Text 8433, 86 rader
Skriven 2005-02-02 12:21:57 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
   Kommentar till text 8409 av Darryl Perry (1:106/324)
Ärende: Re: Iraqi Vote
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02 Feb 05 08:56, Darryl Perry wrote to TIM RICHARDSON:

 DP> On 02-02-05, TIM RICHARDSON said...

 TR>> On 02-01-05, STAN HARDEGREE said to ED CONNELL:
 TR>> 
 TR>> EC>>> Last, I salute the Iraqi people who turned out in such
 TR>> EC>>> numbers despite the real threats from the scum who oppose
 TR>> EC>>> their freedom.
 TR>> 
 TR>> EC>>> SALUTE!
 TR>> 
 TR>> SH>> SALUTE!
 TR>> 
 TR>> SH>> And well said, sir!
 TR>> 
 TR>> EC> Thank you for that kindness - and one more opportunity to
 TR>> EC> give a SALUTE!
 TR>> 
 TR>> 
 TR>> SH>The Iraqi people have created (or will create) a refuge for 
 TR>> SH>people in t Middle East who wish to be free.  Their courage has 
 TR>> SH>sent a message to o despot in the Middle East that their days 
 TR>> SH>are numbered.
 TR>> 
 TR>> 
 TR>> The Iraqis showed more guts on Sunday than many Americans display 
 TR>> every fo years; they went out and voted.
 TR>> 
 TR>> 
 TR>> I seem to recall hearing about people having to stand in long 
 TR>> lines to vot in November.
 TR>> 
 TR>> 
 TR>> Sunday, Iraqis *gladly* stood in long lines to cast their vote for 
 TR>> the fir time in many decades.
 TR>> 
 TR>> 
 TR>> Americans drive to a polling place, and then leave simply because 
 TR>> the park lot is full. Iraqis were walking to polling places, being 
 TR>> carried, wheeled there in wheel chairs, going on crutches.

 DP> You can quit all your crying an whining about the lack of interest 
 DP> in voting
 DP> Americans.  I have a lot of friends, co-workers, aquaintences, 
 DP> etc, in more
 DP> than just one state.   Each and every one of the people I know, 
 DP> voted during
 DP> this last election.  Even some of those people I know who didn't 
 DP> vote
 DP> in 2000.  Several people admitted to me that they had to way over 
 DP> 30 minutes,
 DP> and a few, like my wife, waited over 90 minutes.

 DP> You are not going to succeed in trying to make me feel like 
 DP> America is
 DP> apathetic to the voting process.  It just is not true, so give it 
 DP> a rest.

America IS apathetic when it comes to doing its civil and patriotic duty.  This
last election may have been the biggest ever in terms of votes for president,
but it still didn't beat what the Iraqis did turnout wise.  I think its pretty
damn pathetic when a country like Iraq turns in a better percentage of voters
than the best the US has ever done, and on their first time out of the box!

And, it matters not one whit how many people you know who voted.  The number is
statistically insignificant.  I know more people who DIDN'T vote than did. 
Doesn't prove a thing either way in either case.

 DP> It's wonderful that the Iraqi's are able to vote.  We'll see how 
 DP> it turns out.

Yeah, right.  We can all tell from your tone that you don't think it WILL turn
out for the better.  And when things get dicey, you'll turn around and post
something saying "See, I told you so.  The Iraqi vote was a waste of time." or
something along those lines.  And if turns out to be a rousing success, we
won't hear diddly from you saying "good job" or something similar.


John 

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