9/11, sewing, and off topic thoughts

Tom Farrell wrote:

I think next time you want to ask someone for more information, you
may want to try being a bit more polite about it, and simply ask for
more information instead of phrasing it as a demand for proof. You'll
catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I.E.Z. is not deserving
of your accusatory tone.

I think you may be reading more into what I said that what I did say. I
was, indeed, making a polite request. I most sincerely, humbly, and
contritely apologize if you or anybody else mis-read my tone as being
accusatory, because honest, I wasn't meaning to be so. And I think that
people who know my public posting posting habits would probably vouch
for the fact that although I don't always use the right words, my
intentions are never malicious, mean, spiteful, etc.

--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.

Tom Farrell wrote:

I think next time you want to ask someone for more information, you
may want to try being a bit more polite about it, and simply ask for
more information instead of phrasing it as a demand for proof. You'll
catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I.E.Z. is not deserving
of your accusatory tone.

P.S. Lest you forget who I am, I am the person who you thanked for
disagreeing with you so politely (see quote below). If I was so full of
venom as you might think, I would have come out with both barrels at you.

The post which I am referring to:

(snip)
Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply wrote:


It would be an awful country if everybody here agreed 100% with
everything, though.


Amen.

Thank you for disagreeing with me politely.

Tom



--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.

Pogonip wrote:

I wonder if I could whip up a portable curtain unit before the general
election.

Or maybe you can carry a parasol to protect yourself from excessive
exposure

--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.

Karen Maslowski wrote:

I'm pretty sure that the reason for the openness is so that hackers with
evildoing on their minds don't go into the curtained roomlet, whip out a
portable, flexible keyboard, hack into the system, and change millions
of votes in one fell swoop. I saw a piece on one of the news shows that
illustrated this (or heard it on the radio, can't remember which). The
portable keyboard rolls up, tucks inside a sleeve, and makes it
ridiculously easy for security to be breached.

My son has one of those keyboards, and you are right, it would be really
easy to do that.

--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.

Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
Karen Maslowski wrote:

I'm pretty sure that the reason for the openness is so that hackers
with evildoing on their minds don't go into the curtained roomlet,
whip out a portable, flexible keyboard, hack into the system, and
change millions of votes in one fell swoop. I saw a piece on one of
the news shows that illustrated this (or heard it on the radio,
can't remember which). The portable keyboard rolls up, tucks inside
a sleeve, and makes it ridiculously easy for security to be breached.

My son has one of those keyboards, and you are right, it would be
really easy to do that.

I suspect that when ( notice I don't say if) someone hacks into a
computerized voting system, it will be on a much larger scale than a hacker
in a voting booth.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3825143/
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26826-1.html

penny s

"Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply" wrote in
message ...
Pogonip wrote:

I wonder if I could whip up a portable curtain unit before the general
election.

Or maybe you can carry a parasol to protect yourself from excessive
exposure

--
Sigh. In this day and age, a parasol would probably be considered a deadly
weapon! :-)

Cindy

Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
Pogonip wrote:

I wonder if I could whip up a portable curtain unit before the general
election.


Or maybe you can carry a parasol to protect yourself from excessive
exposure

I can see it now - a ruffled parasol with my denim pants
and chambray shirt, and my hair cut to 1/2 inch. Oh, and
my Birkenstocks. A senior citizen fashion plate.

--

Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us
http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/
Life is about the journey, not about the destination.

I'm keeping this for when I get to a certain age....lol I like the
visual it gave me, and it fits my sense of humor as well....but, I have
to add a Harley Davidson vest, just to be ornery

Pogonip wrote:

Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply wrote:

Pogonip wrote:

I wonder if I could whip up a portable curtain unit before the
general election.



Or maybe you can carry a parasol to protect yourself from excessive
exposure

I can see it now - a ruffled parasol with my denim pants and chambray
shirt, and my hair cut to 1/2 inch. Oh, and my Birkenstocks. A senior
citizen fashion plate.

"Pogonip" wrote in message
...
Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
Pogonip wrote:

I wonder if I could whip up a portable curtain unit before the general
election.


Or maybe you can carry a parasol to protect yourself from excessive
exposure

I can see it now - a ruffled parasol with my denim pants
and chambray shirt, and my hair cut to 1/2 inch. Oh, and
my Birkenstocks. A senior citizen fashion plate.

--

Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us
http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/
Life is about the journey, not about the destination.


Tie-dye till I die! And my trusty "Jerusalem Cruisers of course... Once a
hippie, always a hippie!
--
The Vegas Beth P
(STILL missing Georgia)
Remove "removethis" to reply

On 13 Sep 2004 16:08:10 -0700, (Tom Farrell)
wrote:

Here's the results I got from about 20 seconds of research:

http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=202

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350060724

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350060724

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journal...al/9461132.htm

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blument.../index_np.html

That last article includes some of the text of the oath:
"I, (full name) . . . do herby (sic) endorse George W. Bush for
reelection of the United States."
It also includes:
"In signing the above endorsement you are consenting to use and
release of your name by Bush-Cheney as an endorser of President Bush."
*snip*

Tom

I'd just like to point out that not even the Queen of England
demands anyone to swear an oath of fealty, and she is head of a royal
family (if only a figure head). Do people in the US want a King? Is
George Bush royalty?


-- Jo in Scotland
-- Jo in Scotland