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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