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Article #469Re: Vote
From: The Wizard of Oz
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:47
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:47
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:03:13 -0800, Viviane wrote: > patycat311@hotmail.com wrote: >> X-No-archive: yes >> >> Tomorrow Vote >> if you do not vote do not be bitching all over the place that the people >> they elected in are are doing a poor job > > 1) What's the point of voting if you expect all of them to do a poor > job anyway? Selection of the lesser of the evils. > 2) What's the point of voting if your vote doesn't count because you > live in the "wrong" riding? Scare them by having someone come in a close second. > 3) What's the point of voting if the people who have the REAL power > aren't our elected officials? You mean the opposition? In a minority situation, they can be just as important as the people in power. > I've got better things to do tomorrow. In my case, it's time I can take off from work. Then again I'm a writer and don't have to account for my time... > Viviane Later Mike
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X-Google-Thread: 114af9,9f8ca6c328ee4d11 X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,9f8ca6c328ee4d11 X-Google-Thread: 108c64,9f8ca6c328ee4d11 X-Google-Thread: 10643c,9f8ca6c328ee4d11 X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,9f8ca6c328ee4d11 X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,gid1083bf,gid108c64,gid10643c,gid106cdd,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!pd7tw1no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.77.160.121 From: The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> Organization: Oz Regents Office Subject: Re: Vote User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Message-ID: <pan.2006.01.23.15.47.24.104817@emeraldcity.gov> Newsgroups: mtl.general,van.general,wpg.general,tor.general,bc.general References: <oCTAf.98125$AP5.44141@edtnps84> <1137970993.866891.263970@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 36 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:47:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.66.94.143 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw1no 1138031247 24.66.94.143 (Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:47:27 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:47:27 MST