[TriLUG] [OT] Interesting observation....

[Jeff Bollinger]

rpm -e --force --nodeps too-much-politics-on-linux-mailing-list-2.3-1.rpm

rpm -Uvh useful-linux-info.src.rpm

Christian J Hedemark wrote:

> rday writes:
> > from all reports, ashcroft is a complete dingbat, who reportedly
> > anoints himself (in the scriptural sense) with crisco oil to celebrate
> > an election victory.
> >
> > http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/94/75/03_3_m.html
>
> Argh.  This article lost all credibility in its first sentence, and sealed
> its fate before the first paragraph was over.
>
> Annointing with oil is nothing strange for Christians, either.  It's not
> something I partake in but it is "normal".  The reporter in his continuing
> effort to be silly is showing his intolerance of religious practice, and in
> the same article complains of loss of civil liberties.  Anyone else see the
> irony there?
>
> This was either written by an idealistic child that hasn't the maturity yet
> to debate an issue on actual facts (notice there were no real sources posted
> to check up on some of the outrageous claims), or this is pure ultra-left
> wing bed wetting propaganda.
>
> Just a reminder, I didn't vote for any of the two bozos in the last
> presidential election.  I voted Libertarian.   Had Harry Brown been
> appointing an attorney general I would bet $1,000 he wouldn't put someone
> like Ashcroft or Reno in there.  What?  Did I just put Ashcroft and Reno in
> the same sentence?  That was no mistake.  Both of them want to remove your
> civil liberties, at gunpoint.
>
> Ashcroft is a very intelligent man from what I can see.  But his agenda is
> WRONG if you compare it to the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.  This
> is nothing new for an attorney general.  Our civil liberties make it harder
> for him to do his job.  Having a bad opinion doesn't make one a dingbat.
> Also try to be a little more tolerant & respectful of how people choose to
> practice their religion (one of our civil liberties after all).  That kind
> of thinking is just as wrong when it comes from the far left AGAINST
> religious practice as it is coming from the far right trying to PUSH
> religious practice.
>
> Regards,
> Rev. Chris Hedemark
>
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