<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"> </span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5010897588486217479"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-5010897588486217479WordSection1"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="m_-5010897588486217479gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span>>…it takes effort to preserve freedom and unfortunately in the USA there is very little of it. </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></b> <span class="m_-5010897588486217479gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">John K Clark<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5010897588486217479gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5010897588486217479gmaildefault"><font size="4" style="" face="georgia, serif"><i style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span>So vote for candidates who promote freedom. </i></font></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">I do. You don't.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </font></b></div><div><b><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark</span><br></font></b></div><div><b><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></font></b></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5010897588486217479"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-5010897588486217479WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5010897588486217479gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></b></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>