committee has been sending out saying that if Kerry gets in bibles
will be banned.
typical
larry
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:11:43 -0500, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is the RSS feed:
> http://www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog/rss.cfm?mode=short
>
> Here is the text of the entry:
> National Republican Senatorial Committee: Did you get the survey?
> So, I don't normally talk about politics here, but something happaned
> last week that I have to talk about. While I was in Boston, a survey
> arrived. This survey was called the U.S. Senate Majority Leader's
> Survey 2004. It looked a heck of a lot like a typical IRS form. It had
> various official looking numbers like a registration number, a voting
> district code, even a section on top marked "NRSC Use Only."
>
> Below my address, and in big bold letters was:
>
> NOTICE: This SURVEY DOCUMENT IS REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME and must
> be accounted for upon completion of this project. If you choose not to
> participate in this crucial Republican Majority Leader's Survey,
> return this Survey Document at once using the postage paid envelope
> provided.
> OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN PARTY DOCUMENT - DO NOT DESTROY
>
> So, at this point, I'm pretty curious. As far as I know (unless
> Ashcroft got around to suspending the Constitution), the Republican
> National Party has no right to tell me what I can do with my mail.
> That being said.... the document is very convincing, and this will
> come into play a bit later.
>
> So, the survey itself is what you would expect. A heavily biased set
> of questions favoring Bush. I kept expecting a "Should Kerry stop
> beating his wife" question. This in itself isn't a big huge deal. I'm
> sure Democratic groups put out biased mailings as well. That's kinda
> the point. But again, remember the dire warnings and official looking
> text that preceeded the questions.
>
> At the end of the survey are three options:
>
> 1. YES! I want to help defend our Republican Senate Majority and
> build a strong foundation of Republican grassroots support for
> President Bush's agenda. I am enclosing my most generous contribution
> of ....
> 2. No. I do not wish to participate in this vital Republican
> Majority Leader's Survey. However, I am returning my Survey Document,
> along with a generous donation to help build Republican grassroots
> support for President Bush's agenda. I am enclosing a donation of:
> 3. No. I do not wish to participate in the survey, nor do I wish to
> make a donation to help the Republican Party. I am returning my Survey
> Document, along with a contribution of $11 to help cover the cost of
> tabulating and redistributing my Survey.
>
> Now obvious, the red text was my choice, and is the option I want to
> focus on. The document, which looks like any other typical government
> form, made it very clear that you were not to destroy it. Now, at the
> end, you can't return without sending this group eleven dollars.
>
> In general, I tend to think people have a certain responsibility to
> have a basic, minimum level of intelligence. Therefore, what this
> group is doing is (afaik) technically legal. However, it is slimy.
> Damn slimy. How many people will get tricked into thinking they have
> to donate eleven dollars to this group? How many people who really
> can't afford to donate money? The more I think about this group, the
> angrier I get. Maybe I'm totally missing the point here, but this just
> seems like pure evil.
>
> Oh, and they have a web site: http://www.nrsc.org. Perhaps folks could
> contact them and let them know what you think of this "survey."
>
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:00:58 -0400, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Exactly. camdenfamily.com is blocked because websense thinks its a
> > personal site. So if you could repost it I'd appreciate it. Also could
> > you also post the URI to your blog's RSS feed? I'll just have to write
> > a quick page to read it and get around this web taliban app.
> >
> > larry
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:59:35 -0500, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > You want the URL to the blog? Can you not go to
> > > www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog? If you can't, let me know and I'll
> > > cut and paste it here.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:20:43 -0400, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Ray,
> > > >
> > > > could you repost the url? Unfortunately the content censor here thinks
> > > > that your blog is not business related and won't allow access.
> > > >
> > > > thx,
> > > > larry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 06:34:18 -0500, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Anyone heard about this group? I posted
> > > > > (http://www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=6E071A56-C3C8-DA85-1B47B3383783CE29)
> > > > > about an interesting survey I got from them.
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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