Yours is more succinct, Joe.
Hal
"I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great
believer in money. Often when I couldn't pay the
grocery bill, Providence intervened and I don't
mean my natal city, Providence, which can be
counted on for nothing."
--S. J. Perelman
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On Jul 12, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Joseph Duemer wrote:
> I read that story in the NY Times, too, and all I could come up
> with is
> "Americans are morons." Nice work.
>
> jd
>
> On 7/11/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Sonnet: What American Voters Want
>>
>> They want their candidates to talk to God, of God,
>> and for God. They want them in church every Sunday
>> morning, shaking hands with insurance agents and
>> car salesmen, taking the pulse of the public in public.
>>
>> They want God talk, glimpses of core values, hints
>> of Apocalypse to come. They want to judge character.
>> And they want characters to judge. They can spot
>> fakers, so faking it won't do, and would-be fakers
>>
>> should at least know their Bible and carry it with
>> them whenever they get on or off a plane, whenever
>> they show up for town meetings, or picnics on the 4th
>> of July. They want nothing to do with atheists.
>>
>> Lips that kiss their babies must be lips that launch
>> prayers to their Maker every moment of every day.
>>
>>
>>
>> HJ
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
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> Joseph Duemer
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