[Am-info] QUESTION - Should this list go away?

[Gene Gaines]

Several AM-INFO people have asked me why Nader picking a vice
president running mate has triggered me to say I will no longer
be associated with Nader.

Here's why.

I have no patience for so-called "independent" spoiler political
candidates who turn out to be at least partially financed by the
political party they are professing to be against.

This applies to Nader. It appears that he is receiving
substantial support from conservatives who know he cannot win
but are willing to make an investment in him to split the
so-called liberal vote.

I am disgusted by his willingness to play patsy in order to
advance his own name. In this election, his appearing on the
ballot will not advance his causes, but only advance his name.

For shame.

With Nader pursuing this course, I will do what I can to kill
him off -- politically speaking that is.

Why do I think this?  What are my political leanings?

I am an Independent. But my passion is getting rid of the Bush
administration. In less than four years, they have reduced our
country from a position of pride on the global scene to one of
the world deeply resenting us as bullies, have through dishonest
pork-barrel politics run up the largest deficits and federal
debt in our history, and their playing politics have reduced our
best federal agencies from reasonable effectiveness to a
playground for contractors to reap profits. Disgusting. (No, not
every person in the present administration is bad, and not all
federal agencies are bad, but the closer one gets to the
ideologues in the White House, the steeper one finds the slide
into dishonesty and chaos.

My opinion. You asked. I responded. I will not air my personal
politics on this list again. Everyone deserves a fair hearing
and civil treatment, but not in Washington DC at this moment.

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com


> Gene Gaines wrote:

>>Ralph Nader has picked a vice president running mate
>>for his Green Party.
>>
>>This is one step more than I will tolerate.
>>
>>The AM-INFO list is hosted by Ralph Nader's organization,
>>Essential Information -- as http://www.essential.org/.
>>
>>As much as I applaud and support many of its activities,
>>I will no longer be associated with an organization
>>controlled by Nader.
>>
>>So.  A hard look at AM-INFO.
>>
>>Six months ago, there were about 100 messages per month
>>posted to the list.  That has steadily declined to about
>>60. In April (the last month I have figures), there
>>were 63 messages posted.  The top ten posters were:
>>
>>     41 fmiller@lightlink.com
>>      5 gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
>>      5 eandrews@star.net
>>      4 rcb@bix.org
>>      3 jjurban@attglobal.net
>>      2 scarter@hticn.com
>>      1 reiser@namesys.com
>>      1 davisf@union.edu
>>      1 am-info-admin@lists.essential.org
>>
>>
>>To admin this, I have to wade through and delete
>>individually about 150 SPAM emails a month.
>>
>>I propose we do one of the following:
>>
>>[?] 1. Terminate the list.
>>
>>[ ] 2. Alternatively, move it to another host, which I
>>       can arrange.
>>
>>[ ] 3. Turn the admin responsibility over to someone else.
>>
>>[ ] 4. Other action.
>>
>>WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE?
>>
>>MAKE COMMENTS TO THE LIST IF YOU WISH, BUT PLEASE SEND
>>ME AN EMAIL PRIVATELY WITH YOUR CHOICE 1, 2, 3, OR 4
>>OF THE ABOVE.
>>
>>There are quite a number of resources on the Internet that
>>track Microsoft.  If our choice is to kill the list, I
>>will assemble a list of other Microsoft-following sources
>>before we all say goodbye.
>>
>>Gene Gaines
>>gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
>>Sterling, Virginia
>>
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