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Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: November 17, 2000 19:49
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9230] RE: (off topic) Re: the election
>
>
> 200-11-17
>
> Even if Buchanan is an isolationist, he would be a hypocrite if he was
> anti-metric and pro-FFU. FFU is an imported unit hodge-podge.
> No American
> invented it. If you are against metric because of its foreign
> origins, then
> you have to be against FFU as well. But then if he was president, he
> wouldn't care about such a technicality.
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Bishop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 2000-11-17 11:57
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [USMA:9219] RE: (off topic) Re: the election
>
>
> This is from the foxnews.com forum.
>
> Bill Carp: I am a registered Repulican in Palm Beach County. When the
> registration cards were sent out, I did not receive a sample
> ballot. Yet, I
> know many registered Democrats got one of these booklets. Hmm.
> And, to top
> it off, I managed to understand the butterfly ballot, cast my
> vote and was
> not confused. Something friggin' stinks in this damn county!
>
> Dan Bishop: But how do you know that you really voted for Bush? Maybe you
> actually voted for Buchanan and just THOUGHT you had voted for
> Bush. Why is
> confusion reserved for democrats? <g>
>
> Bill Carp: Heh heh, that ballot was not hard. Hell, fourth
> graders all over
> America have picked their candidate 100% of the time. Palm Beach
> County Dems
> must have stopped at grade three. ;)
>
> I haven't been able to find Buchanan's opinion on metrication. However,
> since he does favor isolationism, I would assume he'd be anti-metric.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 17:08
> Subject: [USMA:9219] RE: (off topic) Re: the election
>
>
> > 2000-11-16
> >
> > HA! HA! HA! HA! That is funny! But, a very good question.
> Why don't
> > you submit it to the "letters to the editor" section of some on-line
> > newspapers and see if you get a response? That is worth investigating.
> > Maybe, just maybe the Gore people are paying off some Buchanan
> supporters
> to
> > say they really voted for Gore but punched the wrong hole.
> Why not? If
> the
> > Gore people can get bums in Milwaukee to vote, they can do anything.
> >
> > BTW, what does Buchanan think of metric?
> >
> > John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Daniel Bishop
> > Sent: Thursday, 2000-11-16 00:56
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:9214] (off topic) Re: the election
> >
> >
> > Just wondering:
> >
> > Why haven't any Buchanan supporters complained that they might have
> > accidentally voted for Gore? <g>
> >
> >
>
>
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