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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