From: meo@austin.ibm.com (Miles O'Neal)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton,talk.bizarre
Subject: i *always* read my neighbors' paper, refold it, and replace it
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:53:25 GMT
Reply-To: meo@austin.ibm.com (Miles O'Neal)
Organization: maybe yes, maybe no

shackeld@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (david m shackelford)
mistakes St. Terri's chum for an invitation and leaps
into the boat:

|   Bush didn't raise taxes, Congress did.

Which is, of course, why he apologized so profusely,
and promised never, ever to do it again.  Nope.
Nope.  Not once.

I know that's how *i* deal with false accusations.

|   a.  Clinton is running for President, Quayle for V.P.  Additionally,
|       Quayle didn't "avoid" getting drafted, he VOLUNTEERED for the
|       guard.

Yes, and based on his family's history, of *course*
he volunteered for the Guard.  Everyone in his entire
family (they have traced it back to Adam and Eve) had
volunteered for the NG - and Dan knew he could never,
ever run for VP of the USA if he didn't at least keep
up with his great aunt "Granny Clampett" in this area.

And thanks for the clarification - I took down my
campaign signs for 'Clinton for Manicurist' and
'Quayle for Lapidopterist' before anyone noticed...
 
|    A.  Man does not have the capacity to destroy the planet.

Of course not, silly.  But several of the races
with which you regularly traffic *do*.  My contacts
inform me Bush and Clinton are both *very* cozy
with certain Rigellian arms dealers right now.
 
|          Bush : He's trying to see that young voters don't go
|          broke paying for all those old people's health care.

Yes, thank goodness, he wants to be sure we go broke
paying for overpriced defense, fat cats' tax cuts,
and various and sundry other obscenities.

|    a.  Presidents don't raise taxes, Congress does.  Bush was
|        forced to sign or let the government run out of money.

And he was a BIG STEENKING WIMP for not just dropping
it onto their pointy little heads from Air Force One
at 30,000 feet instead of signing it.  Congress brings
in this forest of paper every year at the last minute
just to try strongarming the president into signing.

Think.  How many presidents in recent history have called
their bluff?  Yes, he was NOT voted back in (though not
for this reason), and he had more guts than nearly all
the rest of the presidents in the last two decades put
together (hand me a blender and I'll try to do just that).
 
|    b.  Bush has selected only qualified Americans for important jobs.
|        All of his nominees meet the legal qualifications for the office
|        they were nominated for.  Most were confirmed by either the

At some point in their lives, so do nearly all citizens
of the USA, with the exception of certain convicted
felons, and a couple of dead people I know.

|        voters or the Senate.
         ^^^^^^

Yes, the same set of idiots who put both Congress and
Bush in office.

|    c.  Try getting the flu yourself and then hold it in when you
|        vomit.

That's what I *always* do.  Just swallow again.  Saves
having to pay for another meal.  I have grossed my wife
out, but have yet to offend the Japanese (though I hope
to rectify that soon).

|    What sale of missiles is that?

You, sir, cannot be accused of reading a newspaper in the
last decade or so.  Congratulations.  I, myself, refuse
to watch TV.  Perhaps we are twins?
 
|    Ever hear of embezzlement?  Is the president of a corporation
|    responsible if someone embezzles without his/her knowledge?

Funny you should ask.  Guess where the buck stops?
The president is responsible for the activities of
the company and its officers.  In cases such as you
mention, the president can be held accountable as
well, if less than prudent safeguards were in place,
if it can be shown s/he possessed information that
a reasonable officer in a similar position would have
used to find the problem and deal with it.

|    Have you ever sat through a day in the Oval Office?  Any idea
|    how many millions of details a President faces during his term?

Yeah, Nixon and others had the same problem.  "Gosh, I
didn't realize that tape recorder was still active - I
think we put it in for Trish's birthday party as a joke
or something."

"No, I had no idea you were a Negro, Colin.  When did
this happen?  Well, no, that's fine, you still have
your job - just let me know when things like this
happen, ok?"

"Oh, did we forget to call off the fake nuclear strike?"


Finally,, oh shackeld@helium.gas.uug, since when
does Congress have to 'follow his (the president's)
orders?'

"What do you mean I can't spank Tip O'Neill?  What
is this balance of power stuff you keep mentioning???"

-Sass Quatch

they're ALL evil - the whole lot.  set phasers on nuke,
Mr. Sulu, and blast those Politicians out of this sector.

Keep cross-posting to talk.bizarre, I *dare* you.
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