really man, a little passion over an important subject.........
and no kidding, something that is 'world impactful'...............'some'
expression about that isn't out of line at all.
Like you know............this is a historic day..........
there has *never* been a day like today, with so much at stake, in the
entire human history of North America.
I think a few comments are entirely appropriate.
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today

> Here's another vote for Al.  I found it just the opposite of divisive.
> Inspiring, inclusive, touching.  Why should patriotism in the best sense
> of
> the word be considered politics?
>  Admittedly NVC, but election day doesn't come on Friday.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> 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.
>> > >
>> >
>>