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BigBadDaddy-O Donating Member (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-04 03:42 PM
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Americans are ...
Americans are a people who will cross a ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote.
(I am not sure who said this, but it is true!)

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BigDaddyLove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-04 03:50 PM
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1. SOME are...........
not all.
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JailForBush Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-04 05:25 PM
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2. Good Quote
"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy,
but won't cross the street to vote in a national election." - Bill Vaughan

I spent sixteen years in public education and can count the intelligent political discussions I had with fellow teachers on the fingers of one hand. I ran for public office three times, confirming what I already knew: No one gives a damn.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-04 05:27 PM
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3. Yep. And no Free Nation can survive for long once moribundity sets in
It will be gobbled up by the first Totalitarian Scum with the will to do so.

Which is, of course, what happened.
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