Expatriate Iraqi Voting

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One of the five designated polling sites in the United States is located
about three miles from where I live. This site was claimed to be the least
secure of all the Iraqi polling places. The local police had first refused
to be a part of providing security, but they subsequently were convinced
otherwise. When I heard this my first thought was to keep away from the
area. Later the thought that history was being made in my own backyard made
me go there to see and photograph what I could. I rode a bike hoping to
appear less threatening, but you never know. Voting was in heated tents
located in a parking area in a small hollow at the state fairgrounds. From
what I saw it could have been better secured.

We are home to about 8,000 Kurds, the largest concentration in the US.
Undoubtedly this was the main reason our town was chosen as one of the
polling sites.

One of my stops was at the exit point where 15 or so of us cheered and gave
a thumbs up to the voters as they left. The voters were all smiling and
most held up their index finger to show us the purple ink on finger tip.
The license plates on their cars showed they were from many states. Keep in
mind they had come here and register the prior week before they voted. The
first voter here was from Denver and he came last week to register and
stayed over with a local family. I imagine a good bit of that was being
done.

Frankly these people put us to shame. They have put voting in a new
perspective for me and I will not take it as lightly as I have in the past.

And for those hoping for a disaster, I'm proud to say not today, not in my
town.

Thank you for helping to prove Ed Dolan wrong.

--
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"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

One of the five designated polling sites in the United States is located
about three miles from where I live. This site was claimed to be the
least
secure of all the Iraqi polling places. The local police had first
refused
to be a part of providing security, but they subsequently were convinced
otherwise. When I heard this my first thought was to keep away from the
area. Later the thought that history was being made in my own backyard
made
me go there to see and photograph what I could. I rode a bike hoping to
appear less threatening, but you never know. Voting was in heated tents
located in a parking area in a small hollow at the state fairgrounds.
From
what I saw it could have been better secured.

We are home to about 8,000 Kurds, the largest concentration in the US.
Undoubtedly this was the main reason our town was chosen as one of the
polling sites.

One of my stops was at the exit point where 15 or so of us cheered and
gave
a thumbs up to the voters as they left. The voters were all smiling and
most held up their index finger to show us the purple ink on finger tip.
The license plates on their cars showed they were from many states. Keep
in
mind they had come here and register the prior week before they voted.
The
first voter here was from Denver and he came last week to register and
stayed over with a local family. I imagine a good bit of that was being
done.

Frankly these people put us to shame. They have put voting in a new
perspective for me and I will not take it as lightly as I have in the
past.

And for those hoping for a disaster, I'm proud to say not today, not in
my
town.

Thank you for helping to prove Ed Dolan wrong.

Wrong about what, pray tell?

The only person proven wrong, over and over again, has been you. You were
wrong about the war and you were wrong about the election, both ours and
theirs. And you will be proven wrong too about the eventual outcomes in Iraq
and the entire Middle East. But you were mostly proven wrong about President
Bush. It can't be much fun to be a liberal these days and to be constantly
wrong about EVERYTHING!

Thanks for the good news post Skip. I am going to send it to some of my
acquaintances who never vote. Maybe shame will work when nothing else ever
has.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Edward Dolan said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thank you for helping to prove Ed Dolan wrong.

Wrong about what, pray tell?...

Wrong in that all the original off-topic posts are left wing. But you
knew that.

--
Tom Sherman - Earth

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Edward Dolan said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Thank you for helping to prove Ed Dolan wrong.

Wrong about what, pray tell?...

Wrong in that all the original off-topic posts are left wing. But you knew
that.

Skip was not posting anything right wing, but merely presenting an
interesting local news item having to do with something currently in the
news.

What we have here now on ARBR is balance. That is all I have ever sought for
this group. I am left wing on several issues myself as you well know. But
not on defense and security and matters of war and peace. I am a
neo-conservative and forever a hawk. To be anything else in the kind of
world we are living in is insane.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

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Quoted message said:

One of the five designated polling sites in the United States is located
about three miles from where I live. This site was claimed to be the
least
secure of all the Iraqi polling places. The local police had first
refused
to be a part of providing security, but they subsequently were convinced
otherwise. When I heard this my first thought was to keep away from the
area. Later the thought that history was being made in my own backyard
made
me go there to see and photograph what I could. I rode a bike hoping to
appear less threatening, but you never know. Voting was in heated tents
located in a parking area in a small hollow at the state fairgrounds.
From
what I saw it could have been better secured.

We are home to about 8,000 Kurds, the largest concentration in the US.
Undoubtedly this was the main reason our town was chosen as one of the
polling sites.

One of my stops was at the exit point where 15 or so of us cheered and
gave
a thumbs up to the voters as they left.

Man, that is just way cool. Congratulations. I don't know how anyone can
"but, but..." their way through this.

Quoted message said:

The voters were all smiling and
most held up their index finger to show us the purple ink on finger tip.
The license plates on their cars showed they were from many states. Keep
in
mind they had come here and register the prior week before they voted.
The
first voter here was from Denver and he came last week to register and
stayed over with a local family. I imagine a good bit of that was being
done.

Frankly these people put us to shame. They have put voting in a new
perspective for me and I will not take it as lightly as I have in the
past.

And for those hoping for a disaster, I'm proud to say not today, not in my
town.

Not that I don't think there won't be problems ahead, but the terrorists
don't seem to be making good on their threats, which has to mean that we're
chasing them in ragged circles at the very least... something you'd think
would eventually catch the imagination of the mainstream press, huh? I
swear, even Dan Rather sounded enthused yesterday.

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skip

"Freewheeling" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

One of the five designated polling sites in the United States is located
about three miles from where I live. This site was claimed to be the
least
secure of all the Iraqi polling places. The local police had first
refused
to be a part of providing security, but they subsequently were convinced
otherwise. When I heard this my first thought was to keep away from the
area. Later the thought that history was being made in my own backyard
made
me go there to see and photograph what I could. I rode a bike hoping to
appear less threatening, but you never know. Voting was in heated tents
located in a parking area in a small hollow at the state fairgrounds.
From
what I saw it could have been better secured.

We are home to about 8,000 Kurds, the largest concentration in the US.
Undoubtedly this was the main reason our town was chosen as one of the
polling sites.

One of my stops was at the exit point where 15 or so of us cheered and
gave
a thumbs up to the voters as they left.

Man, that is just way cool. Congratulations. I don't know how anyone can
"but, but..." their way through this.

Quoted message said:

The voters were all smiling and
most held up their index finger to show us the purple ink on finger tip.
The license plates on their cars showed they were from many states. Keep
in
mind they had come here and register the prior week before they voted.
The
first voter here was from Denver and he came last week to register and
stayed over with a local family. I imagine a good bit of that was being
done.

Frankly these people put us to shame. They have put voting in a new
perspective for me and I will not take it as lightly as I have in the
past.

And for those hoping for a disaster, I'm proud to say not today, not in
my
town.

Not that I don't think there won't be problems ahead, but the terrorists
don't seem to be making good on their threats, which has to mean that
we're chasing them in ragged circles at the very least... something you'd
think would eventually catch the imagination of the mainstream press, huh?
I swear, even Dan Rather sounded enthused yesterday.

There is no insurgency in Iraq. They have absolutely no support and they
have no program for Iraq. All they want is to put their boots back on the
necks of the Iraqi people like they had been doing for the past 35 years
under Sadaam Hussein. I frankly don't give a damn if the Shia lord it over
the Sunni for awhile. The Shia and the Kurds will know how to keep the upper
hand from now on.

The US may very well have to stay in Iraq for several more years to ensure
that the new Iraq gets up and running. That is also fine with me. I would
rather have our military doing something useful in the world over there than
sitting in their barracks here doing nothing. The few battle deaths and
casualties that we suffer are negligible in the grand scheme of things,
almost on the order of accidents that prevail in the peace time military
when embarked on training exercises. Those who make heavy about each and
every soldier killed are up to no good and have only a political agenda of
their own in mind. They could care less about any soldiers getting killed.
Ted Koppel of ABC is a supreme jackass when it comes to this sort of thing
as is Jim Lehrer of PBS.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

So Tom, you think this was ARBR's first original right wing ride report.

Could your....ah..situation be worsening?

Concerned.

skip

Re: Recumbent Racer Glen Drury sets course record
That is quite an impressive accomplishment. Who is the rider and what bike did he ride? Was he in a F-40?

Stan Vinson
P38

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Recumbent cycles entered the 400km cycle for the first time (as a separate category), with Glen Druryclocking the impressive time of 11:57:37. With the popularity of the recumbents, the race is likely to be open next year to other specialist cyclists (all scored in different categories). Of the regular cyclists, the best time was from David Simpfendorfer of the Filthy Armadillo team, with 13:46:17.

http://www.srichinmoyraces.org/au/results/ultrareport

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Ultra Joe

Glenn Drury racing a Velokraft NoCom lowracer. What is amazing is Mr. Drury was riding a stock bike with no fairings. He finished the 400 km race a twitch short of 2 hours less than the regular cyclists team.

Ian Smythe

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Re: Recumbent Racer Glen Drury sets course record
That is quite an impressive accomplishment. Who is the rider and what bike did he ride? Was he in a F-40?

Stan Vinson
P38
...................................................................... .........................................................
Recumbent cycles entered the 400km cycle for the first time (as a separate category), with Glen Druryclocking the impressive time of 11:57:37. With the popularity of the recumbents, the race is likely to be open next year to other specialist cyclists (all scored in different categories).

Edward Dolan said:

...
There is no insurgency in Iraq. They have absolutely no support and they
have no program for Iraq. All they want is to put their boots back on the
necks of the Iraqi people like they had been doing for the past 35 years
under Sadaam Hussein. I frankly don't give a damn if the Shia lord it over
the Sunni for awhile. The Shia and the Kurds will know how to keep the upper
hand from now on....

Where is Iraq? Is it a good place to ride recumbent bicycles?

Who is Saddam Hussein? What type of recumbent(s) does he build/sell/ride?

Recumbent Newbie

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Edward Dolan said:

...
There is no insurgency in Iraq. They have absolutely no support and they
have no program for Iraq. All they want is to put their boots back on the
necks of the Iraqi people like they had been doing for the past 35 years
under Sadaam Hussein. I frankly don't give a damn if the Shia lord it
over the Sunni for awhile. The Shia and the Kurds will know how to keep
the upper hand from now on....

Where is Iraq? Is it a good place to ride recumbent bicycles?

Who is Saddam Hussein? What type of recumbent(s) does he build/sell/ride?

Recumbent Newbie

Don't get too full of yourself or I will start treating you the way I am
going to treat your good buddy, Ed Gin. I am still waiting along with the
rest of the newsgroup to hear what you think of Ed Gin. Time to show what
you are made of.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Edward Dolan said:

Don't get too full of yourself or I will start treating you the way I am
going to treat your good buddy, Ed Gin. I am still waiting along with the
rest of the newsgroup to hear what you think of Ed Gin.

Well, Ed Gin doesn't discriminate against downstaters, so that is in his
favor. It is also (indirectly) Ed Gin's fault that I have an Earth
Cycles Sunset Lowracer [TM] - wait a minute, that is a good thing!

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