He may have. And yes he does. He's been very busy, but I called him and told him to look at this one. Guess I need to call again. I need the votes!

I have some very strong feelings also.Being fairly new here, I will say I am very impressed with the quality of character of the people responding to this thread (and other threads).Let NOTHING divide our common interest.
If some of our world leaders could work through a dis-agreement like you guys just did,there would be no need for this discussion at all.As a matter of fact,I think you just convinced me to become a PAYING member.I second the nominations above and look forward to future discussions.
Steve

well,I still feel there was a complete overeaction to the thread,with people stating I broke the rules,and wanting something THEY disagreed with censored and erased! Now thats not a solution,or the way things are supposed to work,but that the way it is.

fun71 said: Politics Schmolitics. Let's solve the world's problems ourselves. . . Adam for President. Norsky for VP. Ken Styer for Chief of Staff. Sarge for Defense Secretary. Party Motto - If you don't drive a vette, who needs you anyway?! Just a crack at lightening this thread up a little :)

You crack me up Joe!

And Ken...our first order of business as Chief of Staff and Defence Secretary is to sit down and have a beer and talk Corvettes. Everyone else is also invited

Sarge

Sounds like a winner to me

John

Pull me up a stool also... my favorite flavor of beer is...COLD!!!

P.S. My opinion on politics...

How do you know when a politician is lying?

His mouth is open.

Alan

I never wanted it erased, just not argued about. It was amusing.

Now Sarge, I think your plan is excellent. The meeting will be called to order. Of course if any one wants to attend, Sarge and I have an open door policy, especially if you're buying

And come on Gribble, it's hard to partake of anything liquid without opening your mouth. Sarge and I will always tell the truth...We Love Vettes

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It is disturbing that the immediate reaction is to delete and censor something someone disagrees upon... what would this country be like if a dissenting voice is always silenced? No Rush Limbaugh, no Michael Moore, no Martin Luther King and so on... Scary... Also this was in the non vette discussion so it perfectly fits in its catagory. True, politics are rarely mentioned in this forum. I know the 1st amendment was for all voices of opinion to be protected no matter how dissenting it may sound or disagreeable it is to some people. If someone doesnt like the way things are going with this nation SPEAK UP! and let freedom ring! Dont Silence them or fine them or punish them. Well Thats my Two cents.

lumberjack said: While I don't feel that C3VR is the proper forum for politics, the door has been thrown wide open. Personally, I would not be offended if the moderators removed these posts (including this one) and remind the members that we are a car club . . .

I DO NOT ENDORSE CENSORSHIP OR THE ABRIDGEMENT OF ANY CITIZEN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. I have fought for those rights and have even been deprived of liberty and property for doing so. And I will gladly do so again for Jon, Ken, Hank, Adam, Adam Devries, Norsky, Sarge and anyone else.
Stating that "I would not be offended" meant that I was willing (in this specific instance only) to relinquish my right of free speech for the benefit of the Club Forum. I amplified that willingness in a later post because it seemed that things might become more divisive. Happily, things have gone in quite the opposite direction.

A agree with Adam. No rules have been broken. Nothing I have posted was EVER intended to suggest that the rules had been broken. I was questioning taste and tact, not legality.

I believe Jon when he says he intended no harm. And even though I've heard the fable before, I still find it amusing. I took it as a joke until the last. It was (as Jon has suggested)the "endorsement" at the end that caught me the wrong way. And it caught me wrong because it implied (to me) that our complex socio-economic problems have mindlessly simple answers. Oh, how I WISH that were true.

Where I work, when there's not enough to go around it's MY job to take someone who has done nothing wrong, look him or her in the eye and tell them that they don't have a job anymore. I know these people personally; met their kids, their spouses, even some parents. And I know going in that there are no other jobs in our community for them. 70 families in 18 months is a lot to carry. It hurts, and it hurts deeply. I'm tired of it. And I am tired of Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Socialists and everybody else telling me that I should vote for them because they've got better sound bites and one-liners than the other guys. That doesn't fix my problem.

I thank you all for your perspective. And I'm glad that I can come here to relax and have some fun after another day in the "Salt Mine."

Now, on to the important stuff. Where's all this beer I keep hearing about!

John

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