

| Subject: | Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today |
| From: | Greg Potts |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:23:40 -0500 |
Thanks David. David Marshall 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. > -- Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca
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