Maybe my nose is overwhelmed by recent brain farts, but I missed said
"nuanced odor of sardonicism" in Wirt's post.
Not to say that Wirt's wit can't easily fly right over my head, but the
article presented does offer a reasoned case for avoiding the switching of
horses midstream.
Wirt will probably clarify his position, now that it's been questioned, and
maybe you blindered patriots will be able to listen; maybe I'll wake up and
smell the coffee.
Tracy (the other) Pierce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: POT: Well-reasoned political discourse
>
>
> I would venture to say both you and Craig, and perhaps some others as
> well, have failed to detect the nuanced odor of sardonicism in Wirt's
> post.
>
> Denys
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Johnson, Tracy
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:15 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] POT: Well-reasoned political discourse
> Importance: Low
>
> (I re-chopped the reply wrap-arounds to be short.)
> >
> > --- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think that anything so enthralls me as
> > > well-reasoned political discourse. It is the
> > > essence of our American democracy. In that
> > > regard, I've copied and pasted the most recent
> > > posting from Daniel Joseph Min below. Daniel
> > > is a persistent poster to sci.astro, as well
> > > as a few hundred other newsgroups.
> > > Although this posting of his is less animated
> > > than most, it was more than enough to convince
> > > me to vote Republican this year:
>
> Craig Lalley replies:
> > Well, I didn't realize that Wirt was a Republican,
> > I am shocked. Since Wirt is enthralled by a well-
> > reasoned political discourse, I thought I would
> > present the other side of the argument that Wirt
> > presented. This was more than enough to convince
> > me to vote Republican this year.
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/29/bin.laden.transcript/
> >
> > -Craig
>
>
> I don't get that meaning at all.
>
> It doesn't necessarily mean Wirt "IS" a Republican,
> it only means he is voting that way ... this time.
> (It is his citizenship privilege.)
>
> BT
>
>
> Tracy Johnson
> MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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