David,

I saw Al's post as a public service announcement, endorsing nothing
and inducing no emotional reactions but yours. So that's one vote for,
one against his contribution. Gotta love democracy.

Joel

Canadian ex-pat who would have enjoyed hearing more about the recent
elections north of the border.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:47 AM, David Marshall
<mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
> Ya know... I'm gonna go into a rant here....
>
> <RANT>
> I can go to cnn.com or news.google.com and get all the news about the US
> election.  The Canadian election came and went and not a peep on the
> list - nor would I expect it to be on this list.
>
> Politics, sex
> and religion are not conversions for mixed company nor the Vanagon list...
> unless there is a polling station in your Vanagon I and most others don't
> want to hear about it.
> </RANT>
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
> On Tue, November 4, 2008 06:47, Al
> Knoll wrote:
>>
>> It's going to be crowded at the polls.
> There'll be a lot of people
>> you don't know there.  Some will be
> there to vote and some to
>>
>> help others vote but
> another group will be there too.  They're quiet.
>> You hardly
> notice them there in booth with you.
>>
>> With names like
> Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay,
>> and others
> they stand there with you.  They
>>
>> wear odd clothing.
> Some have three cornered hats, some have rags
>> around their feet,
> others are dressed in tattered and
>>
>> faded, blue or
> grey uniforms.  Some wear the baggy stripes of
>> prisoners, some
> have tiger stripe fatigues, they're all  with you
>>
>>
> there in the voting booth.
>>
>> They've stood before in
> places as close as the bridge at Concord or
>> the angle at
> Gettysburg or in places as far away as
>>
>> Belleau Wood,
> Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Ia Drang, Khe
>> Sahn,
> Mogadishu, Fallujah and others.  They're truck
>>
>>
> drivers, nurses, mechanics, pilots, rebels, cooks, clerks, riflemen,
>> artillerymen, tank commanders, rangers, and patriots.
>>
>> They're standing with you today as they stood for you in places
> and
>> times far away to be sure you excercise your freedom
>>
>> and responsibility to vote.
>>
>> You'll
> not see them, but they're there just the same, watching while
>>
> you make your mark on history.   Vote today.
>>
>