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just to go back to the 2nd or so post by CJ... actually most states DO
have constitutional requirements that the electors do not change their vote once its declared before the election (in other words, yes they do have to respect the will of the people). Second, I used to think the electoral college was crap too, until I realized the beauty of the system. I could write pages, but watered down, its meant to give more clout to geopolitical minorities. Its meant to be a restraint on the "tyranny of the majority" (which has been declared by many scholars as the biggest threat to american democracy). Smaller states are given (because of the 2 senator per state thing) more electors per population. Ok Im done now ill spare you all |
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("Cecil E. Chapman" wrote)
snip good luck in the election/race! Look out for my son's guinea pig,,, he is a born debater! :-/ Remember the (1988) Saturday Night Live episode: Bush debating Dukakis (Dukakis had a hydraulic lift behind his podium to bring him up to the same height as Bush,) After Bush gave a series of strange, incomplete sentence, non-answers, Dukakis laments. "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy." Being California, I need to ask - Is it one of those fat guinea pigs or a healthy "buff" exercise wheel kind of guinea pig? Montblack "Tan Rested and Ready ....The new Dick" |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:55:31 GMT, "Cecil E. Chapman"
wrote in Message-Id: : some of the older members of our group might be able to recall the movement of U.S. citizens who happened to be Japanese sent to interment camps though they had violated no law and not been tried or convicted of any treason - but simply had different eyes than the white folk that tossed them into interment camps during the war with Japan. Many folks are not aware that during WW-II citizens of Australia of German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in that country in addition to those of Japanese descent. Given that fact, it's difficult to see racial features as a basis. -- Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts. -- Larry Dighera, |
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message news Many folks are not aware that during WW-II citizens of Australia of German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in that country in addition to those of Japanese descent. Given that fact, it's difficult to see racial features as a basis. Many folks are also not aware that during WWII US citizens of German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in this country. |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:03:30 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in Message-Id: . net: "Larry Dighera" wrote in message news Many folks are not aware that during WW-II citizens of Australia of German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in that country in addition to those of Japanese descent. Given that fact, it's difficult to see racial features as a basis. Many folks are also not aware that during WWII US citizens of German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in this country. Yours is the first mention of that, that I have heard. Thanks for the information. http://vikingphoenix.com/public/Japa...6/9066it-1.htm http://vikingphoenix.com/public/Japa...066/eo9066.htm http://www.foitimes.com/internment/ http://members.cox.net/adjacobs/ http://66.218.71.225/search/cache?p=...an.relocation/ 'Secret' of WWII: Italian-Americans forced to move Were branded 'enemy aliens' September 21, 1997 Web posted at: 7:53 p.m. EDT (2353 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- More than 50 years after World War II, there is one incident from that era that remains in the shadows -- the forced relocation of some U.S. residents of Italian ancestry from their homes. Now, some Italian-Americans believe the federal government needs to own up to that history. A bill introduced in Congress would force the government to disclose all that it knows about the episode. "We're not asking for monetary compensation," says Rose Scudero, who was 12 when she and her mother, who was an Italian citizen, were forced to leave their home. "We want it documented. We want the government to acknowledge it happened." In the hysteria that accompanied the outbreak of World War II, many Japanese citizens on the West Coast were forced into internment camps, an episode for which the government has apologized and paid compensation to survivors. But the United States was also at war with Mussolini's Italy, and Italian-Americans also were branded "enemy aliens" and told to move out of certain areas. Even the fisherman father of baseball great Joe DiMaggio, who had a 56-game hitting streak in 1941, was told he could not fish San Francisco Bay or visit the city. Italians relocation In Pittsburg, California, 2,000 Italians were told to leave. Many were fishermen, and their boats were confiscated. "Some of them lost their homes. They had no way of making a living, and so a lot of the things they had, they lost," says Pat Firpo of the Pittsburg Historical Society. "They didn't fully explain to these people why they did this," says Scudero. "They felt they had done something wrong. They felt so guilty." Because housing was scare in wartime, many of those who were dislocated had difficulty finding somewhere to live. One woman even took up residence in a chicken coop. At the same time, the sons of these so-called "enemy aliens" went off to fight for the United States. Bringing attention to what happened during this episode is an exhibit of photographs and artifacts, called "The Secret Story." It has been traveling around the country since 1994 and is scheduled to open in Washington, D.C., next week. Also, two books have been written, compiling oral tales of the plight of the dislocated Italian-Americans. But five decades after the fact, there are still no official historical accounts of the episode. Most of those forced to leave are no longer alive. Now, their sons and daughters are trying to make sure that what their parents endured is not forgotten. http://www.upublish.com/books/jacobs.htm Unknown to most Americans, more than 10,000 Germans and German Americans were interned in the United States during WWII. This story is about the internment of a young American and his family. He was born in the U.S.A. and the story tells of his perilous path from his home in Brooklyn to internment at Ellis Island, N.Y. and Crystal City, Texas, and imprisonment, after the war, at a place in Germany called Hohenasperg. When he arrived in Germany in the dead of winter, he was transported to Hohenasperg in a frigid, stench-filled, locked, and heavily guarded, boxcar. Once in Hohenasperg, he was separated from his family and put in a prison cell. He was only twelve years old! He was treated like a Nazi by the U.S. Army guards and was told that if he didn't behave he would be killed. He tried to tell them he was an American, but they just told him to shut up. His fellow inmates included high-ranking officers of the Third Reich who were being held for interrogation and denazification. -- Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts. -- Larry Dighera, |
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Greg Burkhart wrote: The only candidate us out-of-staters are hearing about is Ahhnold. Well, since we aren't going to be voting, it doesn't matter if we don't hear about any of the others. George Patterson Brute force has an elegance all its own. |
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Many folks are not aware that during WW-II citizens of Australia of
German and Italian descent were also similarly "caged" in that country in addition to those of Japanese descent. Given that fact, it's difficult to see racial features as a basis. Good point! But keep in mind that the Germans and Italians certainly had identifiable characteristics. Historically, it has always been a tendency to hate/suppress those that are identifiably different. Primarily it was done because they happened to be the same race as the enemy across the sea. I wasn't saying the racial features themselves were the reason for the interment but rather that it was easier for the less discerning to vector hatred in the direction of anyone who had the features of the enemy. I just find it disappointing that we insist on repeating mistakes from the past. If some middle-eastern individual (for example) in this country is suspected of some illegal act, then those government members who want to conduct the search MUST go before a court that will issue the warrant for the search and possible seizure. It is unconstitutional to do, otherwise. -- -- Good Flights! Cecil E. Chapman, Jr. PP-ASEL "We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis- My personal adventures as a student pilot and after my PPL: www.bayareapilot.com "Larry Dighera" wrote in message news On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:55:31 GMT, "Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in Message-Id: : some of the older members of our group might be able to recall the movement of U.S. citizens who happened to be Japanese sent to interment camps though they had violated no law and not been tried or convicted of any treason - but simply had different eyes than the white folk that tossed them into interment camps during the war with Japan. -- Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts. -- Larry Dighera, |
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Greg Burkhart wrote: The only candidate us out-of-staters are hearing about is Ahhnold. Well, now there's a porn star that's getting a bit of ... ah... exposure, so to speak. I didn't catch her name (I was a little preoccupied), but her ... ah .... qualifications seem to be impressive. She appears to be .... ah ... amply equipped for assisting personally in programs for feeding poverty-stricken pre-schoolers, for example. And, of course, she has demonstrated experience in screwing the citizenry. George Patterson Brute force has an elegance all its own. |
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