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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm glad to see I've raised the hackles of Moscow's
keyboard commandos here on Vision 2020!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While I'm no longer with RadioShack in Pullman (I
haven't been for over a year now) where I work should be of little concern to
anyone on this site. My columns are simply the exercising of my first
amendment rights to share my opinion with whatever twist of humor I desire.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For what its worth, I do live in Moscow with my
partner/husband Alex and am a Moscow/Latah county taxpayer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So whats that to you and your friends on your
mailing list Brett? Gonna send a lynch mob after me?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, Shirley Ringo was incorrect in assuming
that I'm a "republican" with "big business" leanings. Yes, I was a page in
the legislature (nearly 10 years ago) and <FONT face=Arial size=2>I do have
a slightly different outlook about business in Moscow (and in general) than the
members of this forum.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do however pride myself on becoming quite
moderate with a slightly conservative slant in the past several years (compared
to my earlier writings) and, if you've been following my columns, I quite
publicly and brutally ripped the Latah County GOP a new one a couple months
ago. It was also in that column that resigned my membership from the Idaho
and Latah GOP's in favor of becoming an independent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the readers of this forum want to take my
writings literally then so be it - I presume then there is nothing I could write
that wouldn't offend someone. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rather than start firing off phrases like
"offensive idiot" I would much rather prefer that you step back and look at what
I write with a little bit of humor as Tom Hansen has - yes Tom, it must be a
hippie thing and no I don't understand. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm flattered that you care so much about me and
what I write</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Henry Johnston</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columnist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Moscow Pullman Daily News</FONT></DIV>
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