So,  Jim Mc Coy forwarded a very long rambling post from another list
about Kerry and Offshoring jobs (which in itself is boring and
irrelevant, in my view) which spans 210 lines in my reader.

John McDowell replied to the post and copied in the entire 210 lines in
his reply with the additional 16 lines he added (226)

Jim McCoy replied to John MacDowall's reply, added in another 15 lines
and copied the entire previous thread (241)

Ray Shahan added 15 lines with a comment of his own (256) which Jim
McCoy replied to with another 13 lines and  included the entire previous
thread (269).

Scott Gates added another comment to the thread (10 lines) but,
mercifully and sensibly didn't include the whole thread in his reply,
just 244 lines!

Jim McCoy responded with another mere 5 lines but included the entire
other 244 lines in his reply!!. (249)

Scott gates added another 11 lines as a reply and also included the
previous 249 lines (260).

Shawn Gordon replied and , thank heavens, only posted his reply.

But then Bruce Collins added his 18 lines and included the entire 260
lines from the previous post!!!(279)

Billmac then replied to Shawn Gordons short reply.....so Shawn replied
to billmac but then copied the entire thread again in his reply (with an
additional 13 lines).
(292)

Come on, guys.  The subject itself is inane anyway and should definitely
be taken off list as I am sure many people are fed up to the back teeth
with all this Republican/Democrat Bush/Kerry/Clinton cr*p. It seems to
be mostly perpetuated by the names above.

Apart from all that, it is ridiculous to keep quoting an entire thread
every time you post a reply. Surely you guys can see that?  My digest
today had over 2000 lines in it of just this stupid thread and all its
repeats.  Use a bit of sense!

Thank you.

I will now get off my soap-box and return you to the normal
noise-to-garbage ratio!

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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