Ebooks, and Andy Rooney.....

[mrvette]

His comments on 60 minits, glossed over the advent of Ebooks and the meaning of it eventually superseding the printed words.....

what scares me most is the totally easy editing of the OEM 'printed' media....by being in electronic format....

as years go by, what is to stop other folks from 'editing' the work???

[ChasC5]

As the World Turns so dose it's revolution and evolution.

Change, you're either on board ot getting left behind ... but either way Change Happens.

[Exotix]

I don't see the problem ... for the last 2 years the Tea Party has been changing what the Foundings Fathers *really meant* ... I especially like Tancredos' recommendation that *Tea Party Black Panthers* be posted at polling stations to check to make sure you have your Tea Party passing reading and writing test scores before allowed admission ...

[mrvette]

ANY voter should have one of two things to be able to vote, own real estate, residential or commercial, OR have a ongoing tax paying business of 5 years operation duration.....the IRS definition of an on going enterprise......

this should be applied across the board to everyone....

gotta have some skin in the game to play.....


and OBVIOUSLY they need be a legal citizen too.....well DUHHHHH, figgered I"d toss that in there for the liberals.....

[Mark C5]

Originally Posted by mrvette

ANY voter should have one of two things to be able to vote, own real estate, residential or commercial, OR have a ongoing tax paying business of 5 years operation duration.....the IRS definition of an on going enterprise......

this should be applied across the board to everyone....

gotta have some skin in the game to play.....

So a person spends 30 years in the military, sustains several wounds in various combat actions, is highly decorated and retires to live in an apartment gets no vote? Great system you got there.

[Z06PDQ]

Originally Posted by Mark C5

So a person spends 30 years in the military, sustains several wounds in various combat actions, is highly decorated and retires to live in an apartment gets no vote? Great system you got there.

or a debilitating disease which disables them or mentally challenged, etc? GOP answer=under the bus.

[Mark C5]

Originally Posted by Z06PDQ

or a debilitating disease which disables them or mentally challenged, etc? GOP answer=under the bus.

I really don't think Gene reflects the views of the GOP as a whole.

Actually I know he doesn't.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Mark C5

So a person spends 30 years in the military, sustains several wounds in various combat actions, is highly decorated and retires to live in an apartment gets no vote? Great system you got there.

Ok, I can see your exception there, that one is a good point, and well earned....obviously they earned the right to vote....long as they are a citizen....


as to the other, sorry some daze life ain't fair....so where to draw the line....I"m not stone hardball on that one, but if they are on welfare/.gov assistance, sorry, that is a DISqualifier....

[ChasC5]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Ok, I can see your exception there, that one is a good point, and well earned....obviously they earned the right to vote....long as they are a citizen....


as to the other, sorry some daze life ain't fair....so where to draw the line....I"m not stone hardball on that one, but if they are on welfare/.gov assistance, sorry, that is a DISqualifier....

So just being a law abiding American Citizen isn't enough? I keep telling everyone that the Republicans only hope is to thin the herd.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Ok, I can see your exception there, that one is a good point, and well earned....obviously they earned the right to vote....long as they are a citizen....


as to the other, sorry some daze life ain't fair....so where to draw the line....I"m not stone hardball on that one, but if they are on welfare/.gov assistance, sorry, that is a DISqualifier....

Are you using Medicare?