SD> *** Quoting Mark Hofmann from a message to Sean Dennis  ***   
      
   MH>> There are a few of us rebels up here that aren't on the bandwagon.   
      
    SD> Oh, I know, but people like yourself are unfortunately very   
    SD> few and far between.  There is an echo I frequent in   
    SD> Fidonet that is full of liberals from the Northeast and   
    SD> many of them are old enough to be a parent of mine.  I have   
      
    Which echo is that? Full of liberals? Don't know of any such.   
      
    SD> been castigated a few times when I dare speak up about   
    SD> their incessant liberal whining (oddly enough, the echo   
    SD> rules stipulate that there isn't supposed to be   
    SD> any political discussion, but these people manage to put   
    SD> their political twist on everything that gets posted).   
      
    Oh, a non-political echo?   
      
    SD> I just find it funny that there are no younger people in   
    SD> there who are liberal-I'm just wondering if it's a case of   
    SD> old views dying with their holders.   
      
    The young have given up hope. They have bought too many of the   
    conservative lies.   
      
    ...   
      
    SD> That is normal though that people in cities are more   
    SD> liberal since many of the city's population are   
    SD> professional welfare receipients and they dare not bite the   
    SD> hand that keeps them captive in poverty...er, I mean feeds   
      
    Now, that has got to big the biggest pile of fraud I've seen in   
    Fido in a long time.   
      
    Ever hear of a secret ballot?   
      
    BTW, there are more welfare recipients in rural areas than big   
    cities.   
      
    SD> them.  A very good example is southern Illinois, which I   
    SD> found during my time living there that a majority of the   
    SD> population is "red" and really resents having to deal with   
    SD> Chicago since that's the only place that Springfield   
    SD> (state's capitol) seems to listen to.   
      
    The Chicago suburbs are larger than the city by far.   
      
    ...   
      
    SD> how ignorant the state legislature becomes when the great   
    SD> Chicago political machine buys off the legislature and   
    SD> keeps it in Chicago's back pocket.   
      
    The Chicago political machine is nothing compared to downstate,   
    the suburbs, and the outer cities and small towns. Just too damn   
    many of those small town people and rural people who are smart   
    enough to vote democratic.   
      
    ...   
      
    SD> we're a "red" state through and through right now with   
    SD> Republicans holding a majority   
      
    IOW, as things go to hell you deserve it, cause you inflicted it   
    on the rest of us.   
      
    SD> in the state government and the governor's office currently.   
      
    SD> It makes the very liberal "higher education" population   
    SD> that rots in my town uncomfortable to no end.  It's kinda   
      
    So, you are saying educated people are "liberal". You might take   
    that as a hint.   
      
    SD> funny to hear them whine that they can't get handouts from   
    SD> the state anymore...   
      
    You mean they can't afford to go to college? Does that mean you   
    believe college should only be for the wealthy? Education has   
    been a government responsibility in this country since before   
    there was this country. Republicans are abandoning that   
    responsibility. And you wonder why things are going downhill.   
      
      
      
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