Re: TNB DC: No good deed goes unpunished, Mr. Crack

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:11:21 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Gandamack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>> >Isn't it ironic that failing a drug screen test because you may have smoked pot
>> >a few weeks previous can bar you from driving a CMV, but a string of criminal
>> >convictions does not prevent you from running for office.
>> >
>>
>> Give your head a shake Smith ( and others). This is exactly the
>> mindset that prevented black voters from being enfranchised in the
>> Southern states in the early '50s- the ruling elite forced blacks
>> to undergo literacy tests that they couldn't hope to pass.
>> It isn't any of my business- I'm a Canadian and proud to be-
>> this bull*** about pre-qualifying to vote is ASININE.
>
>Are you suggesting that blacks are incapable of passing any tests that whites could
>easily pass? Maybe you should be giving your own head a shake.
>
>IMO, allowing people who are completely unaware of the system and the issues is
>asinine. And I would add politicians to the list of people who should qualify. A
>lot of them miss debate, or sleep through it, and then vote according to the party
>whip's direction. The whole idea of a democracy is that representatives are supposed
>to be acting in the interests of the people who elected them, not according to the
>back room deals.
>
>>
>> PS Smith- who do you plan to vote for ? Doubtless the fucking
>> loser Liberals since they're the only choice of the Ontario elite,
>
>LOL. My wife was at a reception for the local Liberal candidate and the first thing
>she said to my wife was that she knew I was upset with her. They have been told
>they cannot put up a sign on our lawn this election.
>
Perhaps we should both give our heads a good shake, Mr. Smith. This
election is going to be a turning point in Canadian politics, I think.
I'd say more, but Canada's leading Russia 4-0 right now and I have to
get back to the TV (for our American friends, this is the World
Junior Hockey Championship.) Argue with you later, Dave.
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