<html> <body> That's EXACTLY why I have a filter in place for this particular person! :-) It goes directly into the trash! Avery At 02:33 PM 8/5/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">  How about we take this O.T. or better yet off list before it gets ugly again.    Dale Erwin <dl> <dd>Even better: let's have a logical Republican <dd>explanation of the excellent points made in this post, <dd>and one more: <dd>     If we are about "fighting for Democracy", why has <dd>Bush put us forever in debt to TOTALITARIAN COMMUNIST <dd>CHINA to pay for it ??? <dd>( According to "marketplace" the largest lender for <dd>Bush's bloodthirsty rampage. ) <dd>     Could it be, rather, that this is really all <dd>about funneling HUGE amounts of cash into <dd>Halliburton's coffers', damn the price, including <dd>making your grandchildren vassals to a Communist, <dd>dictatorial, oppressive state which imprisons people <dd>for being Christian ( or just about any other eligion, <dd>for that matter! )? <dd>     Thump <dd>     <dd>--- "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote: <dd>> Richard: <dd>> Please tell me that a virus infected your computer <dd>> and sent this political post.  I know that if you <dd>> had sent it personally you would have at least <dd>> marked it "OT". <dd>> dave <dd>> <dd>> __________________________________________ <dd>> David M. Porritt, RPT <dd>> Meadows School of the Arts <dd>> Southern Methodist University <dd>> Dallas, TX 75275 <dd>> dporritt@mail.smu.edu <dd>> <dd>> <dd>> ----- Original message <dd>> ----------------------------------------> <dd>> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> <dd>> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> <dd>> Received: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 10:56:50 +0200 <dd>> Subject: Re: Oh yeah.... I forgot about hammers <dd>> <dd>>  ????? ????? <dd>> Thought you might enjoy this <dd>> <dd>> ???r??? <dd>> <dd>> Keith McGavern wrote: <dd>> <dd>> You know, Terry, for someone who has had some rather <dd>> slanted things to say in the past about the Steinway <dd>> folks and the way they advertise their products, I <dd>> don't see you balking one bit at getting on the <dd>> bandwagon you openly have an aversion to them doing <dd>> when it might serve your purposes. <dd>> <dd>> Speaking of course, your web site with you posing <dd>> next to a piano that has that NAME. <dd>> <dd>> <a href="http://www.farrellpiano.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.farrellpiano.com/</a> <dd>> <dd>> Keith <dd>> <dd>> Keith McGavern <dd>> Registered Piano Technician <dd>> Oklahoma Chapter 731 <dd>> Piano Technicians Guild <dd>> USA <dd>> <dd>> <dd>> <dd>> <dd>> Things you have to believe to be a Republican today: <dd>> > >   Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a <dd>> bad guy when Bush's <dd>> > > daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney <dd>> did business with <dd>> > > him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't <dd>> find Bin Laden" <dd>> > > diversion. <dd>> > >   Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country <dd>> is communist, but <dd>> > > trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a <dd>> spirit of international <dd>> > > harmony. <dd>> > >   A woman can't be trusted with decisions about <dd>> her own body, but <dd>> > > multi-national corporations can make decisions <dd>> affecting all mankind <dd>> > > without regulation. <dd>> > >   Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of <dd>> homosexuals and Hillary <dd>> > > Clinton. <dd>> > >   The best way to improve military morale is to <dd>> praise the troops in <dd>> > > speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and <dd>> combat pay. <dd>> > >   If condoms are kept out of schools, <dd>> adolescents won't have sex. <dd>> > >   Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound <dd>> policy. Providing <dd>> > > health care to all Americans is socialism. <dd>> > >   HMOs and insurance companies have the best <dd>> interests of the public <dd>> > > at heart. <dd>> > >   Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer <dd>> are junk science, but <dd>> > > creationism should be taught in schools. <dd>> > >   A president lying about an extramarital affair <dd>> is a impeachable <dd>> > > offense. <dd>> > >   A president lying to enlist support for a war <dd>> in which thousands <dd>> > > die is solid defense policy. <dd>> > >   Government should limit itself to the powers <dd>> named in the <dd>> > > Constitution,  which include banning gay <dd>> marriages and censoring the <dd>> > > Internet. <dd>> > > The public has a right to know about Hillary's <dd>> cattle trades, but George <dd>> > > Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our <dd>> business. <dd>> > >   Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a <dd>> crime, unless you're a <dd>> > > conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, <dd>> and you need our prayers <dd>> > > for your recovery. <dd>> > >   You support states' rights, which means <dd>> Attorney General John <dd>> > > Ashcroft can tell states what local voter <dd>> initiatives they have the <dd>> > > right to adopt. <dd>> > >   What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital <dd>> national interest, <dd>> > > but what Bush did in the 1980s is irrelevant. <dd>> > >   Feel free to pass this on. If you don't send <dd>> it to at least 10 other <dd>> > > people, we're likely to be stuck with Bush for 4 <dd>> more years. <dd>> <dd>> <dd>        <dd>__________________________________ <dd>Do you Yahoo!? <dd>Take Yahoo! Mail with you! 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