[Vision2020] No New Primaries Was: "Under God" Was: Satanism

[Sue Hovey]

Well, Donovan, I would remind you that your original statement was that the words, "under God," had been in the Pledge for a longer period than it had existed without them.  That is simply not true, no matter how you arrange the data. 

Sue
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donovan Arnold 
  To: Chasuk 
  Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com ; donaledwards at hotmail.com 
  Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 6:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] No New Primaries Was: "Under God" Was: Satanism


  Well,

  I for one, think the 54 years as version 3 is longer than version 2 or 1 which each lasted only 31 years. Version 3, is the longest lasting version.

  19 million Americans, out of 300 million, is a small number. Changing would hinder more that than help. 

  As for the primaries, Good! Great! You cut in line, your vote doesn't count. Maybe next time they will follow the rules. This is pretty bad for Hillary too, isn't it. Look forward to Hillary making this this biggest issue of the 2008. And Florida, isn't it ever going to learn how to vote? 

  Best Regards,

  Donovan

  Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Donovan Arnold
    wrote:

    > The period of time between 1892 and 1923 (31 years), and the period of time
    > between 1923 and 1954 (31 years), is not as long as the period of time
    > between 1954 and 2008 (54 Years).

    Erm, 31 + 31 = 62, which is 8 more than 54. That is, a total of 62
    years without "Under God," versus 54 with.

    Incidentally, there are nearly 19 million Americans between the ages
    of 65 and 74, who should easily be able to tell us what they remember
    about the "Under God" change, assuming that it had any significance in
    their lives. There are approximately 17 million Americans aged 75 and
    older, who also might have useful recollections.

    I'm betting that for most it registered as less than a brief blip on
    their consciousness.

    However, the words are there, they aren't going away, and there aren't
    any serious arguments to remove them. Which means that I am
    contributing to the continuation of a dead subject. Shame on me.

    To make amends, how about changing the subject to this:

    "No new primary for Florida Democrats," say the CNN headlines.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/florida.primary.decision/index.html

    Comments?

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