[DMCForum] Re: Corrected: A Parable

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you just like the image of a crazy uncle coming out of the
basement to yell at the neighbors.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> Ok, Bill -- You've earned my respect as a debater (you actually used
some
> logic in your argument) -- but you're still wrong.   =)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 4:09 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Corrected: A Parable
> 
> 
> Nice parable, but it differs too much from reality to be instructive:
> 
> President Busch exercises limited power within the Housing Corporation. 
> He can't pass any ordinances. He's not even allowed to make the budget
> or spend any money. The real decision making power is exercised by a
> popularly elected board (Mr. Busch wasn't popularly elected to the
> Corporation, BTW, but was forced upon it when a lawsuit from the
> homeowners was cut short).
> 
> After the punks burned down the buildings next block over, housing
> residents demanded an independent inquiry into what happened.
> President Busch resisted. The board appointed a comission anyway over
> his objections. This comission interviewed many people. Interestingly,
> President Busch wouldn't let anyone from his office testify. He
> himself agreed only to an informal interview, and even then insisted
> he do so sitting in the lap of his somewhat mean spirited older uncle
> from the basement.
> 
> Funny thing is, whereas President Busch, his secretary, the older
> uncle, and a greasy haired older gentleman who tended Mr. Busch's gun
> collection, all insisted that N. Sane had financed the punks, THE
> INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOUND NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
> THIS CLAIM! All the people from Mr. Busch's office claimed N. Sane had
> a bunch of prohibited tools in his garage, BUT THE INDEPENDENT
> COMMISSION FOUND NOTHING IN THERE BUT OLD RAKES AND SHOVELS! (An
> inspection department representing other neighborhoods as well as the
> Housing Corporation, which had been wandering all over N. Sane's
> house with his cooperation, told Mr. Busch as much it was raided, BTW).
> 
> The Housing Corporation used to be looked upon as prime real estate.
> People all over wanted to live there, and the residents were
> justifiably proud. But Mr. Busch's actions began to make them uneasy.
> He acted as if he were a dictator. He threw neighborhood visitors into
> private prisons, then promptly forgot about them (not a single one of
> these visitors has ever been told merely what they are accused of
> doing). Mr. Busch's staff started peeping through neighbors' blinds to
> see what they were doing behind closed doors. He secretly looked
> though their records and transactions. He regularly let his crazy
> uncle shout threats from the front porch to scare them. So the
> residents slowly turned their support towards another President
> candidate...
> 
> The rest will be history (*IF* Mr. Busch doesn't rig the electronic
> voting machines, supplied so courteously by his supporters without so
> much as a paper trail behind them).
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >  
> > I thought I'd write this to help explain things to Marc, Bill, and
> others
> > who seem to be missing the point.  (And yes, I did just write it --
> it's not
> > the cut-and-paste you so vehemently object to, Marc)...  =)
> >  
> > -Dave
> >  
> > There are elections in my neighborhood this November for Housing
> Corporation
> > president.  Since the incumbent is running as a Republican, I will be
> > running as a Democrat.  I started my day with a big plate of Kerry
> Waffles,
> > then put on my flip-flops and went to go campaign.
> >  
> > My platform is that our current leader, President Busch, must go.  I
> don't
> > give any real reasons why, except for this dogged conviction that the
> > president is out to steal the oil from the gas station down the
> street.  Oh
> > yeah, and his dad was housing corp. president once, and that's
bad.  Oh
> > yeah, he's from Texas, and being from Texas is bad.
> >  
> > I guess this feeling comes from back in 2001, when a group of punks
> burned
> > down the twin tower complex on the next block.  With the help of the
> local
> > police, Mr. Busch chased the punks out of Afghan Estates.   True,
> they were
> > unable to catch the leader, but the punks have not been heard from
since
> > (except for a bit of graffiti posted in the darkness).
> >  
> > It was found that the manager of the gas station, one Mr. N. Sane,
> financed
> > and trained the punks who burned down the towers.  He was arrested,
> and will
> > be on trial soon.  The rightful owners of the station (the
> employees) are
> > overjoyed, as Mr. N. Sane has been systematically raping,
torturing and
> > killing his employees for years if they spoke out against him.  None
> of the
> > station's neighbors ever raised a finger to stop him, as he once
> attempted
> > to take over the gas station next door, because he claimed simply
> "it was
> > rightfully his".  He burned down that station while he was being
> chased out.
> >  
> > President Busch gave the gas station right back to the employees as
> soon as
> > they were able to manage it on their own, but I just know he somehow
> trying
> > to take their oil!!!  True, I guess he could have actually kept it,
> but I
> > know he's up to something.  Even though he did the exact opposite of
> what
> > I'm claiming, I just know he is trying to do it!  I know he is up to
> > something with the punks and Mr. N. Sane, but I can't prove it, so
just
> > believe me without thinking!  So relax, I will think for you.
> >  
> > I feel that I will be good to protect the neighborhood, because I
> was hurt
> > three times defending another neighborhood (Nam Town) over 30 years
> ago.  Of
> > course, when I left, I protested that everything I did was wrong,
> but now
> > it's right.  Or wrong.  It doesn't matter -- just ask me tomorrow
> and I'll
> > reverse my position again to whichever you feel is favorable. 
> Please check
> > which way the wind is blowing before asking.
> >  
> > Also, I am going to raise the dues.  Even though 7% of my
> neighborhood is
> > unemployed, taking more money from them is the best plan of
action.  The
> > more money I take from them, the better off the housing corporation
> will be,
> > which in turn, will be good for them. (Or, it could cause them to go
> > bankrupt, but that isn't my concern.  I'll just claim evil
> corporations are
> > the cause).  I'll also be taking as much money as possible from the
> > wealthier people on the street, as we all know that is fair.  Now,
these
> > folks would normally be providing jobs for the unemployed 7% with that
> > money, but that's not my problem.  I have $750 million in the bank.
> > Besides. I won't be paying any of the dues anyway, as my income as
> Housing
> > Corp. president will not be charged any dues.
> >  
> > Now, even though I have no platform of my own (I have stolen the
entire
> > 'Help is on the Way' platform from 'Busch 2000' - which,
incidently, Mr.
> > Busch has followed to the letter), I urge my neighbors to vote for me
> > because I'm not Busch!  Anybody but Busch!!!  ANYBODY BUT BUSCH!!!
> >  
> > I hope that helps y'all see things more clearly.
> >  
> > -Dave
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
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