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From: Doctor John
Subject: Bl**dy elections
Date: 9 Apr 2010 05:34:45
Message: <4bbef4b5$1@news.povray.org>
As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
election and at the same time local council elections. It must of course
be purely coincidental that I have 'bumped into' three of my local
councillors in the last two days asking my opinion about local services
and promising to look into those with which I am less than happy. One of
the said councillors was stationed at our local recycling station and
opened her conversation by saying that the area that I live in had the
best record of recycling in the whole of the City of Westminster thus (I
assume) intending to imbue me with a warm fuzzy glow of self-satisfaction.

Cynical? Moi?

John
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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 9 Apr 2010 05:38:40
Message: <4bbef5a0$1@news.povray.org>
On 08/04/2010 11:02 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
> election and at the same time local council elections.


Time to leave the country for a month.


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	Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 04:51:54
Message: <4bc2df2a$1@news.povray.org>
Doctor John wrote:
> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
> election and at the same time local council elections.

Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.

(Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 05:13:49
Message: <4bc2e44d$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/04/2010 9:51 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
>> election and at the same time local council elections.
>
> Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.
>
> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)

I thought that you’d been in a different country for most of your life :-P

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	Stephen


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From: Phil Cook v2
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 05:18:50
Message: <op.va1lhxzymn4jds@phils>
And lo On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:02:30 +0200, Doctor John <rea### [at] mysig> did  
spake thusly:

> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
> election and at the same time local council elections. It must of course
> be purely coincidental that I have 'bumped into' three of my local
> councillors in the last two days asking my opinion about local services
> and promising to look into those with which I am less than happy. One of
> the said councillors was stationed at our local recycling station and
> opened her conversation by saying that the area that I live in had the
> best record of recycling in the whole of the City of Westminster thus (I
> assume) intending to imbue me with a warm fuzzy glow of  
> self-satisfaction.
>
> Cynical? Moi?

Oh you should see the letters page of our local paper, they've been all  
coming out the woodwork over the past month to tell us how wonderfully  
they've been acting on our behalf.

Sad to say with the short-termness of so many I can't blame them for the  
deluge of letters.

-- 
Phil Cook

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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 05:59:49
Message: <4BC2EF11.6070307@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 10:51, Invisible wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
>> election and at the same time local council elections.
> 
> Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.
> 
> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)

No, but the group was suspiciously silent.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 06:21:48
Message: <4bc2f43c$1@news.povray.org>
>> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)
> 
> No, but the group was suspiciously silent.

I thought changing the decor of my blog might have been the first hint, 
but I guess not... ;-)


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From: scott
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 06:33:55
Message: <4bc2f713$1@news.povray.org>
> I thought changing the decor of my blog might have been the first hint, 
> but I guess not... ;-)

The link to your blog seems to have disappeared from the bottom of your 
posts again...


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 06:35:09
Message: <4bc2f75d$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:

> The link to your blog seems to have disappeared from the bottom of your 
> posts again...

Or rather, it's only configured on my home PC, not my work PC.


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 06:48:39
Message: <4BC2FA83.70808@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 12:35, Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
> 
>> The link to your blog seems to have disappeared from the bottom of 
>> your posts again...
> 
> Or rather, it's only configured on my home PC, not my work PC.

Ok. I also has lost the link, so now I have it again...
Tell me, what on earth should have indicated that you were away?
The background could indicate that you were dead, but apparently you are 
still able to mail, so that is not very likely.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 06:52:33
Message: <4bc2fb71$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:

> Tell me, what on earth should have indicated that you were away?

Well I've changed it back to normal *now*... :-P

While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder on it instead of 
the usual green and black colour scheme. ;-)


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:05:28
Message: <4BC2FE74.3040606@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 12:52, Invisible wrote:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> Tell me, what on earth should have indicated that you were away?
> 
> Well I've changed it back to normal *now*... :-P
> 
> While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder

one of yourself or just stolen from the internet?

> on it instead of 
> the usual green and black colour scheme. ;-)


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:06:45
Message: <4BC2FEC1.80001@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 12:52, Invisible wrote:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> Tell me, what on earth should have indicated that you were away?
> 
> Well I've changed it back to normal *now*... :-P
> 
> While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder on it instead of 
> the usual green and black colour scheme. ;-)

Any chance of a windmills and tulip background?


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:08:06
Message: <4bc2ff16$1@news.povray.org>
>> While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder
> 
> one of yourself or just stolen from the internet?

It's one of the default blog skins my provider offers. (That's why it's 
a snowboarder, not a skier. I ski, not snowboard.)


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:08:49
Message: <4bc2ff41$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:

> Any chance of a windmills and tulip background?

No. I can only select one of the 11 skins my provider offers. (Or pay 3x 
the price to host the blog myself...)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:10:53
Message: <4bc2ffbd$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/04/2010 12:06 PM, andrel wrote:
> On 12-4-2010 12:52, Invisible wrote:

>> While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder on it instead
>> of the usual green and black colour scheme. ;-)
>
> Any chance of a windmills and tulip background?

I hope so :-)

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	Stephen


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 07:11:57
Message: <4BC2FFF9.4060000@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 13:08, Invisible wrote:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> Any chance of a windmills and tulip background?
> 
> No. I can only select one of the 11 skins my provider offers. (Or pay 3x 
> the price to host the blog myself...)

Ok. That at least answers the explicit question.

Now what about the implicit one?


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From: Phil Cook v2
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 10:44:38
Message: <op.va10kxl0mn4jds@phils>
And lo On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:08:05 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

>>> While I was away, it had a big picture of a snowboarder
>>  one of yourself or just stolen from the internet?
>
> It's one of the default blog skins my provider offers. (That's why it's  
> a snowboarder, not a skier. I ski, not snowboard.)

I liked the snowboarding one, I was looking for a 'Hey I've changed my  
blog style' entry to say how much I liked it.

-- 
Phil Cook

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 10:56:42
Message: <4bc334aa@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> I liked the snowboarding one, I was looking for a 'Hey I've changed my 
> blog style' entry to say how much I liked it.

Heh, well, we aim to please... ;-)


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 13:26:05
Message: <4bc357ad@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> I thought that you’d been in a different country for most of your life :-P
> 

ROTFLMAO

J
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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 13:42:35
Message: <4bc35b8b@news.povray.org>
On 12/04/2010 6:26 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> I thought that you’d been in a different country for most of your life :-P
>>
>
> ROTFLMAO
>

Oh! I said “country” instead of “planet”. Silly me. ;-)

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	Stephen


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 13:47:15
Message: <4bc35ca3@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 6:26 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> I thought that you’d been in a different country for most of your
>>> life :-P
>>>
>>
>> ROTFLMAO
>>
> 
> Oh! I said “country” instead of “planet”. Silly me. ;-)
> 
Stop it! I'm trying to drink a cup of coffee.

J
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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 14:01:54
Message: <4bc36012$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/04/2010 6:47 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On 12/04/2010 6:26 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> I thought that you’d been in a different country for most of your
>>>> life :-P
>>>>
>>>
>>> ROTFLMAO
>>>
>>
>> Oh! I said “country” instead of “planet”. Silly me. ;-)
>>
> Stop it! I'm trying to drink a cup of coffee.
>

It is less fattening when it comes out of your nose. :-)

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	Stephen


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From: John VanSickle
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 17:02:31
Message: <4bc38a67$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
>> election and at the same time local council elections.
> 
> Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.
> 
> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)

Was there a girl involved?

Regards,
John


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 17:40:09
Message: <4BC39332.1080007@gmail.com>
On 12-4-2010 22:59, John VanSickle wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Doctor John wrote:
>>> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a general
>>> election and at the same time local council elections.
>>
>> Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.
>>
>> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)
> 
> Was there a girl involved?

No, his sister didn't come this time.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 12 Apr 2010 18:35:49
Message: <4bc3a045$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:
> On 12-4-2010 22:59, John VanSickle wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> Doctor John wrote:
>>>> As all the Brits in this froup are aware, we are about to have a 
>>>> general
>>>> election and at the same time local council elections.
>>>
>>> Actually I wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.
>>>
>>> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)
>>
>> Was there a girl involved?
> 
> No, his sister didn't come this time.

Oh snap!

-- 
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 03:59:26
Message: <4bc4245e$1@news.povray.org>
>> (Did I mention that I've been in a different country for the past week?)
> 
> Was there a girl involved?

Define "girl" and "involved".

While I was away I did in fact speak to several female people who I've 
never met before, and they seemed to enjoy the experience...


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 06:15:50
Message: <4bc44456@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> Oh you should see the letters page of our local paper, they've been all
> coming out the woodwork over the past month to tell us how wonderfully
> they've been acting on our behalf.
> 
> Sad to say with the short-termness of so many I can't blame them for the
> deluge of letters.
> 

I've always thought that there is a definite case to be made for the
disbarring of any candidate that actively seeks election.

slightlyOOC The Labour candidate for my constituency is the drummer from
Blur. How the **** does that qualify him as a putative MP? The
(incumbent) Conservative candidate, on the other hand, is a real nowhere
man; Mark Field, who he? $DEITY alone knows who the Lib-Dem candidate
is; they haven't bothered sending me any election spam or junk mail.I'm
spoilt for choice, I really am. :-D

John (laughing 'cos otherwise I'd be crying)
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 06:20:53
Message: <4bc44585$1@news.povray.org>
Doctor John wrote:

> I've always thought that there is a definite case to be made for the
> disbarring of any candidate that actively seeks election.

Wasn't it Douglas Adams who said that the people who want to be leaders 
make the worst leaders? (And who also said "in summary: people are a 
problem".)

OTOH, otherwise you'd just end up with the leaders being people who 
don't want to be leaders, which would probably be even *worse*...

Benny claims that there was once a time when politicians actually wanted 
to be politicians to make England a better place, rather than for 
personal gain. Then again, Benny also tried to tell me that The 
Summertime Blues was recorded by James Flint, not Eddie Cochran...

> slightlyOOC The Labour candidate for my constituency is the drummer from
> Blur. How the **** does that qualify him as a putative MP?

And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida. Presumably 
because he was the only candidate listed that anybody had actually heard 
of...


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 06:27:33
Message: <4bc44715@news.povray.org>
Out of curiosity: Why does the word "bloody" need to be censored? I didn't
know it was such a bad word.

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 07:14:35
Message: <4bc4521b$1@news.povray.org>
On 13/04/2010 11:27 AM, Warp wrote:
>    Out of curiosity: Why does the word "bloody" need to be censored? I didn't
> know it was such a bad word.
>

John (and I) are of an age where it was considered impolite to say 
“bloody” in public. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (the Athens of the North) 
popularised it.

Banker :-)


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	Stephen


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 10:56:02
Message: <4bc48602$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> 
> John (and I) are of an age where it was considered impolite to say
> “bloody” in public. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (the Athens of the North)
> popularised it.
> 
> Banker :-)
> 
> 
Me or Phil the Greek? :-)

J
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:00:25
Message: <4bc48709$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida. 

California.  Also, he was rich enough he didn't need the job. He stepped in 
to do what needed doing.  And he was a popular politician years before he 
was ever involved in politics; people were making jokes about him being 
president a decade before he held any office at all.

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:16:31
Message: <4bc48acf@news.povray.org>
>> And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida. 
> 
> California.

OK, well I knew it was one or other of the crazy states. ;-)

> Also, he was rich enough he didn't need the job.

Interesting. I wonder if that works...


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:20:51
Message: <4bc48bd3$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
>>> And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida. 
>>
>> California.
> 
> OK, well I knew it was one or other of the crazy states. ;-)

Generally speaking, Florida isn't really considered one of the crazy ones. 
California and Massachusetts are the crazy ones.

>> Also, he was rich enough he didn't need the job.
> Interesting. I wonder if that works...

It seems to do the trick.  A big part of the problem is that if you only 
replace the leader and not all the pricks in the legislature, it really 
doesn't have that much of an effect.

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:26:55
Message: <4bc48d3f$1@news.povray.org>
>>>> And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida. 
>>>
>>> California.
>>
>> OK, well I knew it was one or other of the crazy states. ;-)
> 
> Generally speaking, Florida isn't really considered one of the crazy 
> ones. California and Massachusetts are the crazy ones.

[Insert comment about *all* of the USA being crazy.]

By the way, do you happen to know what the climate of MA is like?

>>> Also, he was rich enough he didn't need the job.
>> Interesting. I wonder if that works...
> 
> It seems to do the trick.  A big part of the problem is that if you only 
> replace the leader and not all the pricks in the legislature, it really 
> doesn't have that much of an effect.

Well, yeah, there is that...


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:43:04
Message: <4bc49108@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> By the way, do you happen to know what the climate of MA is like?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Massachusetts

Damn, dude, there's a wikipedia page *explicitly* about that.

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:44:28
Message: <4bc4915c$1@news.povray.org>
On 13/04/2010 3:56 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>>
>> John (and I) are of an age where it was considered impolite to say
>> “bloody” in public. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (the Athens of the North)
>> popularised it.
>>
>> Banker :-)
>>
>>
> Me or Phil the Greek? :-)
>
>

Well if the hat fits...   :-P

But I was thinking of Chuck's old man

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 11:46:23
Message: <4bc491cf$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> By the way, do you happen to know what the climate of MA is like?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Massachusetts
> 
> Damn, dude, there's a wikipedia page *explicitly* about that.

Oh... my God. Wikipedia truly has an article for *everything*! o_O


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From: Patrick Elliott
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 17:41:04
Message: <4bc4e4f0$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/13/2010 8:20 AM, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>>>> And that guy from Terminator is the governor of Florida.
>>>
>>> California.
>>
>> OK, well I knew it was one or other of the crazy states. ;-)
>
> Generally speaking, Florida isn't really considered one of the crazy
> ones. California and Massachusetts are the crazy ones.
>
Depends on your definition of crazy. A **lot** of the south still has 
the "I wear a confederate flag on my shirt to show that I like states 
rights, but I ain't no racist.", then you look at the two issues that 
where "state rights", and they where a) right to own slaves, and b) 
right to tell the fed to kiss their ass and break from the union, if 
they where not allowed to have (a). Its also common practice, even in 
Florida, to hear a lot of veiled racist comments from the locals, and 
find history books claiming that "economics" was the prime issue in the 
civil war, while glossing over the fact that the "economic issues" of 
the time where paying people to do work, a fear that losing slavery 
would devastate the south, and incomprehension as to how all that cotton 
was gonna get picked, without unpaid workers to do it for them. One of 
the favorite quotes is even, often, "Both blacks and whites benefited 
from the situation."

A large segment of the Tea-bagger movement is using rhetoric, and signs, 
and statements, that more than a few people who remember desegregation 
have commented sound damn familiar, and more than a few that, while 
claiming otherwise, are very similar to statements being made by 
secessionists *prior* to the civil war. Heck, some are even slipping up 
and stating the propaganda from the period, then backpedaling in false, 
but politically expedient, embarrassment. Nope, pretty much the whole 
south, including Florida, is full of some serious kooks, and from what 
one person said, who grew up there, even the liberals tend to believe 
the revisionist BS about the whole civil war thing not being at all 
about slaves or racism. California, by comparison, if not for a few 
religious kooks of their own, would make a good European nation (though, 
more so 30-40 years ago, before they let some of those kooks close down 
nude beaches, and other de-liberalizations).

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 13 Apr 2010 18:27:04
Message: <4bc4efb8@news.povray.org>
Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Depends on your definition of crazy.

Well, there's crazy religious, crazy political, and crazy racist. California 
is just crazy.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Yes, we're traveling together,
   but to different destinations.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 01:08:08
Message: <4bc54db8@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:20:52 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> Wasn't it Douglas Adams who said that the people who want to be leaders
> make the worst leaders? (And who also said "in summary: people are a
> problem".)

Yep, end of the final episode of the secondary phase of The Hitchhiker's 
Guide to the Galaxy.

"I only decide about MY universe.  My universe is what happens to my eyes 
and ears; anything else is surmise and hearsay."

Jim


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 04:05:35
Message: <4bc5774f$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> Well, there's crazy religious, crazy political, and crazy racist. 
> California is just crazy.

LOL!

I even saw an advert for prumes or something that said "the best fruits 
come from California". I think they were trying to be ironic...


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 04:25:27
Message: <4BC57BF6.3080709@aolDOT.com>
On 14/04/2010 9:05 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> Well, there's crazy religious, crazy political, and crazy racist.
>> California is just crazy.
>
> LOL!
>
> I even saw an advert for prumes or something that said "the best fruits
> come from California". I think they were trying to be ironic...

Some people like prunes and California is renowned for its farming fruit 
and wine.

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 05:46:12
Message: <4bc58ee4$1@news.povray.org>
>> I even saw an advert for prumes or something that said "the best fruits
>> come from California". I think they were trying to be ironic...
> 
> Some people like prunes and California is renowned for its farming fruit 
> and wine.

Sure. But given the density of people in the advert doing zany things, I 
think they were trying to be ironic. ;-)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 06:17:42
Message: <4bc59646$1@news.povray.org>
On 14/04/2010 10:46 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> I even saw an advert for prumes or something that said "the best fruits
>>> come from California". I think they were trying to be ironic...
>>
>> Some people like prunes and California is renowned for its farming
>> fruit and wine.
>
> Sure. But given the density of people in the advert doing zany things, I
> think they were trying to be ironic. ;-)

OK you saw the advert and I did not. I trust your judgement.

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 06:29:39
Message: <4bc59913@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:

> I trust your judgement.

Heh, well I'm glad one of us does... ;-)


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From: John VanSickle
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 14 Apr 2010 20:56:12
Message: <4bc6642c$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
>>> I even saw an advert for prumes or something that said "the best fruits
>>> come from California". I think they were trying to be ironic...
>>
>> Some people like prunes and California is renowned for its farming 
>> fruit and wine.
> 
> Sure. But given the density of people in the advert doing zany things, I 
> think they were trying to be ironic. ;-)

Well, California is known for the density of its people.

Regards,
John


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From: Phil Cook v2
Subject: Re: Bl**dy elections
Date: 22 Apr 2010 11:50:54
Message: <op.vbkma6k6mn4jds@phils>
And lo On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:46:47 +0200, Doctor John <rea### [at] mysig> did  
spake thusly:

> Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>> Oh you should see the letters page of our local paper, they've been all
>> coming out the woodwork over the past month to tell us how wonderfully
>> they've been acting on our behalf.
>>
>> Sad to say with the short-termness of so many I can't blame them for the
>> deluge of letters.
>
> I've always thought that there is a definite case to be made for the
> disbarring of any candidate that actively seeks election.
>
> slightlyOOC The Labour candidate for my constituency is the drummer from
> Blur. How the **** does that qualify him as a putative MP?

I blame the media for putting these ideas into their heads "and now for an  
in-depth review of the main party manifestos we turn to Dappy from N-Dubz".

Then again what qualifies half of them? Some have worked their way up from  
the local level, some seem to have been parachuted in from on high.

> John (laughing 'cos otherwise I'd be crying)

You can always do both.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com


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