[QUAD-L] Political Garbage, & False Logic .... Reaction to: Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards

[Mark Felling]

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Boyd,   I have seen an e-mail similar to yours prior to yours. I'm assuming that is where you borrowed it from with a few editions...  However I ask you, where is the logic in your statement: "as reflected in stepped-up American and allied casualties in Iraq"? How do increased casualties in Iraq demonstrate al-Qa'ida' support for Kerry/Edwards? The logic of that statement is ludicrous and nonexistent.   Further, the logic saying that if the Communist Party does not support Bush (which I question the validity of such an official statement having been made), then they must support Kerry is just as silly.  That is like saying if A does not equal B, then B must equal C.  This is not a form of deduction or even induction, but rather one of the most common examples of false logic.  (Look it up in any academic resource considering the topic of deduction)   Please, if you want to argue politics, focus on real issues each candidate takes a specific stance on, such as stem cell research.    (Note, so far I have not given an opinion or support for one side or the other) however if you watched the debate last night, Bush stated that he supported stem cell research but felt that the existing stem cell lines "he made available" were sufficient for scientific research.  He believes these lines contaminated with mouse cells are "sufficient?!" (he never contested the fact the lines were contaminated with mouse cells thus concedes that fact).  He apparently believes treatments developed that are contaminated with mouse cells are "sufficient" for you and I.  Apparently he is so arrogant that he believes he knows more than the scientists who adamantly emphasize that their hands are tied with this restriction combined with the contamination.  I wonder if his opinion would change if one of his drunken daughters broke her knack during one of her binges?   It is true that I despise Bush, his ignorance of the world and international relations, his misconception for economics, his lack of vision for anything his father did not first try to push, etc. the only thing I support about him is his support for adoption as an alternative for late term, third trimester, abortions.  Yet, did I state that I necessarily support Kerry? No. That my Democrat?  No.  Am I a student of international relations, specific to international cultural interactions & conflicts, international economic interactions, who has traveled the world, lived abroad, and speaks a number of languages?  Yes. However, by the false, deductive logic in your previous statement Boyd, I guess I must be a Communist!  Chuckle!   Please be original rather then mimicking Internet spewed garbage...   Mark Felling -----Original Message----- From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:29 PM To: hey-guys Subject: Fw: [QUAD-L] Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards Where exactly might I find evidence that this cast of criminals and ne'er-do-wells support Kerry? bin Laden is hiding in the hills and Saddam is in jail. The rest have no bearing on American elections except perhaps some twisted sense of revenge against Bush. Of course, all Republicans are righteous and would NEVER spin the truth. GOP is just a tiny letter removed from GOD, therefore it MUST  be above reproach. Perfect logic. ----- Original Message ----- From: Boyd Jenkins To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Tom Barker Thomas Barker ; Dolores Barrett ; Henry Cudo henry cudo ; Robert Dotson ; Duane Ebarb ; Carl Grishom ; Brant Jenkins ; Brant Jenkins Jenkins Brant Civ 608 COS/DOOO ; TL & Mollie Jenkins ; Carla Lammons ; Steve Lammons ; Terry Madden ; Lavonne Murphy ; Rhonda Pardue ; Cheri Pelletier ; RANDY an [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Kathie Troquille ; Brenda Waldrip Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:07 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards Since the Kerry/Edwards ticket is courted by al-Qa'ida', as reflected in stepped-up American and allied casualties in Iraq, and since that ticket is also supported by: Osama bin Laden Saddam Hussein Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Kim Jong-Il Mohammad Khatami Moammar al-Ghadafi Hu Jingtao Jacques Chirac Gerhard Schroeder Kofi Annan, AND the Communist Party, USA, stating:  “We have refrained from fielding our own candidate so as not to distract from the main effort of defeating Bush and the ultra-right extremist agenda." We must count our great good fortune, that except for members of the Communist Party, none of the listed entities enjoy our privilege of casting a ballot directly. The CPUSA’s collective anti-American posture makes a mockery of their citizenship. We need to keep President Bush in the oval office! Boyd