OT: Which OS do the candidates run? republican or democratic hitchhiker?

max maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 00:47:04 UTC 2008


Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 20:04 -0400, max bianco wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
>> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:54 -0400, max bianco wrote:
>>>  > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM,  <rlengland at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>  > > >From: max bianco <maximilianbianco at gmail.com>
>>>  > >  >Date: 2008/04/07 Mon PM 12:48:46 CDT
>>>  > >  >To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>>  > >  >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 at tmr.com> 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.
>>>
>> Come on man it hasn't even gotten interesting yet!!
>> ok ok, but for the record I think its very funny, yeah yeah
>> aggravating too but that's no reason to take offense.
> 
> No offense taken. I follow politics fairly closely via various online
> sites so it's not that I'm disinterested. I just don't want to read
> about on a technical list.
> 
> poc
> 

I hear ya. What about my idea? Keeping all OT in one long unbroken 
thread? I wonder how long we could keep it going....how many changes of 
subject....

Max


Max




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