"The right honorable gentleman..." I used to love that! Great political theatre!
Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected] > On Mar 25, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Under the Westminster parliamentary system, there’s also “Question Time”. I > guess when you have short election cycles, that’s how you satisfy the public > appetite for political circus. > > Maybe President Trump will bring back chariot races, gladiators, and feeding > Muslims and illegal immigrants to the lions. Or monster trucks like in > Idiocracy, or a game show like in The Running Man. > > > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 12:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Politics on the list > > Makes me want to amend the constitution. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> On 3/23/2016 8:39 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> The best part of a parliament system. >> >> From: Eric Kuhnke >> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 8:58 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Politics on the list >> >> I think you guys would be amazed by a Canadian federal election. >> >> There's usually 2-3 months of lead up time to a vote being called, in which >> the political parties get all their stuff organized and ready just in case. >> >> Then the actual election/campaign period goes for between 25 to 45 days, >> maximum. Then there's a vote, and we have a new government. >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:04 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It seems politics is consuming a lot of chatter on the list. I personally >>> enjoy it, I have thick skin, per another thread, but I am concerned it >>> could turn south. This is the only industry mechanism I have for quick and >>> dirty advice so I am fearful it could devolve into something ugly or >>> useless like dslreports. >>> When Chuck ran the list there was a bit more policing, stay away from >>> religion or politics. I assume others got the offlist spankings I got. I'm >>> not bashing the current list owner, I enjoy the occasional freedom to rant. >>> What I am fearful of is losing the best resource I have for a vendor >>> neutral discussion of on topic issues. >>> >>> I'm not asking that the off topic political discussion stop, or any other >>> off topic discussion for that matter, I do request however that everybody >>> come to a consensus that we are all adults with different backgrounds and >>> opinions who can disagree and still work together effectively. >>> This is solely a self serving request as I an very much incompetent for my >>> position and rely heavily on advice from this list to impress my boss so he >>> continues to give me a paycheck he could probably pay a comatose midget who >>> only wakes up long enough to swear to do the same level of work. >>> >
