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Subject:Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today
From:David Marshall
Date:Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:01:52 -0800

I found nothing offensive about the posts at all.� I am simply
stating along with the list admin that this is not the place for posts
like this.� 

Period and nothing more.

David
Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
 
http://www.hasenwerk.ca

On Tue, November 4, 2008 10:02, Loren
Busch wrote:
> 
> Well here is a vote for Al, I found
nothing offensive in his post.  And
> David, if you did, then why
did you re-send Als post with your message?
> 
> On Tue,
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:47 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.
>> >
>>
>