out for centuries. The president would be the person with the combined total most popular characteristics. Mqurice

To: Metacomet who wrote (76495)	7/18/2011 5:38:54 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220035

You think Obama should stay on past tomorrow. Therefore you think what he's doing is good. He bows deeply to the Saudi King and flips the Churchill bust out of the office. So you appear to agree with his priorities and sense of what is important, worthy and representative of his and your values: < If you think the Saudi King should rate higher than Churchill, Have no idea how you could get here from what I said. > It was easy to get there from what you wrote. Obama should be booted out as quickly as possible. Americans seem to be learning that the content of the brain matters more than the melanin content of the skin. The melanin in skin is nothing more than sunscreen. It's a puzzle why people rated melanin as important when avoiding sunshine is easy these days, especially for Presidents who don't work in agriculture in bright sunshine. Why do you value sun resistance so highly in a president? Mqurice

To: Metacomet who wrote (76495)	7/21/2011 8:42:29 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220035

If the Crisis Continues for Some Time However — and it’s an important “however” — if a U.S. default continues for any substantial length of time, nobody will escape the consequences, Canadians least of all. The U.S. government is the largest purchaser of goods and services on the planet. If it abruptly ceases paying for its purchasers, the shock will cascade through the global economy. If the U.S. government does not pay its suppliers, those suppliers won’t be able to pay suppliers of their own — some of them located in Canada [not to mention elsewhere in the world] – which could trigger supplier defaults on their financial obligations sparking another U.S. and international banking crisis.. If unpaid U.S. government suppliers lay off workers, those workers must cut back on their own purchases, including purchases from Canada [and elsewhere in the world]. If the cutback in U.S. government activity slows overall U.S. economic growth (already slowed by the rise in energy prices this year), it’s hard to see how Canada [and the rest of the world] does not feel the pain of the slowdown. Canadian exports [75% of which go to the U.S.] to the United States rose 22% in 2010 over the depressed levels of 2009 but a shock in 2011 could stop that progress… Divided government in the United States is always a rough-and-tumble business. The Republicans who control the House of Representatives want less spending and taxing than does Barack Obama. Arriving at a compromise between the two parties was never going to be easy but the Republican decision to use the threat of default to get their way in negotiations escalated the confrontation in ways rarely before seen in U.S. history. The Republican decision to deploy this terrible threat has pushed the United States — and the world economy — toward a fearsome shock at a time when the world economy cannot afford any more shocks. munknee.com