[SGVLUG] Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown

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ALL RIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR THE KIDDIES TO GO TO BED AND STOP THIS GARBAGE!

On 11/16/2012 1:45 PM, Michael Proctor-Smith wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:07 AM, DV <vindimy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vindimy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dustin Laurence
>     <dllaurence at dslextreme.com <mailto:dllaurence at dslextreme.com>> wrote:
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>     > On 11/11/2012 10:17 PM, DV wrote:
>     >
>     >> Go away, troll.
>     >
>     >
>     > Funny thing about that.  Anyone who isn't liberal gets such comments
>     > thrown at them offhandedly, every day, by people who aren't even
>     aware of
>     > how bigoted they are.  Especially in urban California, which is
>     one of the
>     > most bigoted places in America outside of a major university.
>     But no one
>     > even notices or acknowledges it until someone dares to express a
>     contrary
>     > view--then, all of a sudden, oh we can't be offensive.  Which is
>     code words
>     > for "we can't criticize the liberal establishment."  The left
>     fancies that
>     > it gets different rules.
>     >
>     > So, regardless of whatever personal intentions you may have
>     behind that
>     > comment, and in spite of the fact that I'm personally enjoying
>     not listening
>     > to political talk for a while, I like it when people speak
>     disrespectfully
>     > of and to the monolith.
>     >
>     > Dustin
>     >
>     >
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>     All right, I'll bite. If any of you don't enjoy flamewars and/or
>     politics, feel free to skip what's below.
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>     Whoa, now. Conservatives have absolutely no right to call a democratic
>     state like California bigoted. Not after "black man doens't belong in
>     White House" slogan they kept chanting after Obama got first elected.
>     Not after the "rape pregnancy is gift from God" remarks made by your
>     senators. Not after the war on immigrants and poor that you're waging.
>     Not after the white male majority that voted for Romney.
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>     I don't know what reality you're living in, Dustin, but to call
>     California, one of the most diverse and democratic states in the
>     nation, bigoted, is just mind-blowing. You conservatives truly have
>     the gift for calling white black and black white.
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>     Lastly, have you seen the article about the distribution of racist
>     tweets after the election? You can look up the article, but I'll post
>     the top states here:
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> Good old fashion flame war, First off I would not describe myself as a 
> "Conservative" or a "Liberal", I am not a Republican or a Democrate 
> and I do not want to speak for Dustin but I have spent many an hour 
> talking to Dustin.
>
> When he used the work "bigoted" he was not talking about race. Check 
> the definition of the word. Reread what he said, he is talking 
> about accepting that other people's opinions can be valid even if you 
> do not agree with them.
>
> Almost by definition anyone who claims to be a "Conservative" or a 
> "Liberal" is bigoted. But that is the political system that has 
> evolved in this country where is only two options and people follow 
> one of those two "Parties" without actually thinking. Then again 
> thinking is hard.
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>     Alabama    8.1
>     Mississippi        7.4
>     Georgia    3.6
>     North Dakota       3.5
>     Utah       3.5
>     Louisiana          3.3
>     Tennessee          3.1
>     Missouri           3.0
>     West Virginia      2.8
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>     Number of these states that have a conservative majority? Every single
>     one of them.
>
>     --
>     Best regards, Dmitriy V.
>
>


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