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From: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: Ross Perot Petition Committee address
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:09:14 EDT
Reply-To: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp
In-reply-to: tarl@sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter)

In article <2201@transfer.stratus.com>, tarl@sw (Tarl Neustaedter) writes:
>
>Do you really want the House of Representatives, as currently constituted,
>deciding who your next president will be? The result would undoubtedly be
>either the candidate from the party which holds the majority of seats, or
>the current speaker of the house.

I don't know what the Speaker of the House would have to do with it.  Amendment
XII to the US Constitution is applicable here.  Its relevant part is:

           The Electors shall meet in their respective States and vote  by 
     ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall 
     not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves;   they  shall 
     name in their ballots the person  voted  for  as  President,  and  in 
     distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and  of  the 
     number of votes for each, which lists they shall  sign  and  certify, 
     and transmit sealed to the seat  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
     States, directed to the President of the Senate; the President of the 
     Senate  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  Senate   and   House   of 
     Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes  shall  then 
     be counted; - The person having the  greatest  number  of  votes  for 
     President, shall be the President, if such number be  a  majority  of 
     the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no  person  have  such 
     majority, then from  the  persons  having  the  highest  numbers  not 
     exceeding three on the list of those  voted  for  as  President,  the 
     House of Representatives shall choose  immediately,  by  ballot,  the 
     President.   But in choosing the President, the votes shall be  taken 
     by States, the representation from each  State  having  one  vote;  a 
     quorum for this purpose shall consist of a  member  or  members  from 
     two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States  shall  be 
     necessary to  a choice.

It seems to me this biases the choice towards the more numerous, less populated
states (e.g. Montana counts as much as California).  My guess is that the
Republicans may control a majority of state delegations, and as long as they
have one member from at least 2/3 of the delegations (a likely event), they can
force a quorum.  I predict the next time this process is used to choose a
president will be the last time before it is supplanted by direct popular vote.
--
Chris Jones    clj@ksr.com    {uunet,harvard,world}!ksr!clj
From: gordon@lugh.think.com (gordon linoff)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: Mass. redistricting, Barney Frank seat
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:57:12
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: lugh.think.com
In-reply-to: eck@panix.com's message of Sat, 11 Apr 1992 00:31:03 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.003103.7124@panix.com> eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:

   We don't get much news here in NYC on the Commonwealth of Mass., and I
   haven't been reading this group for a while; hence the following
   query.

What a shame.

   What's happening with the Mass. Cong'al seats?  My recollection is
   that the census cost Mass. one seat.  At the time, there was talk that
   the likely victim of redistricting would be the politically wounded
   Barney Frank.  Is he running again, and if so, was his district
   absorbed into others?

Massachusetts is claiming that people overseas were
miscounted in the census and that if you count inhabitants
our way, then we really do have 11 seats.  Washington state
would lose one of the seats they had gained.  The Supreme
Court is hearing arguments sometime in April on the issue
and will rule before June.

Several incumbents are endangered.  Mavroules has said he
will not run.  Early is in danger.  Studds is in danger.
Frank is quite popular and probably won't lose his seat.

The redistricting battle is another story.  The Republicans
want to create a "minority" seat out of Boston (which is now
served by four congresscritters), in order to make some
Republican seats in the suburbs.  They also want to split
Studds seat in order to defeat him, which would be a big
loss for Massachusetts (Studds will chair the fishery
committee next year and be the highest ranking Massachusetts
representative).

--gordon


   Apologies if this replicates recent traffic here.
   -- 
   When the Persians have an important decision to make, the leaders discuss it
   when drunk. They revisit their decision when sober, and adopt it only if they
   reach that same conclusion again.  Conversely, any decisions made in sobriety
   are reconsidered in drink. {Herodotus, bk. 1}   eck@panix.com  Mark Eckenwiler
From: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: Ross Perot Petition Committee address
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:17:24 EDT
Reply-To: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp
In-reply-to: kvk@questor.sw.stratus.com (Ken Koellner)

In article <2204@transfer.stratus.com>, kvk@questor (Ken Koellner) writes:
>
>I don't have a copy of the constitution on line anymore so I can't
>check the appropriate article.  What about the electoral vote?  I
>would assume that a three-way split could only occur if several states
>each went for each candidate.  That would mean that Perot would have
>to have a majority in several states.  An important question is what's
>the mechanism for determining a state's electoral vote if no one gets
>+50% in that state.  Does the biggest winner get the whole state?  If
>that's the case, it will be a lot harder to get the three-way split a
>the national level.

Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution says, in part,

Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature may direct, a
number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled in the Congress

(Amendment XXIII gives electors to Washington DC, as well.)  While it's
traditional that a state's electors go to the ticket which got the most votes
(not necessarily a majority), there's no requirement that this be so, and there
are a handful of instances where individual electors did not vote for the
candidates to whom they were pledged.  I know that Maine, in fact, allows its
electoral votes to be split:  the winner of each congressional district gets an
elector, and the winner of the state as a whole gets two more.
 
--
Chris Jones    clj@ksr.com    {uunet,harvard,world}!ksr!clj
From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: Ross Perot Petition Committee address
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:44:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.ku3nscINN8up
Distribution: ne
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com

Could someone explain to me why anyone would ever consider
voting for Ross Perot?  Does he have any platform other than,
"I'm obscenely rich, and you're not" ?

-- 
Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com
From: cvarsa@vax.clarku.edu
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Tsongas in NY
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:34:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: vax.8APR92.15340155
Organization: Clark University

With his "victory" in NY, many people want tsongas to run again, but the best 
that would lead to is a brokered convention.  Tsongas himself has said that he 
doesn't want to play the role of a spoiler and that is exactly what he would 
be doing.  Perhaps he is just capmaigning for VP, but Clinton and Tsongas just 
don't see eye-to-eye on most economic issues, plus there would be no support 
anywhere west of the Mississippi.  I am/was a supporter of Tsongas, but all he 
can really do right now is delay the inevitable nomination of Clinton.  

It's time to band together behind Clinton and support the Democratic party.  
More protest voting will only reinforce the image that Clinton is not the 
right guy.
From: uri@media.mit.edu (Uri Feldman)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: RIDE to NYC
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:59:35 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory


Looking for ride to Queens, New York for this coming weekend. Would
prefer to leave Saturday 4/18 in the morning and return on Monday
4/20, in the afternoon preferably. Can share gas, driving expenses,
etc. 

please call Andrea at (617)253-3401, MIT Energy lab.
-- 
uri@media-lab.media.mit.edu

Uri Feldman
MIT Media Laboratory  E15-329	(617)253-0342
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,misc.wanted,misc.forsale.computers
From: tamitha@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Tamitha Carpenter)
Subject: Wanted: Might & Magic I (IBM)
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 19:40:59 GMT

I'm looking for the original Might & Magic for the IBM-PC.
If you have this game, complete with documentation, and 
want to unclutter you're ancient-software collection, let 
me know how much you'd like for it.

Thanks.

Tamitha Carpenter
tamitha@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
Xref: sparky ne.wanted:488 misc.wanted:4897 rec.photo:6850
From: davis@gauss.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,misc.wanted,rec.photo
Subject: WANTED: Polaroid Model 680 camera in good working order
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:28:25 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


I'm looking for a Polaroid Model 680 camera in good working order.  If anyone
knows where I can get one, please send mail to davis@3d.enet.dec.com.

What I like about this camera is: a) it folds up to about the size of a paper-
back book, b) it's a single lens reflex (SLR) camera, and c) it uses the 600
type film, which is supposed to be one of Polaroid's better formulations.  If
anyone can suggest another Polaroid model I should be looking at, I'd
appreciate the input.

Thanks.

                   /
                  /
        /  /  /  /		Peter Davis,	Digital Equipment Corp.
       /  /  /  /				davis@3d.enet.dec.com
      /__/__/__/
     /
  __/
From: dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Danny M Lee)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: *** WANTED : Carpool to RRC, Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ ***
Date: 17 Apr 92 10:35:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: cunixf.1992Apr17.103547.14049
Reply-To: dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Danny M Lee)
Organization: Columbia University

I'll be working at Bellcore, over at the Raritan River Center in Piscataway,
New Jersey, come this middle of June.  I would like to get into a carpool 
that stops by there.  Are there anyone out there able to help me?  Any 
info and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.  Please contact me
through the e-mail address found below.  Thanks in advance.

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Danny Lee                                                         |
| dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu                                        |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Danny Lee                                                         |
| dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu                                        |
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Xref: sparky ne.wanted:484 misc.wanted:4862 rec.music.makers:5473 alt.guitar:1914
From: mzraly@cs.umb.edu (Michael S. Zraly)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,misc.wanted,rec.music,rec.music.makers,alt.guitar
Subject: Looking for Mountain music (that's the *group* Mountain)
Date: 6 Apr 92 13:37:09 GMT
Reply-To: mzraly@cs.umb.edu
Organization: UMass/Boston Dept. of Math & CS

I am looking for an out of print book of music for Mountain's album
"Climbing!" that supposedly has tablature for a song I like called "To
My Friend".  If you have a copy but do not wish to part with it I would
be happy to pay for a photocopy of selected pages therefrom; otherwise,
any reasonable price (remember, I'm just a poor college student!) plus
shipping will be paid.

Thanks a bunch,
  Mike


-- 
Mike Zraly		"The first duty of a revolutionary is
mzraly@cs.umb.edu	to get away with it." -- Abbie Hoffman
From: dwilbert@bbn.com (Deborah Wilbert)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: WANTED: Food dehydrator
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:11:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.ku153cINNc6f
Reply-To: dwilbert@BBN.COM (Deborah Wilbert)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Anyone have a food dehydrator they'd like to sell? I'm looking to pay
about half-price from list. Ideal would be the Ronco dehydrator (with
slicer) which sells for $60 new, I'd pay $30. But I would consider
other models.

Thanks,
-Deborah Wilbert

Home: (617) 576-7613
email: dwilbert@bbn.com
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,misc.wanted,misc.kids
From: hkon@athena.mit.edu (Henry Kon)
Subject: Double stroller and Dresser wanted
Keywords: furniture, baby stroller, dresser, bureau, 
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:39:32 GMT


I am seeking a chest of drawers/dresser/bureau (take your choice).
Price < $100.  No particle-board/plastic please.  Slightly
ugly/scratched may be OK.

Also seeking a double stroller (my wife is due 4/24  Yikes!).  Price < $100.

(Has anyone heard of a sale of some kind that is held 1 or 2x/year for
parents of twins to buy and sell things ?  Presumably this would be
good place to find a double stroller.)

please email hkon@athena.mit.edu or call 617-625-3972.  thanks.

--
Henry Kon
617-253-2781
hkon@athena
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
Subject: Re: WANTED: Vendor/Printer with COLOR POSTSCRIPT capability
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:21:31 GMT

In article <1035@mitech.com> gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette) writes:
> 
> Please send me your suggestions for Vendors/Printers/Copy-shops
> in the Boston area (inside of 495) who can handle COLOR POSTSCRIPT
> files output to a color laserprinter or other device.
> 
> Most convenient media: 3.5-inch Macintosh floppy disk.

Graphics Express
Boston
617 267 1441

Ask for Jeanne Jasper.

3 color PostScript devices
QMS thermal transfer
Iris
Canon color laser copier w/EFI Fiery controller

-- 
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
Xref: sparky ne.wanted:507 ne.general:1304
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,ne.general
Subject: drum repair???
From: brighid@hern.stonemarche.org
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:57:19 EDT
Organization: Hern the Hunter, Stonemarche (NH)

I've just unpacked my goatskin bodhran after moving. The hide's ripped.
Does anyone know of someone who can fix my drum?

many thanks!

Brighid
brighid@hern.stonemarche.org
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: majmudar@das.harvard.edu (Kaushal Majmudar)
Subject: Wanted BIKE 
Keywords: bike
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:36:15 GMT

wanted used ( mountain ) bike for my sister.

please call me at (617)-493-9068
or write back to majmudar@das.harvard.edu

either mens or womens is fine.

            thanks. Time is of the essence.
From: mang@olympus.ctron.com (Andy Manglik)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: Wanted:Mens' mountain bike
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:36:52 GMT
Reply-To: mang@olympus.ctron.com (Andy Manglik)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.
Originator: mang@olympus


Looking for a used mountain bike. 

-Phone (603) 335-3945
internet mang@ctron.com
From: selick@csa.bu.edu (Steven Selick)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted,bu.wanted
Subject: DEC keyboard
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:13:30 GMT
Reply-To: selick@csa.bu.edu (Steven Selick,degree)
Followup-To: ne.wanted
Distribution: ne
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

I am looking for a DEC keyboard from, say, a vt220 or simelar machine
for experiments in connecting to an Atari ST computer. I'd really 
appreciate a donation. I will pay shipping.
Thanks a bunch,
Steve <selick@csa.bu.edu>
  


Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: ars@world.std.com (Alan R Sieving)
Subject: Recommendation of PC resellers/list wanted
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 20:04:10 GMT

Some time ago, there was a request for a list of good places to buy PC
equipment.  I neglected to save the article at the time.

Could the person who collected the reccomendations send me a copy?
Alternatively, does anyone have recommendations for local (Boston
area) places to buy PCs?

(I've bought from CPU, in Waltham, but am looking for a secondary
source, as well.)

Thanks,
Alan Sieving
ars@world.std.com
From: jesses@hilbert (Jesse Michael Szymcik)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: Electric stove wanted
Date: 16 Apr 92 02:26:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: wpi.1992Apr16.022649.12550
Distribution: ne
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Hi, I'm moving into an apartment in a couple of weeks and the stove that
had been there is no good.  The landlady threw it out, but now she has to
buy a new one.  I realize that she must provide a stove, but if anyone has
an electric stove they want to sell that is a good price, I think it would
be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.  Any offers can be emailed directly to
me at jesses@wpi.wpi.edu.  Thanks.
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Reailize that a clown is a person who is making the world a better place by 
allowing people to escape into a magical, stress-free world.  Even if they
do so for a short time, they are keeping the whole world sane.

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From: Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu (Rupin Dang)
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
Subject: Cash paid for video equipment!
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:00:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Apr8.020051.25652
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH


A company I work for is looking for the following items of used equipment. Do
contact me if you have something to offer:

Sony Betacam SP camcorder BVW-200/300 or similar models (in PAL.)
Heavy-duty tripod by Bogen/Sachtler/Miller
Sony production mikes
Sony RM-450 Editing Controller
Sony BVV-5 PAL docking recorder
Ikegami HC-230 PAL or Sony DXC-327 PAL.
Betacam accessories.

Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu      (603) 640 5896
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: chrisd@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Christian Day)
Subject: Wanted: Summer Sublet in NYC
Organization: Computer Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:21:12 GMT


I'm looking for a large one bedroom sublet for this summer, preferably
beginning June 1, and ending at the end of August.  Greenwich Village
would be perfect, but also considering South Street Seaport area and
Brooklyn Heights.

Christian
--
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Christian Day                         
Brandeis University 
Department of Computer Science	    
Waltham, MA  02154-9110
(617) 926-1465 
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                   A Patriots fan stuck in New England!!!
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Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: msanf@hw23.ma30.bull.com (Marc Sanfacon)
Subject: Need a Roommate?
Reply-To: msanf@hw23.ma30.bull.com (Marc Sanfacon)
Organization: Bull HN Informations Systems Inc.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:01:41 GMT

I am looking for a place to share around the following
towns: Burlington, Lexington, Woburn, Winchester, Bedford,
Watertown, Arlington, Concord, Newton.  I would prefer
living with just 1 or 2 others.  I require a fairly large
bedroom (min. 12x12) for my furniture.  I'm looking for
rent in the range of $350-$425.  If the place were sunny
with a pool it wouldn't hurt.  I am a responsible friendly
professional, age 28.  Send me mail if you think your
place could use me.

Marc
m.sanfacon@bull.com
Newsgroups: ne.wanted
From: chrisd@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Christian Day)
Subject: Wanted: Summer Sublet in NYC
Organization: Computer Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:22:47 GMT




I'm looking for a large one bedroom sublet for this summer, preferably
beginning June 1, and ending at the end of August.  Greenwich Village
would be perfect, but also considering South Street Seaport area and
Brooklyn Heights.
     Apartment should be clean, relatively quiet and in a safe
neighborhood.  Looking to spend less than $1000/Month!


Christian
--
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Christian Day                         
Brandeis University 
Department of Computer Science	    
Waltham, MA  02154-9110
(617) 926-1465 
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                   A Patriots fan stuck in New England!!!
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Newsgroups: comp.laser_printers,ne.wanted,ny.wanted
From: miorelli@pwa-b.uucp (BoB Miorelli)
Subject: Looking for LaserJet II SoftFont
Organization: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:08:16 GMT

I am looking for The HP LaserJet II "Tax 1" or "Tax Line Draw" soft font.
I can buy the cartridge for $150.00, but I'm lloking for a
cheaper (even if slower) alternative.  Any help would be appreciated.

If anyone has a used Tax Font cartridge s/he is willing to sell
I'd be interested in taht as well.

Thanks

-- 

-->BoB Miorelli, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
                 also, H & R Block Tax preparer and Instructor
pwa-b!miorelli or miorelli@mstr.hgc.edu
Newsgroups: ne.wanted