Re: Anyone Here Have a Republican Congressman


"Wolfgang" <wolfgang@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "David Snedeker" <snedekerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Slicing thru your drivel, I guess it comes down to you liking the movie
> > product of the "majors,"
>
> I really couldn't care less about the business of movie making in general
or
> which models tend to produce what level of product in particular. With
> regard to those products, I tend to be fairly undemanding. For me, film
has
> always been more a source of mindless entertainment than some sort of
> heraldic escutcheon. The willing suspension of disbelief comes very
easily
> to me in a darkened theater...

Well that pretty much dismisses almost 100 years of creative output and an
entire artform.

"..much more so than in contemplation of the
> sources of information on current events. I mean, "Weekly Reader",
> "People", and the supermarket tabloids are o.k., as far as they go, but
> there ARE other points of view.

And therefore maybe you can share your typical current event sources. Ive
never heard from you any understanding of a public policy or current event
issue beyond what one would get from a mildly progressive home town rag.
Thats actually unlike some of your other inputs/reading which is often quite
broad and sometimes interesting, particularly when you get out of the
"hee,hee,hee" mode.


> Once again, I HAVE. See above.
>
> > with the exception of revealing you don't understand
> > either word.

You really don't understand the word ideology. Maybe your frame of reference
is too fouled or whatever, but Ive not the inclination to work thru this one
with you. If you were so inclined you could have explored at least Fascism
and Marxism years ago and developed a clue or two. But I guess we'll just
have to settle for your mastery of Snickerism.

SNIP INSULTS

> Uncomfortable? No, no, not in the least. My admiration knows no bounds.
I
> only wish that my own humble efforts in.....oh, say German.....could
> approach your demonstrated mastery of Italian!

Ive only a smattering of basic German. I will probably do a crash/jam in
German when I have time for a decent stay there. From what Ive seen it is
pretty close to English, and is very tinkertoy-like in how it constructs
words. (EX: translate "Pork"). I like it, and it makes me laugh. My wife
speaks decent basic German and knows a few poems.

Since you ask...

I can read, write, speak and sometimes think in Mexican Spanish after
studying it all my life, but struggle with Spanish fiction. I was very
lucky to study Spanish at BYU whose language programs were very advanced. I
can get by in Italian but my head hurts after about a week. I think Italian
is the nicest language on the tongue. Ive learned a little French, and am
presently learning a little Czech. For some reason I cannot understand
spoken Portuguese but I can read it (w/dictionary handy). Ive found the
Steves guides and the Dummies series the most useful.

In the US some people are impressed by language facility, but from the
little travel Ive done Ive learned that its no big deal: much of the world
apparently is multilingual. And while English is spoken widely, using the
local language opens doors that English alone does not. Language study is
also a good way to fight the effects of aging on the brain. I put about as
much effort into it as many who do a difficult daily crossword.

Dave


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