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(...) heh, I feel I need to jump in here too - Since I was in a very very similar situation. I'm from israel, originally, and lived in boston for a couple of years when I was 4 (got the bilingual thing you mentioned later) and again when I was a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) Couldn't help but toss in a couple of pennies; this conversation often comes up with friends of mine who have travelled internationally. The USA tends to have a "colder", more "closed" culture than many other countries of the world. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) :-) (glad I have cable connection to the net) I'm trying to keep busy as well. Now you know the real reason I'm hogging .castle ;) (...) Right. This isn't my first time living in the US, and the previous one (ages 3- 6) literally made me a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahh. I wondered if it was something like this. I do know what you mean - I spent a semester in London while I was in college, with none of my close friends there. I only got through by keeping very busy, and spending way too much money at the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nothing is BAD about the US specifically - I'm just not getting along here. Kids aren't very friendly in my school, I don't like the cold weather, I miss my house, family and friends. Basically, it's been eight months since I've moved here, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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My thought was that it was to be 10.25 or 12.50... (...) for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In Oregon you have to declare your political party when you register... Greenback is still a recognized party, even if it puts "Independant" on my Oregon Voter's card. -The Cheese (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) Found this: mugwump from Algonquin 'chief' In US political history, a colloquial name for the reform Republicans who voted in the 1884 presidential election for Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate, rather than for the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and (...) Idunno if they actually went by that name or if that was what everyone called them. It refers to fence-sitting on issues: their "mug" was on one side of the fence, and their "wump" on the other. In any case, I was a registered (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In Texas, the system is very simple. There is no "register under a party." You just register to vote, period. The registration is good for two years and automatically renews. You can register by mail, by picking up and filling a simple form (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Bill, (...) Bill, I was just throwing a mild jest at Selçuk, I am a pessimist anyway, but I have run into so many people that have this attitude, it is hard sometimes, especially when you dabble in politics as much as I do. (...) I agree! : ) I have (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In response to both of you I would say that the pessimism should not be expected and that the optimism is not foolish. Our "system" is very unique here. The "system" is great, the current bunch who occupy it may not be. Yet I still have faith (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, most Americans believe that as well, but some of us have foolish optimism every now and then! : ) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Being a third worlder, I follow this "Foofoo is better than Blahblah" kind of debates between you, USians, that consider politicians with a kind of amaze..:-) Here in our country things are very clear and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would say Al is pandering so much as lying. Al was one of my senators. He's not a Tennessean, though. I'm more of a Tennessean than he is, and I wasn't even born here. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, I almost forgot...You honestly don't think Al Gump is pandering?! IMO, he is pandering more than anyone. Now, he's playing the race card, again. That's not pandering?! How 'bout a guy, who in local politics was pro-life and fervently so; (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) radical (...) No more than you meant that anyone religious is a right wing extremist. The problem in this matter is that only the outrageous get the attention and taint the entire issue. (...) Morality tanscends the state. It's not just a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, speaking as a veteran, I'd rather have someone in office who knows firsthand what the real consequences of armchair warfare are for real soliders. I'd value the leadership that a retired general could bring to the office but I'd also (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry, (...) Hmm.... I am not a huge fan of the entire political process, I am not a huge fan of anything in politics, really. I pick my sides and the people I support, I never even got involved really until I started seeing how screwed up things (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well that's true. It seems we've dredged up the same old arguments. I'd rather that the thread i kicked off focus on the mechanics of the campaign rather than ideologies but one can't control one's thread. I used to get Campaigns and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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