late post. would accept from home address. > Holy Crap!. Glad I missed the first part of this as it may have sparked > the angry in me too. As this is Memorial day, and I am a vet and thinking > of visiting some graves with flags of emotion and color, I am glad I read > the entire posting and remarks back and forth before taking to my guns to > settle this dispute (kidding) > I read the entire post and the humor bug came over me, I think it is > funny. As funny as some of the jokes that start in the US about other > countries. I can see , I can see! I can actually see the humor in this > and think it is funny. > I do however feel this may not be the place for this joke, but $h1t > happens on every forum. > For those on the northern side and others who share the same opinion, > funny, for those of us south of the line and under the stripes and starts, > relax, and go tell your family members you love them, we already know we > are better.... (kidding again!). This is funny, maybe just not topics > for this forum. > Have a good ole USA Memorial Day! Enjoy the weather, invite some friends > over, and be thankful. Lenny in upstate NY. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bev Christian" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 6:49 AM > Subject: Re: [TN] NTC, NTC, NTC! > > >> All, >> I thought long and hard about sending this off-line to Joe and Dwight, >> but >> decided against it, as I may have offended many Americans by my perceived >> slight of the Republican Party, which was not my intent, as you will see >> from my answer to Dwight below. >> >> Joe, >> Now see what you have started! You sucked me in again. :) >> >> Dwight, >> 1) I am what is sometimes referred to as born again Christian, therefore >> you >> can't get much more anti-communist than I am. >> 2) Nor am I a socialist, being the son of a small independent >> businessman, >> the heart and soul of what capitalism should be. >> 3) However, I am slightly left of center with right wing tendencies - it >> depends very much on the issue. >> 4) My first sentence to Joe was a statement and was not itself a dig at >> Republicans. You cannot really tell how I would vote from what I wrote. >> 5) I am not happy that you consider my country "the entitlement system >> gone >> wild". I have no problem supporting with my taxes a medical system that >> tries to help everyone. Is it broken? Partially, but not because of >> entitlement, but more from political neglect. But we can leave that for >> another day off line. Where else do you see us a land of entitlement? I >> don't think Canadians and our system are actually that much different >> from >> Americans and the American system, respectively. >> 6) You are ill-informed about Quebec. Check your facts. >> 7) The quote is drivel. You have managed to insult every anticommunist >> socialist in Europe who stood on the front line for 50 years (i.e. the >> Iron >> Curtain) to help make sure Communism did not swallow us all. For >> instance, >> how about socialist, "neutral" Sweden, which had one of the largest air >> forces in the world? Which way was the defence system pointed? Toward >> the >> East or the West? >> >> If socialists want to stand for election in a democratic country and be >> freely elected, govern and then lose an election, which has happened many >> times in Canada and other places, what makes them so evil? Where does >> anyone get off by saying that they are out to enslave me or anyone else, >> if >> free peoples chose them knowing they can be turfed out if and when they >> screw up, like any other political party? >> >> And of course this mish mash of an e-mail contains my own opinions and do >> not represent the company I work for. >> Bev >> >> PS: Note that I am writing form home to further distance this from my >> employer. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------