[extropy-chat] Glad to be back

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jul 24, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Mike Lorrey wrote:

> --- david stiger <stiger420 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> <Avantguardian>
>> For example, why would you need to think that Bush was a member of
>> some secret society in order to cause all the misery he has?
>> <Gary Miller>
>> It is more comforting for me to believe in an evil club creating a
>> puppet than a country that would select him of their free will!
>>
>>
>
> The thing to consider is all the intelligent people operating off of
> different facts feel the same way about Kerry, and that despite all  
> the
> election fraud we saw by democrats on election day (that I witnessed
> personally), the media blackout of libertarian candidates by the
> liberal controlled media (that I witnessed personally), and the dirty

I agree that the libertarians were ignored by the media.  However the  
media are these days primarily toadies to government power first and  
corporate power second.  These are not the liberals or Democrats.

> tricks by Democrats to keep Libertarian, Green, Constitutionalist
> candidates (plus Ralph Nader) off the ballot in as many places as
> possible (that I witnessed personally), that despite the  
> shenanigans by
> union thugs in assaulting teenage girls campaigning for GOP candidates

You don't think the GOP was just as in to limiting third parties?  Do  
you really believe there is any real difference worth caring about  
between the major parties any more?

- samantha