<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"><BASE href="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft = Shared\Stationery\Work Type Things\"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=cid:001c01c3f108$d40055d0$2802a8c0@Earlinelaptop> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I beg to differ.  This resume = is not up to date.  In all fairness to the guy, Bush *did* finally capture = Saddam Hussein!  ;-></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jim@pianoguy.com href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">Jim = Kinnear</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, = 2004 4:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Political Questions ( = very OT - feel free to delete )</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dear fellow tuners . . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In Canada, we hear a lot of  americans voice their opinions about</DIV> <DIV>your President . . . and I figure that it is of course your right = and obligation</DIV> <DIV>to do so . ..  afterall, countless Americans gave their = lives in many wars to protect</DIV> <DIV>that right.</DIV> <DIV>When I received the following, obviously from one who is not a = supporter of your </DIV> <DIV>President, I can't help but wonder if there is any truth to any = of it.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I am not trying to point fingers here, we in Canada have our own political baddies, </DIV> <DIV>and are opening up a juicy political scandal right now . . . = </DIV> <DIV>my thoughts are with the ordinary person who must feel very = helpless in the face of so </DIV> <DIV>many questions . . . . </DIV> <DIV>I was wondering what you thought and if you have any suggestions = to 'make it better'.</DIV> <DIV>Jim Kinnear</DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>T.M.W.R.T.C.N.D. (The Man Who RunsThe Country Next Door) - <BR>I. = Subject: GWB - <STRONG>Presidential Resume<BR></STRONG><BR>EDUCATION = AND EXPERIENCE:<BR>  <BR>LAW ENFORCEMENT:<BR>I was arrested in = Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the<BR>influence of alcohol. I pled = guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's<BR>license suspended for 30 days. My = Texas driving record has been "lost"<BR>and is not available.<BR>  <BR>MILITARY:<BR>I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. = I refused to take<BR>a drug test or answer any questions about my drug = use. By joining the<BR>Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat = duty in Vietnam.<BR>  <BR>COLLEGE:<BR>I graduated from Yale University = with a low C average. I was a<BR>cheerleader.<BR>  <BR>PAST WORK = EXPERIENCE:<BR>I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.<BR>  <BR>I began my career in the = oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I<BR>bought an oil company, but = couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company<BR>went bankrupt shortly after I = sold all my stock.<BR>  <BR>I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took<BR>land using taxpayer money.<BR>  = <BR>With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil<BR>industry = (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.<BR><BR>  <BR>ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:<BR>I changed Texas pollution = laws to favor power and oil companies, making<BR>Texas the most polluted state = in the Union. <BR>  <BR>During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles = as the most smog-ridden<BR>city in America.<BR>  <BR>I cut taxes and = bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions<BR>in borrowed = money.<BR>  <BR>I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American<BR>history.<BR>  <BR>With the help of my brother, the = governor of Florida, and my father's<BR>appointments to the Supreme Court, I = became President after losing by<BR>over 500,000 votes.<BR>  = <BR>ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:<BR>I am the first President in U.S. history to enter = office with a<BR>criminal record.<BR>  <BR>I invaded and occupied two = countries at a continuing cost of over one<BR>billion dollars per week.<BR>  = <BR>I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. = Treasury.<BR>  <BR>I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. = history.<BR>  <BR>I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any<BR>12-month period.<BR>  <BR>I set the all-time record for = most foreclosures in a 12-month period.<BR>  <BR>I set the all-time = record for the biggest drop in the history of the<BR>U.S. stock market.<BR>  = <BR>In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their = jobs<BR>and that trend continues every month.<BR>  <BR>I'm proud that the members = of my cabinet are the richest of any<BR>administration in U.S. = history.<BR>  <BR>My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker<BR>named after her.<BR>  <BR>I set the record for most = campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.<BR>President.<BR>  <BR>I am the = all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most<BR>corporate = campaign donations.<BR>  <BR>My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and = one of my best friends,<BR>Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in<BR>U.S. history, Enron.<BR>  <BR>My political = party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to<BR>assure my = success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election<BR>decision.<BR>  <BR>I = have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against<BR>investigation = or prosecution. More time and money was spent<BR>investigating the Monica = Lewinsky affair than has been spent<BR>investigating one of the = biggest corporate rip-offs in history.<BR>  <BR>I presided over the = biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused<BR>to intervene when = corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.<BR>  <BR>I presided over = the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.<BR>  <BR>I changed the = U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded<BR>government contracts.<BR>  <BR>I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any<BR>President in U.S. history.<BR>  <BR>I = created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in<BR>the = history of the United States government.<BR>  <BR>I've broken more = international treaties than any President in U.S.<BR>history.<BR>  <BR>I am the = first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations<BR>remove the = U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.<BR>  <BR>I withdrew the U.S. from = the World Court of Law. <BR>  <BR>I refused to allow inspectors access to = U.S. "prisoners of war"<BR>detainees and thereby have refused to abide by = the Geneva Convention. <BR>  <BR>I am the first President in history = to refuse United Nations election<BR>inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).<BR>  <BR>I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any<BR>President since the advent of = television.<BR>  <BR>I set the the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year<BR>period.<BR>  <BR>After taking off the entire month of = August, I presided over the worst<BR>security failure in U.S. = history.<BR>  <BR>I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center<BR>attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most = hated country<BR>in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.<BR>  <BR>I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to<BR>simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million = people),<BR>shattering the record for protest against any person in = the history of<BR>mankind.<BR>  <BR>I am the first President in U.S. = history to order an unprovoked,<BR>pre-emptive attack and the military = occupation of a sovereign nation. I<BR>did so against the will of the United Nations, = the majority of U.S.<BR>citizens, and the world community.<BR>  <BR>I = have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut = in<BR>duty  benefits for active duty troops and the ir families -- in war<BR>time.<BR>  <BR>In my State of the Union Address, I lied = about our reasons for<BR>attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British = friends. <BR>  <BR>I am the first President in history to have a majority = of Europeans<BR>(71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world = peace and<BR>security.<BR>  <BR>I am supporting development of a = nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a<BR>WMD.<BR><BR>I have so far failed to = fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and<BR>Saddam Hussein to justice.    <BR><BR>All records of my tenure as = governor of Texas are now in my father's<BR>library, sealed and unavailable for = public view.<BR>  <BR>All records of SEC investigations into my insider = trading and my<BR>bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for = public<BR>view.<BR><BR>All records or minutes from meetings that I, or = my Vice-President,<BR>attended regarding public energy policy are sealed = in secrecy and<BR>unavailable for public review.<BR><BR><BR>PLEASE = CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.</DIV> = <DIV><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------= ---------<BR>The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress<BR> <BR>        -- = Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher<BR></DIV>  </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>