John W. wrote:

> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cft11n$apb$5@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> 
>>John W. <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cfrvop$jb9$3@news.Stanford.EDU>...
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>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>John W. wrote:
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>>>>>Because he's a rich fat cat?
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>> 
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>>>>Naw, cause he's an idiot draft-dodger.
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>>>Increasingly I'm prone to believing he isn't as big of an idiot as he
>>>sometimes appears. If he was, he wouldn't have been able to get past
>>>the primaries, much less actually get elected.
>>
>>In many respects, he's not so much stupid, as lazy. He doesn't think
>>through the consequences of his actions, and expects to charm (or
>>"lead", if you will) his way out of any problems. 
>>
>>And being a "true believer", he cannot understand much of his
>>opposition.
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> 
> Ignoring Reagan comments, I'd say that's a fair assessment. One thing
> I love about not having Cable is that for the most part I get a
> reasonable view of the news since I am forced to actually go get it
> and not have it forced upon me. I personally will probably never watch
> Farenheit since a lot of the things in the movie (the things that have
> made the press, that is) I already know from just paying attention to
> the news. It's sad that Moore is considered by some to have presented
> eye-opening stuff, but as Ted Koppell (sp) pointed out on NPR
> yesterday morning some of those stories had already been done (and
> ignored) by the mainstream. If you're not yelling the story at someone
> these days I guess it's not news.

OMG THE AFGHAN WAR WAS TO BUILD AN OIL PIPELINE!!!11!! NO BLOOD FOR 
OIL!!!1!!

> John W.

- Kevin