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From: "Old Goat" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: Referendum for my vote.
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:56:54 -0500


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Sounds like you ought to become a anarchist, Andrew.

goat
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: ninetyone andy
  To: anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
  Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 04:38
  Subject: Referendum for my vote.


  The chad-free polling card has just slipped through my
  letter [mail] box, for next Thursday's probable Blair
  walkover. Personally, I don't think he'll do as well
  as the polls suggest because a lot of real [as opposed
  to self-styled socialists] may well abstain or perhaps
  drift to the Socialist Alliance, supported by the SWP,
  Paul Foot, Tariq Ali, assorted comedians [Jeremy
  Hardy, Mark Thomas etc].

  Anyway no-one's actively seeking my vote, so I'll put
  it out for any offers. Obviously financial
  remuneration will be weighted more heavily in my
  thinking than sheer volume of suggestions. Should I:

  a]abstain and not visit the polling booth

  b]abstain by spoiling ballot paper [advantage is that
  it's a positive purposeful thrusting abstention;
  disadvantage is that I'm counted in the overall total
  of participating voters and therefore they can claim
  democracy is vibrant and successful]

  c]vote Labour - Ann Keen - sitting New Labour
  Blairette, who has done bugger all except support
  Frank Dobson in his failed bid to stop the bandwagon
  that was Red Ken becoming Mayor of London].Only real
  reason for voting is that the Tories are worse.

  d]vote Conservative for a pimpled dork who hates
  otherly-styled bogus asylum seekers, but who could
  win.Would be as hideous as Bush, but would kick Blair
  in goolies.

  e]vote Liberal Democrat who can't win but are sounding
  more socialist than Labour and are mostly nice people,
  with the exception of the late Jeremy Thorpe who had
  that unfotunate incident with Rinka the Great Dane in
  the 1970s.

  f]vote Socialist Alliance- would appeal to Trot
  lurkers on this list.

  g]vote UK Independence and leave Europe. Should appeal
  to Echelon monitors who probably have bags of cash to
  give away.

  Answers on the back of a cheque/check please, or even
  on the back of a Czech as I personally welcome bogus
  asylum seekers.

  Andy
  [Bring back the Rotten Boroughs]



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Sounds like you ought to become a anarchist, Andrew.
 
goat
----- Original Message -----
From: ninetyone andy
To: anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 04:38
Subject: Referendum for my vote.

The chad-free polling card has just slipped through my
letter [mail] box, for next Thursday's probable Blair
walkover. Personally, I don't think he'll do as well
as the polls suggest because a lot of real [as opposed
to self-styled socialists] may well abstain or perhaps
drift to the Socialist Alliance, supported by the SWP,
Paul Foot, Tariq Ali, assorted comedians [Jeremy
Hardy, Mark Thomas etc].

Anyway no-one's actively seeking my vote, so I'll put
it out for any offers. Obviously financial
remuneration will be weighted more heavily in my
thinking than sheer volume of suggestions. Should I:

a]abstain and not visit the polling booth

b]abstain by spoiling ballot paper [advantage is that
it's a positive purposeful thrusting abstention;
disadvantage is that I'm counted in the overall total
of participating voters and therefore they can claim
democracy is vibrant and successful]

c]vote Labour - Ann Keen - sitting New Labour
Blairette, who has done bugger all except support
Frank Dobson in his failed bid to stop the bandwagon
that was Red Ken becoming Mayor of London].Only real
reason for voting is that the Tories are worse.

d]vote Conservative for a pimpled dork who hates
otherly-styled bogus asylum seekers, but who could
win.Would be as hideous as Bush, but would kick Blair
in goolies.

e]vote Liberal Democrat who can't win but are sounding
more socialist than Labour and are mostly nice people,
with the exception of the late Jeremy Thorpe who had
that unfotunate incident with Rinka the Great Dane in
the 1970s.

f]vote Socialist Alliance- would appeal to Trot
lurkers on this list.

g]vote UK Independence and leave Europe. Should appeal
to Echelon monitors who probably have bags of cash to
give away.

Answers on the back of a cheque/check please, or even
on the back of a Czech as I personally welcome bogus
asylum seekers.

Andy
[Bring back the Rotten Boroughs]



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