In a message dated 2/6/2008 11:50:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What strikes me as most odd about the American system is the extreme focus on the single persons running for office. Not really the media pressure itself, but I get the feeling that the candidates have to play up to people's expectations in that respect.
I accept that being non-american is probably the reason why I find this a bit alienating... :-) Jostein ========= Nyah. Lots of Americans do too. It's often over the top. TV, Internet. It only got as bad as it is now because of all the media hype. In other words, that has always been present to a some degree, but the media flash and hype has just gotten worse and worse over the years. Well, back to photography. Marnie :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
