Jesus Christ, I thought Linux users were smarter than this... can't we all just get along? Flamewars lead to nowhere. -Cat P.S. I'm not insulting anyone in particular, I just chose to reply to this particular email at random. P.P.S. Obama/Nader ftw! :) On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 14:10 -0700, Craig White wrote: > Look at his social agenda > > Craig > > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 14:01 -0700, Eric Cope wrote: > > Craig, > > I am interested in your interpretation of a libertarian platform and > > Paul's platform. > > Eric > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Craig White > > wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:31 -0700, Nathan wrote: > > > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 13:24:30 you wrote: > > > > Nobody was forced to take part in a 2-party system. Don't > > argue that a 3rd > > > > party candidate is a waste of vote. Face it, your vote is > > infinitesimally > > > > small, in fact 1 in a million. The idea of voting for > > lesser of two evils > > > > has delivered a president with a 30% approval rating and a > > Congress with a > > > > 19% approval rating. We, as a people, need to determine > > our own values and > > > > vote based on these values, not trying to prevent someone > > else from getting > > > > in office. Its not a horse race. > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > I agree it's not a horse race. You're right. I'm sorry Paul > > did not win. > > > Maybe the fairness doctrine would have required the media to > > give Paul an equal chance... > > > > ---- > > I think that a parliamentary system allows for other voices > > and more > > participation but that is not what we have in the US. Too bad > > for us I > > think because I rather admire the notion in England of 'loyal > > opposition' - a concept that is foreign to the political > > system here. > > > > I do think that across the board, the political system does > > not > > typically encourage the best/brightest and I don't recall an > > election > > where one of the presidential choices was my ideal candidate > > and I don't > > see that changing any time soon, either. > > > > Ron Paul is a marginal voice with a marginal message and his > > adherents > > were so over the top this cycle that his message couldn't be > > considered > > reasonable. He is incapable of sticking to a libertarian > > agenda. > > > > Craig > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss