<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I found this article on a financial blog. Might be of interest to the group. Not sure how to send it out to ya all....<div><br><div><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/?utm_source=feedburner">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/?utm_source=feedburner</a><div><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/16/12, Doug Vargas <i><dougvargas@sbcglobal.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Doug Vargas <dougvargas@sbcglobal.net><br>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug@sgvlug.net><br>Date: Friday, November 16, 2012, 8:41 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">You've gotta catch em all - all
the politicians, that is ^^<br><br>Dan Buthusiem <<a ymailto="mailto:dan.buthusiem@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=dan.buthusiem@gmail.com">dan.buthusiem@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>>I have a Pokemon party. Only six members, though. Wish there was a way for<br>>me to expand. : /<br>><br>><br>>On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Michael Proctor-Smith <<a ymailto="mailto:mproctor13@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=mproctor13@gmail.com">mproctor13@gmail.com</a><br>>> wrote:<br>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:07 AM, DV <<a ymailto="mailto:vindimy@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=vindimy@gmail.com">vindimy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dustin Laurence<br>>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:dllaurence@dslextreme.com" href="/mc/compose?to=dllaurence@dslextreme.com">dllaurence@dslextreme.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>
><br>>>> > On 11/11/2012 10:17 PM, DV wrote:<br>>>> ><br>>>> >> Go away, troll.<br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>> > Funny thing about that. Anyone who isn't liberal gets such comments<br>>>> > thrown at them offhandedly, every day, by people who aren't even aware<br>>>> of<br>>>> > how bigoted they are. Especially in urban California, which is one of<br>>>> the<br>>>> > most bigoted places in America outside of a major university. But no one<br>>>> > even notices or acknowledges it until someone dares to express a<br>>>> contrary<br>>>> > view--then, all of a sudden, oh we can't be offensive. Which is code<br>>>> words<br>>>> > for "we can't criticize the liberal establishment." The left fancies<br>>>> that<br>>>> > it gets different
rules.<br>>>> ><br>>>> > So, regardless of whatever personal intentions you may have behind that<br>>>> > comment, and in spite of the fact that I'm personally enjoying not<br>>>> listening<br>>>> > to political talk for a while, I like it when people speak<br>>>> disrespectfully<br>>>> > of and to the monolith.<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Dustin<br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>><br>>>> All right, I'll bite. If any of you don't enjoy flamewars and/or<br>>>> politics, feel free to skip what's below.<br>>>><br>>>> Whoa, now. Conservatives have absolutely no right to call a democratic<br>>>> state like California bigoted. Not after "black man doens't belong in<br>>>> White House" slogan they kept chanting after Obama got first elected.<br>>>> Not after the "rape pregnancy is gift
from God" remarks made by your<br>>>> senators. Not after the war on immigrants and poor that you're waging.<br>>>> Not after the white male majority that voted for Romney.<br>>>><br>>>> I don't know what reality you're living in, Dustin, but to call<br>>>> California, one of the most diverse and democratic states in the<br>>>> nation, bigoted, is just mind-blowing. You conservatives truly have<br>>>> the gift for calling white black and black white.<br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>> Lastly, have you seen the article about the distribution of racist<br>>>> tweets after the election? You can look up the article, but I'll post<br>>>> the top states here:<br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Good old fashion flame war, First off I would not describe myself as a<br>>> "Conservative" or a "Liberal", I am not a Republican or a Democrate
and I<br>>> do not want to speak for Dustin but I have spent many an hour talking to<br>>> Dustin.<br>>><br>>> When he used the work "bigoted" he was not talking about race. Check the<br>>> definition of the word. Reread what he said, he is talking<br>>> about accepting that other people's opinions can be valid even if you do<br>>> not agree with them.<br>>><br>>> Almost by definition anyone who claims to be a "Conservative" or a<br>>> "Liberal" is bigoted. But that is the political system that has evolved in<br>>> this country where is only two options and people follow one of those two<br>>> "Parties" without actually thinking. Then again thinking is hard.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>> Alabama 8.1<br>>>> Mississippi 7.4<br>>>> Georgia 3.6<br>>>> North Dakota
3.5<br>>>> Utah 3.5<br>>>> Louisiana 3.3<br>>>> Tennessee 3.1<br>>>> Missouri 3.0<br>>>> West Virginia 2.8<br>>>><br>>>> Number of these states that have a conservative majority? Every single<br>>>> one of them.<br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Best regards, Dmitriy V.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></td></tr></table>