[extropy-chat] Re: is america fascist yet?

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:

> Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> >Sorry Samantha, but Ned is right here. You can't call a voter
> turnout
> >of over 60% a 'farcical event' when that exceeds the typical turnout
> >for US elections. In spite of 44 people being killed in violence
> >(including a child suffering from Downs syndrome used as a suicide
> >bomber), the Iraqi elections were an unqualified success, as
> >international observers have all said. Turnout in the shiite and
> >kurdish areas was over 70% according to reports, so it appears the
> only
> >people who were discouraged from voting by the Sunni terrorists were
> >the Sunni citizens of Iraq. Holy backfires, batman. The mayor of
> Bagdad
> >has stated that they are going to erect a statue of Bush in the city
> >center as a 'hero of freedom'. Hope his pose isn't the same as
> Saddams
> >(assuming they use the same pedestal).
> >
> >  
> >
> http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news3/nytviet.htm
> 
> U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote:
> Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror
> by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967)

Show an original image of the article on a NYT domain for that. I've
seen so much fraudulent peacenik bs lately.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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