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

[Dan Buthusiem]

I have a Pokemon party. Only six members, though. Wish there was a way for
me to expand. : /


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com
> wrote:

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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:07 AM, DV <vindimy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dustin Laurence
>> <dllaurence at dslextreme.com> wrote:
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>> > On 11/11/2012 10:17 PM, DV wrote:
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>> >> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> --
>> Best regards, Dmitriy V.
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