Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:12:59 EST
From:         Kerry Stephenson <KSTE@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      RE: democratic platform

************* Somebody (sorry, folks, I can't trace this one for
              certain) says:


        the postal service is, i think, at an all time low.  there was
        a time when a letter with a name and street address (no town,
        no zip) got to my house anyway (after travelling around the
        country for a few months, but still...).  this wouldn't happen
        nowadays.  but that shows that govt. systems are *necessarily*
        inefficient, just *usually* so.

 **************Speaking (badly) of the Post Office, we have just been
               notified that we are no longer allowed to address
               letters in hand-writing, and we *must* use the 9-digit
               zip code.  This is because the brilliant technocrats
               at the Post Office have devised a quick-read machine
               that can only read typing or block letters.  Whose
               stupid idea was this?  Writing letters is one of the
               few things left that can be done (relatively)
               inexpensively, by people without access to high
               technology.  So now we have a nifty new machine
               that forces us to print (and, most likely, will have
               trouble reading printing anyway.)  Apparently, people
               are no longer considered necessary in this process.

               Does anyone know the 9-digit zip for Santa Claus?
               (Don't give me Tsongas--he doesn't *want* to be
               Santa Claus, remember?  Of course, now that he can't
               be president, maybe he's changed his mind.)


 recognition of education as the core of our society.  A fool's paradise.
 Even our Declaration of Independence recognizes the existence of our creator.
 Remember, ...by our Creator with certain inalienable rights...?  The final
 sentence of that same document openly states our founders desire to place
 their very lives into the hand of "Divine Providence" ( "G"od ).
 How can we now find it appropriate to replace the true core ("G"od) with
 ETCHIKATION?  This is an insult to our founders and to truth.

        sure.  eliminate education.  churches should take responsibility
        for creating our future workforce, our electrical engineers, our
        computer scientists, our hairdressers.  certainly an omnipotent
        and benevolent God will divinely inspire the local pastors with
        all the relevant info.  yes, i am certainly looking forward to
        the golden days of the 12th century, where God was the core, and
        the life was wonderful.

*******************Well, perhaps if we asked the churches *real*
                   nicely, they'd be willing to pick up the ball.
                   After all, both public and private education in
                   this country originated through the efforts of
                   churches.

 gun control.  This agenda has absolutely no justification in fact.  The
 platform actually advocates the confiscation of firearms from the American
 people.  According to the plan, more laws will be passed to harass the law
 abiding public.  Then, anyone not abiding by those laws will be considered
 criminals.  Finally, swift punishment for those criminals that violate the
 gun laws.  RUBBISH!  The federal government has absolutely no authority to
 restrict, register or confiscate the firearms of average citizens!  This
 knee jerk approach to crime is quick ride to tyranny.

        it would be an interesting excercise to replace the word "guns"
        with the word "drugs" in the above sentence.

*************************Actually, it would be a pretty useless exercise,
                         since "keep and bear arms" appears in the
                         Constitution, and "possess and take drugs"
                         does not.

                                --Missy P 2 B
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