

| 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. >> > >> >
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