<<Julie is determined not to come here, now what was her excuse again?!>> It's climate, climate, climate. I'm profoundly disappointed in Missouri. So close. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: [Re: On the radio (was more polls) Date: 11/3/04 2:22:37 PM Central Standard Time From: _judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: JE> If the BBC's right about religion being the motivating factor, JE>then it's even more worrying than I'd thought it could be Eac> Hi, Eac> Yes, right to be worried. I almost wish we could have three countries. Right! I'd Eac> move in a heartbeat to another state if I could figure out how to manage it Eac> and thought it would be any better. I knew a man who walked out on a tenured professorship in Missouri with no job to go to (admittedly his wife had a good job, and she worked in another state; and he unexpectedly inherited some money!). Maybe I'll go to NZ with Julie and just Eac> be done with it. Julie is determined not to come here, now what was her excuse again?! We're going to look carefully at Toronto when we go there Eac> in two weeks <wry look>. Eac> Ben was awake at the crack of dawn today. He is very worried about the Eac> future--most of the kids that were voting for Bush ("Kids Voting", remember) are Eac> the 'mean ones' and he said he is worried about what they are going to be Eac> like when they are adults. there was a line of "kids" voting in Boston (OK Boston's different, still) who were medical students; they want a national health service. There are glimmerings of hope, Marlena. I gave him my 'Lines to Live By' book to read from Eac> before going to school (there is a section on defeat). I told him it would Eac> be interesting to see if Bush will hold to the hard line or if he will just Eac> finish up his projects and settle down. Yes -- I don't know. Eac> Sad today and worried even more, Eac> Marlena in Missouri Eac> (where we tried...) I was following Missouri -- the BBC had a flash (flash software!) map constantly updating -- you did OK, Marlena. I mean it. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html