I like talking to you guys, but OT postings can be a pain. Doug --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug and anyone else interested in free speech, > > I have no problem with off topic postings here, as > long as they are > identified as such. Dustin's the final arbiter. > > You may want to subscribe to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] The membership > is open and the emphasis is on free speech. > > John Hebert > > At 11:27 10/4/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >I would like to have a BRLUG OT list. > > > >I was so outraged at the resolution on the ballot > to > >divert the gambling money from education to the > >general fund that I was stopping people at > Albertson's > >and warning them. Two of them are going to the > polls > >simply to vote agaist it. They were not going to > vote > >before we talked. > > > >Why would someone not vote? > > > >A fellow that was a marine a life-time ago and I > >puzzled over that. I asked him if he had voted > yet, > >and like me, he had voted prior to going to the > >grocery store. His well-cropped beard was white, > but > >he still looked every bit the soldier. We > discussed > >the current events and the low turn-out for voting. > >We decided that the draft ought to come back, only > it > >should be 100%. Every last citizen over 18 should > >devote at least two years to something. Be it > staff > >at a hospital, attendent at a home for the elderly, > >soldier, sailor, or airman; everone ought to have > to > >give back in some fashion. That would not only > >increase voter turn-out. but solve some basic > issues. > > > >How are we going to care for the baby-boomers? How > >can we be the world cops? Who is going to check > the > >luggage? > > > >I vote in every election. It is my duty. It is my > >right. It was bought with blood, and certified by > the > >death of my father's fathers. How can one neglect > to > >vote?! Good people, mothers, fathers, and teachers > of > >the faith fought and died to get the right to speak > >out and vote. Yet less than half of us actually > >register and vote. > > > >Oh, jury duty. If you register you might get > called > >for jury duty. Jury duty is an honor like voting. > >Check the books! Do you know what it was like for > an > >ordinary man to go to trial before there were > juries? > >Have you heard the term "poor house?" That was > where > >they left people like you and me to rot. If no one > >brought you food, you died. The Jury system is > >another one of our checks on the government. > > > >Let's review a case twenty years old. A man and > wife > >divorced. The woman got custody and moved to the > west > >coast, where she joined the "swinger" group. Her > >boyfriend raped her son. The husband shot him in > the > >Baton Rouge airport, on camera, in front of > >wittnesses. He had been on the phone with the > police > >seconds before the shooting, and had informed them > of > >his intent. > > > >There was no doubt of the guilt, it had been > >wittnessed. > > > >That case never went to trial. It was plea > barganed. > >Why? A jury would have given Daddy a gold medal > and a > >bonus. Their only question would have been how > good > >did it feel when you saw his sorry butt get the > >bullet?! Did he last long enough to get four or > five > >rounds! Heck, I'd have started at the toes and > worked > >my up, and slowly! > > > >Register to vote! It give you a voice! > > > > > >[Scrape] Doug's soap box going away. > > > >Can we get an OT list? I think it could have > merit. > > > >2 cents mine, US > > > >Doug > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > >http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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