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MrJapan · PO1 Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 465 Location: Chiba, Japan

WOW... talk about stereotype... I misjudged you people..... there are some of you that have some common sense... I feel bad I thought all of you were the same. Thank you all for having a head on you shoulders and thinking about all of us as one and not about 'everything is me'...
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Scott · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject:

::chuckle::

My family got a White House tour a couple of years ago, because a member of my family had run as a Republican in a highly visible state election. When we got to the press Briefing Room, a cameraman setting up a shot asked where we were from.

When we said, "Massachusetts."

He replied "Wow! Republicans from Massachusetts. You must be pretty rare up there."

"An endangered species," was my reply.

Wink

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MrJapan · PO1 Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 465 Location: Chiba, Japan

MrJapan · PO1 Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 465 Location: Chiba, Japan

Can anyone actually tell me what the actual % is of LEFT/RIGHT? or howabout the % of the people that actually listen to truth?
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ATACKM · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:29 am Post subject:

cipher · Vice Admiral Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 902

Right and left of WHAT? Where you draw the line makes a difference.

For example, I'm a bit to the right of Laura Ingraham, but to the left of Ann Coulter. Sort of a Monica Crowley conservative. But I'm in GOOD company!

If you define the "middle" as being the place where half are to the right and half are to the left, then there are probably 35% hard core left wingers (those that would vote for Ghenghis Kahn if he was a democrat), and perhaps 35% hard core right wingers (those who would rather give up their guns before voting for a democrat).

The rest reside somewhere in between. The clueless, the uninformed, and the apathetic tend to congregate there, although there are more than a few of them on the wings.

It's like asking how many Army/Navy game fans are either Army or Navy? You have the rabid extremes (USNA and USMA graduates, for example), and then you have the ones with a vested interest (parents of a Marine, for example wouldn't root for the Army). Then you have people like me, who have ties to BOTH, and just appreciate a good game, well-played. The rest are clueless, uninformed, or apathetic.
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azTrish · Lt.Jg. Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 133 Location: Arizona

If you don't mind I'd like to add Connecticut to that list ..

Not to bore you tooo much but when my dad was ill and living in florida he wanted to spend some time back visiting family in Connecticut and revist his families resting places.

Boring part We had heard since pups to be proud to be Connecticut Yankees

Dad visited his great grandfather Harvey of the civil war and went to Mass to see a few others. needless to say he passed away and I wanted to take up his mission and have for 8 years now and we are of great stock. I have a pamphlet printed in 1794 by a very conservation family relation.. back in England.

I only followed work to Arizona. I am a New Englander. BTW there are such things as Connecticut Bushs too!

All my line as far back as 1635 here were mariners till the RR. One ggggggggrandfather was ransomed in 1698 from the french. My gggggggrandfather died in the french indian war 1757. I had two ggggggrandfathers in the revolution a ggggggreatuncle commanded a privateer 9 guns 14 men and was a friend of the patriot Silas Dean, my gggrandfather served from 1861 to 65 along with several uncles in the civil war. I have a news photo of my Grandfather a real purple heart recipient ( Lost his hearing from a blast that wounded him) surrounded by my 2 uncles, one of my aunts and my Dad all in uniform. 2 other aunts were still young but later joined too. I am 12th gen CT and MA - Coomes.

Believe me there are tons of stories books and archives behind all that and back into England, France, and the Crusades. But my dad had never known the half of it..

Sad thing about family histories is it bores so many to death..sorry. I just love to tell my kids all the stories, they love the one about the reluctant pirate John who was almost hanged.

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