Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Colin Powell President Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:08:23 -0500 At 01:35 PM 11/17/2002 -0600, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Sometime early in 1996, _Sacred Honor: Colin Powell the Inside Account of His Life and Triumphs_ by David Roth was published

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-17 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President It's a good thing David Roth is writing books, because his singing career is going nowhere. Kevin T. What, not THAT David Roth

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Sometime early in 1996, _Sacred Honor: Colin Powell the Inside Account of His Life and Triumphs_ by David Roth was published. Reggie Bautista It's a good thing David Roth is writing books, because his singing career is going nowhere. Kevin T. What, not THAT David

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-17 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 01:35 PM 11/17/2002 -0600, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Sometime early in 1996, _Sacred Honor: Colin Powell the Inside Account of His Life and Triumphs_ by David Roth was published. Reggie Bautista It's a good thing David Roth is writing books, because his singing career is going

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/17/02 12:01:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometime early in 1996, _Sacred Honor: Colin Powell the Inside Account of His Life and Triumphs_ by David Roth was published. Reggie Bautista It's a good thing David Roth is writing books,

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-16 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President Well, that's been falsified experimentally just this year in Texas. I dont think that one election race constitutes falsification

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Does one county prove a trend? Is Harris County mostly dem? What about the other counties? In fact: what are these 'record low' numbers based on, polling data? Bah. (please don't flame me, I'm just making fun) I can tell you about 2 counties. Travis County, which contains

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President Well, that's been falsified experimentally just this year in Texas. I dont think that one

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-16 Thread Reggie Bautista
John Garcia wrote: Powell was known in the US during his tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before the Gulf War, as he was the first black general to rise to this position. During the war, he was all over the media, and became more widely known. Definitely widely known. Way

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/16/2002 1:28:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So widely known is probably a bit of an understatement (Powell probably has better name-recognition than three or four recent presidential candidates I can think of...) I bet these the same three

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President Kevin T. *Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state levels there would be too much obvious racism

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
Kevin T. *Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state levels there would be too much obvious racism. Unfortunately race is an issue in the backs of people's minds. A small percentage of the populous, and even less of eligible voters but still there. But I think

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 6:03 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President Kevin T. *Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state levels there would be too much obvious

RE: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Horn, John
From: Russell Chapman [mailto:rchapman;ozemail.com.au] But the USA wasn't at war at the last presidential election. I think that in Y2000 the US population in general was looking for other attributes than the ability to lead a country through the current situation. Hell, half the

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:15 PM 11/14/2002 +1000, you wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: his not running for the presidency was a topic of conversation at the office - but I don't have any numbers to back that up! :) That would indicate I had entirely the wrong idea... Anytime someone NOT running for office is

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:55 PM 11/13/02, Russell Chapman wrote: And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour - would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how West Indian blacks are seen in the US. BTW,

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Gautam Mukunda
BTW, where was he born? The Constitution requires the POTUS to be a _native-born_ US citizen. I've never heard this issue addressed, though . . . -- Ronn in Birmingham, AL :) New York, if I recall _My American Journey_ correctly. Gautam

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 08:55 PM 11/13/02, Russell Chapman wrote: And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour - would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how West Indian blacks are

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/14/2002 8:48:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Personally, the choice between Gore and Powell would have been tough. Not for me. --Ronn! :) Agree. Yup. William Taylor -- Love Story number nein.

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Grimaldi wrote: Any chance of that? I think the anti-military meme is so strong that he would have no votes. You either have bad information or the wrong meme-set, Alberto. A military take-over of the government, if

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Russell Chapman
Deborah Harrell wrote: Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the Republican candidate for President in the last election, I would have voted for him; being ex-military makes a person more likely to understand what it means to commit to a war (and less likely to run headlong into one).

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the Republican candidate for President in the last election, I would have voted for him; being ex-military makes a person more likely to understand what it means to commit to a

Re: Colin Powell President [was: Day the world turned on Iraq]

2002-11-11 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Matt Grimaldi wrote: Honestly, I wish Powell had ran for president instead of Bush. I probably would have voted for him. Alberto Monteiro wrote: Any chance of that? I think the anti-military meme is so strong that he would have no votes. You either have bad information or

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-11 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Matt Grimaldi wrote: Any chance of that? I think the anti-military meme is so strong that he would have no votes. You either have bad information or the wrong meme-set, Alberto. A military take-over of the government, if that's what you were thinking of, would not be at

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Matt Grimaldi wrote: Any chance of that? I think the anti-military meme is so strong that he would have no votes. You either have bad information or the wrong meme-set, Alberto. A military take-over of the government, if that's what you were thinking of,

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-11 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: (The sending of US troops to the Balkans resurrected the Vietnam specter to some degree, but that's not being remembered as sharply as the Gulf War now. At least, that's how I'm reading it now.) The Vietnam specter is alive even here in South America. When the USA