SD> *** Quoting Mark Hofmann from a message to Sean Dennis  ***  
    
  MH>> There are a few of us rebels up here that aren't on the bandwagon.  
    
   SD> Oh, I know, but people like yourself are unfortunately very  
   SD> few and far between.  There is an echo I frequent in  
   SD> Fidonet that is full of liberals from the Northeast and  
   SD> many of them are old enough to be a parent of mine.  I have  
    
   Which echo is that? Full of liberals? Don't know of any such.  
    
   SD> been castigated a few times when I dare speak up about  
   SD> their incessant liberal whining (oddly enough, the echo  
   SD> rules stipulate that there isn't supposed to be  
   SD> any political discussion, but these people manage to put  
   SD> their political twist on everything that gets posted).  
    
   Oh, a non-political echo?  
    
   SD> I just find it funny that there are no younger people in  
   SD> there who are liberal-I'm just wondering if it's a case of  
   SD> old views dying with their holders.  
    
   The young have given up hope. They have bought too many of the  
   conservative lies.  
    
   ...  
    
   SD> That is normal though that people in cities are more  
   SD> liberal since many of the city's population are  
   SD> professional welfare receipients and they dare not bite the  
   SD> hand that keeps them captive in poverty...er, I mean feeds  
    
   Now, that has got to big the biggest pile of fraud I've seen in  
   Fido in a long time.  
    
   Ever hear of a secret ballot?  
    
   BTW, there are more welfare recipients in rural areas than big  
   cities.  
    
   SD> them.  A very good example is southern Illinois, which I  
   SD> found during my time living there that a majority of the  
   SD> population is "red" and really resents having to deal with  
   SD> Chicago since that's the only place that Springfield  
   SD> (state's capitol) seems to listen to.  
    
   The Chicago suburbs are larger than the city by far.  
    
   ...  
    
   SD> how ignorant the state legislature becomes when the great  
   SD> Chicago political machine buys off the legislature and  
   SD> keeps it in Chicago's back pocket.  
    
   The Chicago political machine is nothing compared to downstate,  
   the suburbs, and the outer cities and small towns. Just too damn  
   many of those small town people and rural people who are smart  
   enough to vote democratic.  
    
   ...  
    
   SD> we're a "red" state through and through right now with  
   SD> Republicans holding a majority  
    
   IOW, as things go to hell you deserve it, cause you inflicted it  
   on the rest of us.  
    
   SD> in the state government and the governor's office currently.  
    
   SD> It makes the very liberal "higher education" population  
   SD> that rots in my town uncomfortable to no end.  It's kinda  
    
   So, you are saying educated people are "liberal". You might take  
   that as a hint.  
    
   SD> funny to hear them whine that they can't get handouts from  
   SD> the state anymore...  
    
   You mean they can't afford to go to college? Does that mean you  
   believe college should only be for the wealthy? Education has  
   been a government responsibility in this country since before  
   there was this country. Republicans are abandoning that  
   responsibility. And you wonder why things are going downhill.  
    
    
    
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