- Hello,
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- Was reading through Fox News website (gotta keep track
of what they're up to) and went through a poll they had posted as of 6-6.
Mostly the usual spin, Bush is God, etc. (gag) and then I came upon the
following qustion:
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Residents of the United States must pass a test to obtain a driver's license
before being allowed to drive a motor vehicle. Do you think residents should
also be required to pass a test before being allowed to:
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- 23. Buy a gun? Yes 77% No
18 NS 5
24. Become a parent? Yes 37% No 54 NS 9
25. Register to vote? Yes 47% No 48 NS 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Well, the first thing that jumped out at me was that
we, the people, were now being referred to as "residents," not
citizens. There was no mention of aliens, legal or otherwise, or foreign
visitors, but "residents," which could only mean you and I. (Perhaps
we must prove our citizenship before the regime before we are recognized?)
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- Then question 25. Should "residents" be required
to pass a "test" before being allowed to vote?
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- What!???!!!
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- Pass a test before we are "allowed" to vote???!!!
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- "ALLOWED"???!!!
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- To VOTE???!!!
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- Are we being primed for what is next?
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- Are our voting RIGHTS next in Herr Ashcroft's sites?
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- Instead of choosing which votes to count, will pResident
and his pals now choose which of us can vote?
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- According to this poll, 47% (of residents, I guess) think
it's a good idea!
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- Somebody, please wake me!
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- Comment
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- From Tim Childree
6-8-2
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- I have verified the wording of this question, which can
be found on the FoxNews website. You can verify it by using the search
feature at FoxNews.com. Simply type "allowed to vote" and click
the first link on the hit-list.
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- I sent the following email to FoxNews and I encourage
your listeners to send similar emails until they get the message and apologize
for their ignorance of the Constitution of the United States of America.
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- This message concerns a FoxNews poll, the results of
which were reported on June 7, 2002 in an internet article by Dana Blanton.
Question 25 of this poll asked:
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- "Residents of the United States must pass a test
to obtain a driver's license before being allowed to drive a motor vehicle.
Do you think residents should also be required to pass a test before being
allowed to: 25. Register to vote?"
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- Your choice of words for this question disturbs me for
the following reasons:
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- 1. Only citizens of the U.S.A. can vote. Resident aliens
cannot vote under any circumstances in any state. "Residents of the
United States" is a phrase that encompasses anyone living in this
country: native citizens, naturalized citizens, and aliens (legal or illegal).
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- 2. Citizens of the U.S.A. are not "allowed"
to vote. Most of us are born with this right. The rest acquire it through
naturalization. We must simply register with our local election board
in order to exercise this constitutional right. We cannot lose this right
unless we renounce our citizenship or receive a felony conviction. The
Federal government is not granted the power to "allow" or "tolerate"
our voting.
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- The person responsible for writing this question is apparently
ignorant of the most basic constitutional principles of the United States
of America. Unless I see or hear an on-air apology for this moronic error
within the next seven days, I will no longer watch your programming and
I will actively boycott your advertisers.
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- I am sorry that I must make such a threat. I thoroughly
enjoy most of the television you provide, and I greatly appreciate your
efforts to provide a genuine conservative perspective on the news of each
day. Nevertheless, I cannot tolerate such a blatant display of stupidity;
and I am not alone.
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- Tim Childree
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