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Marie McHarry wrote:

> I agree. Plus, I think something is  seriously wrong with John McCain.
> He nearly came uunglued last week. And then there was the interview
> with the Spanish reporter during which he appeared to be unclear that
> Spain is in Europe. 

Wow.  I hadn't heard that, but googled it and all I can say is wow.
That pretty much ends this mess, doesn't it?  I can't imagine how they could 
spin this so that it doesn't affect the vote.  Thank you for bringing this 
up. This is serious.




> So....while we're trying to pull ourselves back together, it would be
> really nice to have a president who doesn't want to start a war with
> every country that annoys him. As far as I can tell, McCain can't
> imagine a disagreement between nations that isn't best settled by
> force of arms. 

Forget McCain. He's history now.  But be aware that Obama might not be much 
of an improvement over Bush in the 'war' category.  He's said he would send 
more troops to Afghanistan, go to war with Iran to prevent their acquisition 
of nukes, send troops to Darfur, invade Pakistan to go after Bin Laden, etc.  
 I was kind of shocked to read all that, actually.  I got that from 
http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm
Interesting reading, not just for O-man, but for all the candidates, even the 
ones no one has heard of...

Akka




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Last week I replied to a post with the word "racist" in the subject
and did not mean that anyone on the list is a racist.
I'd like to apologize to all who felt I was applying that label to
them.  It was not my intention to call anyone a racist, that word was
in the subject and I didn't think to change it.

To be honest I don't know anyone on this list personally and I think
you would have to actually know someone to apply that type of label.
I am very sorry that it happened.

I've know Akka on the list for some years and I have NEVER
entertained the thought of the term 'racist' with her, NEVER.  I'd
like to publicly apologize to Akka for any discomfort I may have
caused by my thoughtlessness in continuing the thread with that word in it.

Akka is tolerant of different people, tolerant of different ideas and
is generally tolerant of folks disagreeing with her. That's not true
of everyone on this list, with Akka you get a fair shake, a sound and
honest argument and a helping hand, intolerant is never a word I
would associate with her.

Again my apology to Akka and everyone else for using that word in my
post. I will not let it happen again.



Rob
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