So, we're now only a week from knowing which bunch of idiots are going to
govern us this time round ... or not, if we end up with a hung parliament as
seems possible.
Here in my constituency we have 9 candidates to choose from and for the
record they are:
Mad Cap'n Tom   	Independent  	 	  	
Derek Chase 		Green 			
Dennis Delderfield 	Independent 			
Mark Field 		Conservative 			
Jack Nunn 		Pirate Party UK 			
Frank Roseman 		English Democrats 			
David Rowntree 		Labour 			
Naomi Smith 		Liberal Democrat 			
Paul Weston 		UK Independence Party

The top three will of course be Mark Field, Naomi Smith and David Rowntree
but apart from Mark Field who has sent me four electoral communications the
rest of them seem to be doing very little to get my vote.

David Rowntree (the drummer from Blur) is on record as saying "I'm not a
betting man, but if I was I wouldn't put any money on me". His lack of
confidence is amazing. Or maybe he's being realistic, Westminster has
consistently returned a Conservative MP.

Naomi Smith sent me a single communication which told me in great detail
what a nice person she is but absolutely b*gg*r all about what she intends
to do if elected. So, she wants my vote but I'll just have to trust her to
do the right thing. Sorry, dear, maybe next time ;-)

I'm split between Mad Cap'n Tom (I signed his registration for candidacy)
and Jack Nunn (anti-DRM, pro file-sharing). They're both extremely unlikely
to poll more than a handful of votes but I could do with a laugh (in the
case of Tom) and I am passionate in my support of free data exchange and the
Digital Economy Bill is so flawed that it needs to repealed instantly.

Anybody got any better suggestions?


John
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> Anybody got any better suggestions?

Emigrate.

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And lo On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:28:54 +0100, Doctor John <rea### [at] mysig> did  
spake thusly:

> So, we're now only a week from knowing which bunch of idiots are going to
> govern us this time round ... or not, if we end up with a hung  
> parliament as
> seems possible.
> Here in my constituency we have 9 candidates to choose from and for the
> record they are:
> Mad Cap'n Tom   	Independent

and we need go no further in our considerations of who to vote for.
   	 	  	
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scott wrote:
>> Anybody got any better suggestions?
> 
> Emigrate.

ROFL

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Doctor John wrote:

> Naomi Smith sent me a single communication which told me in great detail
> what a nice person she is but absolutely b*gg*r all about what she intends
> to do if elected. So, she wants my vote but I'll just have to trust her to
> do the right thing. Sorry, dear, maybe next time ;-)

It worked for Obama...

> I'm split between Mad Cap'n Tom (I signed his registration for candidacy)
> and Jack Nunn (anti-DRM, pro file-sharing). They're both extremely unlikely
> to poll more than a handful of votes but I could do with a laugh (in the
> case of Tom) and I am passionate in my support of free data exchange and the
> Digital Economy Bill is so flawed that it needs to repealed instantly.
> 
> Anybody got any better suggestions?

What?  Nobody's standing for the Monster Raving Loony Party?

Regards,
John

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On 4/30/2010 11:23 AM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>> Anybody got any better suggestions?
>>
>> Emigrate.
>
> ROFL
>
Just don't do so to Arizona. They would hear your English accent and 
immediately have you arrested, then probably deported to Mexico (I don't 
credit these idiots imagining that anyone in the country illegally 
*might* come from some place other than Mexico...). lol

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Patrick Elliott wrote:
> They would hear your English accent and 
> immediately have you arrested, then probably deported to Mexico 

That's about right, considering they're talking about deporting actual US 
citizens born of illegal immigrants.  I have to wonder where they think 
they'd deport them to.

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On Sat, 01 May 2010 03:42:34 +0200, Patrick Elliott <sel### [at] npgcablecom>  
wrote:
> (I don't credit these idiots imagining that anyone in the country  
> illegally *might* come from some place other than Mexico...). lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yW_sIKBfIk



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Patrick Elliott <sel### [at] npgcablecom> wrote:
> Just don't do so to Arizona. They would hear your English accent and 
> immediately have you arrested, then probably deported to Mexico (I don't 
> credit these idiots imagining that anyone in the country illegally 
> *might* come from some place other than Mexico...). lol

  I have heard some stories how, especially nowadays, people at customs in
the US can sometimes be really prickly with people who are trying to get
into the country, even tourists.

  A married couple, friends of mine, were trying to visit the US (they had
done so many times before). He had dual US/Finnish citizenship because of
his parents, and they were going to visit his family. His wife had only
Finnish citizenship.

  I didn't know that Finns were such a huge illegal immigration problem in
the US (</sarcasm>) because the person at customs happened to be a real
a**hole. There was some minor problem with her papers (I don't remember
if it was the visa or the passport or something), and they spent literally
*hours* in customs at the airport trying to solve the problem. The husband
would have had no problem entering (being a citizen and all), but his wife
couldn't.

  After many hours the shift of this customs person ended and a new person
came in his stead. He checked the papers a few seconds and cleared them to
enter the country.

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On 30/04/2010 10:03 PM, John VanSickle wrote:
> What?  Nobody's standing for the Monster Raving Loony Party?

When they get to Westminster (John’s constituency) they’re all Raving 
Loonies.

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