• OT: US election results

    From pete dashwood@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 8 15:35:57 2020
    I watched with great interest the World's greatest Democracy processing
    a needed change.

    I saw the addresses from both camps and hoped that reason would prevail.

    I believe it has, and my friends and I lifted a glass to the new regime.

    The work ahead is huge and the 250,000 deaths are a dreadful price to
    have to pay for arrogance and ignorance.

    But, the process has worked, and all Americans should now be able to
    mend the fences and get on with not just making America great, but
    making it a shining example to the World again.

    Congratulations to Joe Biden, condolences to Donald Trump (who still
    can't see why he lost), and sincere best wishes to the diversity that is America.

    Pete.
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  • From docdwarf@panix.com@21:1/5 to dashwood@enternet.co.nz on Sun Nov 8 18:21:52 2020
    In article <i0p3sdF834hU1@mid.individual.net>,
    pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
    I watched with great interest the World's greatest Democracy processing
    a needed change.

    I saw the addresses from both camps and hoped that reason would prevail.

    I believe it has, and my friends and I lifted a glass to the new regime.

    As one citizen and voter of the United States of America I thank you for
    taking interest in my backwards, backwater, benighted land... did you know
    that in the national capital sales of champagne exceeded those of the
    preceding two New Year celebrations, combined?

    My country lived through President Nixon, it will survive President
    Trump... but there are still three months to make mischief and pilfer the public silver.

    (there were tales of an Administrative turnover a few years back where the departing team was so malicious they destroyed individual keys on
    typewriters so the new President's name could not be rendered... but I've
    never seen a photograph of a device so mangled)

    DD

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  • From pete dashwood@21:1/5 to docdwarf@panix.com on Mon Nov 9 11:09:22 2020
    On 9/11/2020 07:21, docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
    In article <i0p3sdF834hU1@mid.individual.net>,
    pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
    I watched with great interest the World's greatest Democracy processing
    a needed change.

    I saw the addresses from both camps and hoped that reason would prevail.

    I believe it has, and my friends and I lifted a glass to the new regime.

    As one citizen and voter of the United States of America I thank you for taking interest in my backwards, backwater, benighted land... did you know that in the national capital sales of champagne exceeded those of the preceding two New Year celebrations, combined?

    My country lived through President Nixon, it will survive President
    Trump... but there are still three months to make mischief and pilfer the public silver.

    (there were tales of an Administrative turnover a few years back where the departing team was so malicious they destroyed individual keys on
    typewriters so the new President's name could not be rendered... but I've never seen a photograph of a device so mangled)

    DD

    I watched most of it across 4 days (not entirely continuously) on Al
    Jazeera. (I like this channel because they give balanced and fair cover
    on most things around the world and, although they are State sponsored
    (by the state of Quatar) I have never seen an item that appeared to be propaganda or pushed by the State.The absence of Big Business sponsors
    and no advertising, also makes watching it much more pleasant.) The
    Saudis are trying to get it closed down because of critical things that
    they published regarding MBS and Saudi, in particular, the Khashoggi
    horror show... I hope they don't succeed.

    Anyway, Al Jazeera, while covering the people partying near the White
    House, noted in passing that "There is no more champagne available in Washington DC; they have run out." I'm sure it was momentary, but it did
    make me smile. :-)

    I remember Nixon, of course, and still see his final speech where he
    tried to make himself the victim: "They won't have Richard Nixon to kick
    around any more."

    I'm hopeful that more senior Republicans will be more pragmatic, stop undermining the system and wasting their supporter's funds on pointless, frivolous lawsuits, and pressure Mr. Trump to concede gracefully, but I
    think that his support base would be very disappointed if he did.

    I hope the typewriter story is an urban myth, but it is true that people
    can be spiteful even if they lost in fair fight.

    Never mind. Reason has prevailed and the American people have spoken as
    their sacred documents say they must.

    It is a big relief, not just for America, but for all of us.

    Pete.

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  • From docdwarf@panix.com@21:1/5 to dashwood@enternet.co.nz on Mon Nov 9 02:49:18 2020
    In article <i0r8kfFl8eiU1@mid.individual.net>,
    pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:

    [snip]

    Never mind. Reason has prevailed and the American people have spoken as
    their sacred documents say they must.

    That 'sacred' caught my eye, Mr Dashwood, as I've had the good fortune and leisure to read a few of those, as well. Regarding the Constitution of
    the United States of America it is good to remember that Its entirety can
    be nullified by an Amendment with sufficient 'popular' support.

    (Note that 'popular' is stated thus as there's a bit more involved than a buncha folks voting 'Stuff the Const. Up Your... Nose'. Also note - not because it is relevant but because I like to remind folks of it - that one
    of the express purposes of the Constitution is *not* 'in order to Leave
    People Alone'; it is, expressly and unambiguously, '... in Order to form a
    more perfect Union... (for) ourselves and our Posterity'.)

    (sometimes we get it right... sometimes not, welcome to h. sap. sap.)

    DD

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  • From pete dashwood@21:1/5 to docdwarf@panix.com on Wed Nov 11 11:04:56 2020
    On 9/11/2020 15:49, docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
    In article <i0r8kfFl8eiU1@mid.individual.net>,
    pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:

    [snip]

    Never mind. Reason has prevailed and the American people have spoken as
    their sacred documents say they must.

    That 'sacred' caught my eye, Mr Dashwood, as I've had the good fortune and leisure to read a few of those, as well. Regarding the Constitution of
    the United States of America it is good to remember that Its entirety can
    be nullified by an Amendment with sufficient 'popular' support.

    (Note that 'popular' is stated thus as there's a bit more involved than a buncha folks voting 'Stuff the Const. Up Your... Nose'. Also note - not because it is relevant but because I like to remind folks of it - that one
    of the express purposes of the Constitution is *not* 'in order to Leave People Alone'; it is, expressly and unambiguously, '... in Order to form a more perfect Union... (for) ourselves and our Posterity'.)

    (sometimes we get it right... sometimes not, welcome to h. sap. sap.)

    DD

    Yes, I didn't mean sacred in a religious sense; "sacrosanct" in the
    sense of an ultimate authority, might have been better.

    Pete.

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