Re: [OT] Hurricane prep (Was: OT: Traffic Signals in New Mexico)



In article <11h7genss4n1eb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Rick Smith <ricksmith@xxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

>> Economic Darwinism, survival of the fittest, learn to enjoy creative
>> destruction, if you aren't born into a wealthy family then you deserve
>> what you get... hmmmmmm... now where's that fool smiley key?
>
>Reminds me of a smiling President Clinton (commenting
>on the vote count in Florida after the 2000 general election)
>saying, as I recall, "This proves more than ever that those
>who do not vote deserve the government they get." My
>thought was immediate, "I never deserved the government
>I got even when I was voting."

Sorry, the position of King of England's already filled and not open to
the electoral process... God Save the Me!

(I think it was Mencken who said something along the lines of 'Give the
people what they want... they deserve it.')

DD

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