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<DIV>I'm pretty sure someone else has said this before, and I long to give
her/him credit, but please:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If you think the lines are too long, or the weather too yucky, or you're
just sick of the mudslinging, or you don't think either of the candidates cares
about you, remember the suffragettes who were beaten, arrested, slandered and
cut off from family, employment and economic security for merely trying to
vote in the United States during many of our grandparents' lifetimes. If
you're not motivated by the crisis at hand, perhaps shame will work, and I'm not
above dishing some out.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My guiding principle when I vote: "Whatsoever you do to the least of
these, that you've done unto Me."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>keely emerine mix</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:mghuskey@msn.com">'Melynda Huskey'</A> ; <A
href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">'Pat Kraut'</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">'Vision 2020'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 02, 2004 5:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] My views</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pat Kraut must be an
honor graduate from Doug Wilsons course on Creative
Authoring.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See you at the
polls.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">We could learn a lot from crayons: some
are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are
different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box.
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Melynda
Huskey</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B>
Monday, November 01, 2004 10:28 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pat Kraut; Vision 2020<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] My
views</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Dear
Pat,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In an amazing coincidence, these
aren't just *your* views, but also the views (and exact words) of Professor
Mathew Manweller, a political science prof at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Central</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Even that rat-eater G. Gordon
Liddy had the decency to give the man credit for his
words.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Melynda
Huskey</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message
-----<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Pat
Kraut<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Monday,
November 01, 2004 10:15 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
vision2020<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cc:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Mike
Cahill; Rich Kraut; Keely Cahill; Grant Lawrence; Rebecca Cahill; Darren
Kraut; Amy Kraut; JOLEEN CAHILL; Kerry
Cahill<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
[Vision2020] My views<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Today we will vote in an
election that truly matters. Because <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> is
at<BR>a once in a generation crossroads, more than an election hangs in
the<BR>balance. Down one path lies retreat, abdication and a reign of
ambivalence.<BR>Down the other lies a nation that is aware of its past and
accepts the<BR>daunting obligation its future demands. If we choose poorly,
the<BR>consequences will echo through the next 50 years of history. If we,
in a<BR>spasm of frustration, turn out the current occupant of the White
House, the<BR>message to the world and ourselves will be two-fold.<BR>First,
we will reject the notion that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> can do big things. Once
a<BR>nation that tamed a frontier, stood down the Nazis and stood upon the
moon,<BR>we will announce to the world that bringing democracy to the
<st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> is<BR>too big a task for us.
But more significantly, we will signal to future<BR>presidents that as
voters, we are unwilling to tackle difficult challenges,<BR>preferring
caution to boldness, embracing the mediocrity that has<BR>characterized
other civilizations. We will tell the world that in other<BR>countries
people can be gassed, raped, maimed, put into extreme poverty for<BR>the
sake of the leaders 'homes' and we will not care or come to the rescue<BR>in
any form. Oh, we might go to the UN and ask them to tell them to
stop,<BR>but we won't really do anything to help. We will stay in our
comfort and do<BR>nothing. The defeat of President Bush will send a chilling
message to future<BR>presidents who may need to make difficult, yet
unpopular decisions. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region><BR>has always been a
nation that rises to the demands of history regardless of<BR>the costs or
appeal. If we turn away from that legacy, we turn away from who<BR>we
are.<BR>Second, we inform every terrorist organization on the globe that the
lesson<BR>of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Somalia</st1:place></st1:country-region> was well learned. In
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Somalia</st1:place></st1:country-region> we showed terrorist that
you don't<BR>need to defeat <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> on the battlefield when
you can defeat them in the<BR>newsroom. They learned that a wounded
<st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> can become a
defeated <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<BR>Twenty-four-hour news
stations and daily tracking polls will do the heavy<BR>lifting, turning a
cut into a fatal blow. Except that <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> is <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Somalia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
times<BR>10. The Election of John Kerry will serve notice to every terrorist
in every<BR>cave that the soft underbelly of American power is the timidity
of American<BR>voters. Terrorists will know that a steady stream of grizzly
photos of CNN<BR>is all you need to break the will of the American people.
Our own self-doubt<BR>will take it from there. Bin Laden will recognize that
he can topple any<BR>American administration with out setting foot on the
homeland.<BR>It is said that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s WWII generation is its
'greatest generation'. But<BR>my greatest fear is that is will become known
as <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s 'last generation'<BR>.
Born in the bleakness of the Great Depression and hardened in the fire
of<BR>WWII, they may be the last American generation that understands the
meaning<BR>of duty, honor and sacrifice. It is difficult to admit, but I
know these<BR>terms are spoken with only hollow detachment by many (but not
all) in my<BR>generation.<BR>Too many citizens today mistake 'living
in American' as 'being an American'<BR>. But <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> has
always been more of an idea than a place. When you sign<BR>on, you do more
than buy real estate. You accept a set of values
and<BR>responsibilities.<BR>This November, each generation, which has been
absent too long, must grasp<BR>the obligation that comes with being an
American, or fade into the oblivion<BR>they may deserve. I believe that 100
years from now, or even sooner,<BR>historians will look back at the election
of 2004 and see it as the decisive<BR>election of our century. Depending on
the outcome, they will describe it as<BR>the moment <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
joined the ranks of ordinary nations; or they will<BR>describe it as the
moment the prodigal sons and daughters, grandsons and<BR>grandaughters of
the greatest generation accepted their burden as caretakers<BR>of the City
on the Hill.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"When one door of happiness closes, another
opens; but often we look so long<BR>at the closed door that we do not see
the one which has been opened for us."<BR>Helen
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