Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:18:46 CDT
From:         "The Truth (some assembly required)" <T9AA@SDSUMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      Here's the news from Lake Ponsett

Well, more like opinion, since nothing ever goes on around here. School
starts monday, so I'll be around every day, instead of the twice a week
I've been doing so far since I left the East Coast.

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Hello again,

I heard about the imitation Elvis riding with Clinton/Gore, its called the
'Don't Be Fooled' bus tour.

     Kat, it sounds republican. I *COULD* be wrong, but the libertarians
     don't seem the type to pull this sort of trick.

Great, great that's all we need...Sax, Gore, and Rock n' Roll.

     Oh, No! "If Tipper don't like it, it don't stay . . ."

Sounds like the Democrats take the low road again.  How low can they go?

     Well, considering how it is doubtful that any Dem, barring Brown,
     would pull such a trick when this is the first election in years
     where the Dems have a chance at the White House, I'd wonder how
     low the GOP can go.

     And, to quote Chuck D. "How low can you go? Death Row. It's what
     a brother knows."

Sue Clark
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i am writing to tell you of ultra-secret new developments in the perot
campaign...my mother is acquainted with this woman who is dating someone
calling himself "david roosevelt", claiming to be "one of *those* roosevelts."
the reason i find this to be suspicious is because this particular
david roosevelt is working for the perot campaign in new york.  now, karen
(my mom) told me that david was going to new york to make sure perot would
a) be on the ballot
b) receive lots of votes and
c) not be made fun of by dana carvey (true fact!)
and she told me all of this last thursday.  mom, knowing that i work for an
ostensible media source, wanted to know if i'd heard anything about perot
getting back into the race.  i told her no.

     Well, I guess that Perot wanted the office but not the annoyance of
     running for it. H. Ross Perot, the Stealth Candidate.

     Seems to me that the only bad press for H. Ross, outside of having
     his phone conversations with Princess Diana revealed, is being
     directly connected with any government scandal. Dana Carvey is
     beneficial to the campaign, IMHO. Then again, Perot doesn't have
     thick skin in dealing with the media.

                              * * *anneliese "jupiter ascending" l.
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>>Maybe we could ask countries that have experience in this area . . .
>>doesn't Israel use women in combat positions?

>I understand that they don't in positions that involve contact with
>the enemy because their enemy won't surrender to women.  They fight on
>until they're physically unable to fight any more, which is more
>costly to the Israelis.  (It's also more costly to said enemy, but I
>doubt that enters into the Israeli decision.)  Should we take that
>into account?  Is that even a factor for us?

Well, that makes no difference in combat aircraft, that's for sure.

>>On a related note, I read an
>>article in the Lexington, KY, newspaper about a month ago about how at
>>least one Navy boot-camp is now training men and women together.

>Except when captured, Navy personnel don't have personal contact with
>the enemy.  (Many Marines do.)  Neither do air force personnel.  Some
>army folk won't, even though they're expected to be under fire, while
>some will if they do anything at all.

As I think I said in earlier posts, I don't think that any personnel
in the modern battlefield can be considered non-combatant personnel.

As for myself, I think that women should be eligable for the draft, if
anybody should be. (meaning, if there is to be a draft, draft equally.
I don't support the draft, beyond having to register.)

>If we don't know what factors are important, we can't make useful
>decisions.

I like that. Can I slip that into my sig file?

>-andy
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> ( brilliant stuff deleted :) )

>See, this time she was not talking about whether she would support
>her or not.  This time she was saying under what circumstances
>her daughter should bring the pregnancy to term.  She explicitly
>excluded the cases where the woman's health (physical OR mental)
>is in danger.

>There is no question in *my* mind that there is something fishy
>here.  The Quayles are dancing to the public opinion tune in order
>to win votes.  What they really are -- pro-choice or pro-life --
>cannot be determined by their answers, but their level of sincerity
>and conviction can.

>--KAT

>   uh, KAT, maybe she was considering what happens if their daughter
>  is raped and becomes pregnant as a result. this is rare, but it
>  does happen. consider the effect on a young woman (13 or 14, i think)
>  if she is not only raped, but is forced to remember the rape every
>  minute of the day for 9 months. not to mention how she would feel
>  about the child once it is born. would *any* compassionate parent
>  force a child to go thru this?

rufus, that was not the question asked. I think that, although the
OpressCue, er, sorry - Op Rescue people feel abortion is murder, they
allow for rape, as well as incest and the health of the mother. These
are what are known as the "three exceptions."

I think that Marilyn may have been speaking about an addition of mental
health into the "health of the mother" exception, but she did so very
tentatively.

rufus, if you were anyone else, I'd say "you didn't see it, so you don't
know what you're talking about."

>  rtf

Dave
t9aa@sdsumus.bitnet
Truth is our most valuable commodity - let us economize.
              --Mark Twain

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