On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:54 -0400, max bianco wrote: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM, <rlengland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >From: max bianco <maximilianbianco@xxxxxxxxx> > > >Date: 2008/04/07 Mon PM 12:48:46 CDT > > >To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > >Subject: Re: OT: Which OS do the candidates run? republican or democratic hitchhiker? > > > > > > > > >On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Ric Moore wrote: > > >> > > >> > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 09:29 -0400, max bianco wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > I am an independent and I don't care what OS the candidates run as > > >> > > long as they help straighten out this mess! I doubt in the end that > > >> > > any of them will do anything useful. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > True, true, but it would be useful for the next President to have an > > >> > Open-Source mindset for a change! Couldn't hurt. Nosirree! Ric > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hell with mindset, I'd settle for a working *mind*... as one of the online > > >> cartoons noted, it's a thrill to have a candidate who can speak in complete > > >> sentences. > > >> > > > > > >Actually if they were all mute I think we might be better off. I am > > >tired of hearing why I shouldn't vote for the other guy, how about > > >someone gives me a reason to vote for them without slamming the > > >competition! Now that would be something!! > > > > > >Max > > > > > > > Are you hearing this in the context of a presentation by the candidate first hand or as a >sound-byte presented by the news media or the oppositions organization? > > > The candidates hide behind their campaigns so often they won't say it > themselves but the campaign spokesman or an aide will say it. To me > its all the same, it is the candidates campaign so saying that it > wasn't Obama or Clinton or McCain that actually said it doesn't matter > to me because they should be controlling who says what and when, if > they cannot control the people that work for them now what makes you > think they will have any control when one of them makes it to the > white house. > > > The two candidates I've heard, spent very little time, tearing down their opposition (though >I admit it was there) than they did attempting to present their vision and goals (but not so >much the plan, when I heard them). > > > > They are all full of grandiose visions and ideas but who's going to > pay for it all? That's the real key! It's nice to talk about new > programs and healthcare reforms etc....but where is the money coming > from? > > > I am suspicious of the media, these days (especially TV) because they are controlled by >business interests who want them to sell air time and nothing draws listeners like >controversy (or so they think). > > The media doesn't help matters that's for sure. Can we *please* stop this? At least the endless reminiscing on the punch cards thread might be tangentially interesting to members of this list, if you close one eye and squint a bit, but rabbiting on about the US elections is so OT it's not funny, especially to those of us -- more than a few I suspect -- who are not from the US. poc
