Example of US.A's problem

[divnswoop 0]

I posted a question to Obama and McCain on CNN's website. To date, niether has answered. How can I take either of them seriously if they won't answer my question I put on the internet? They are both useless and self-serving. We should make them do this position with virtually no pay or compensation for their time.

[aresye 0]

How long ago did you post it? You have any clue how many questions have likely been submitted?

Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

[billvon 3,096]

> I posted a question to Obama and McCain on CNN's website. To
>date, niether has answered. How can I take either of them seriously if they
>won't answer my question I put on the internet?

Exactly! I recently mailed a letter demanding that my local congressional representative (Bilbray) attend a Perris fundraiser for an injured jumper. And you know what? THEY DIDN'T SHOW! How can I take them seriously if they refuse to help anyone? What a git.

[divnswoop 0]

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How long ago did you post it? You have any clue how many questions have likely been submitted?

Doesn't matter...I am a voter and I demand answers. They obviously don't care cause they didn't respond. I will just vote for Mr. T.......he at least gave me a return comment on Myspace.

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I recently mailed a letter demanding that my local congressional representative (Bilbray) attend a Perris fundraiser for an injured jumper. And you know what? THEY DIDN'T SHOW

Just another example of a self serving politician. He is out of touch with the average person in Perris. I can't believe he didn't show or at least send you some money...WTF is America coming to?

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

I realize you're trying to make a point but you just sound fucking stupid right now. That is all.

[Squeak 17]

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I realize you're trying to make a point but you just sound fucking stupid right now. That is all.

he posted it in Bonfire, as a ridicule, not a serious political point.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[labrys 0]

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I realize you're trying to make a point but you just sound fucking stupid right now. That is all.

Well there ya go, Swoop. You've been razzed by an idiot who thinks people actually are laughing with him and not at him because he got caught in a pic trying to extend his anatomy with a candy wrapper.

Who's the real man here Swoop? You should probably STFU and try to learn something from the Skittles dude.

Owned by Remi #?

[DougH 270]

Wow! Harsh!

This is a good lesson kids, think before you act!

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

I'm just saying it gets annoying as hell when people make posts like this. They just take the title of the other persons post change it slightly and then (usually) say retarded shit.

[Stewie 0]

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...trying to extend his anatomy with a candy wrapper.

How exactly does this work? To think I've been wasting my money on penis pumps, when all I needed was a 79 cent confection? Shit.

"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech

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I'm just saying it gets annoying as hell when people make posts like this. They just take the title of the other persons post change it slightly and then (usually) say retarded shit.

Have ya read most of the bonfire...it's mostly ALL retarded shit

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[divnswoop 0]

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Well there ya go, Swoop. You've been razzed by an idiot who thinks people actually are laughing with him and not at him because he got caught in a pic trying to extend his anatomy with a candy wrapper.

Who's the real man here Swoop? You should probably STFU and try to learn something from the Skittles dude.

True....BUT, Kelly you miss out on three very key points.

1. He is wearing sunglasses is his profile pic and....

2. He has a myspace page...which I am sure that Mr. T has informed him he knows far more in his long time in the sport....and

3. Red skittles rock.....so you need to STFU!!!,,,,(but purple skittles are gay

So, Kelly, maybe you need to "check yo self" before bashing this post.

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

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I realize you're trying to make a point but you just sound fucking stupid right now. That is all.

Well there ya go, Swoop. You've been razzed by an idiot who thinks people actually are laughing with him and not at him because he got caught in a pic trying to extend his anatomy with a candy wrapper.

Who's the real man here Swoop? You should probably STFU and try to learn something from the Skittles dude.

I know they are laughing at me. I just don't give a shit.
but hey your right. I should probably be hurt because you just insulted me. I'm gonna go cry now. because your opinion means everything to me. I guess if we are doing personal attacks I should probably tell you to learn to read, cause I don't believe my post was aimed at you.

[divnswoop 0]

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I'm just saying it gets annoying as hell when people make posts like this. They just take the title of the other persons post change it slightly and then (usually) say retarded shit.

and I'm saying I am tired of people who run their mouth about what they hate about USPA and don't so SHIT about it....they don't vote....they don't attend USPA meetings..they sit back and play arm chair quarterback...There are a lot of "title changing" but this is a "real" issue amoung skydivers..

If this is retarted shit, please inform this retard (me) what you have done for the sport and UPSA?

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I guess if we are doing personal attacks

Who started that? Sober up and post in the morning

[labrys 0]

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3. Red skittles rock.....so you need to STFU!!!,,,,(but purple skittles are gay

So, Kelly, maybe you need to "check yo self" before bashing this post.

I'll answer now because after I "check ma self" my fingers will be too sticky to type.

(purple skittles are only gay if you forget to close the parentheses around them...









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Owned by Remi #?

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

Thats different. But the way I read it, it appears you are ripping on the other thread with pretty much the same title. where all he is doing is pointing out that no one responded to his question. and hoping to get an answer. It's logical to expect them to respond here seeing as how as big of a deal as the uspa is their elections dont get tv coverage. if not here where can someone expect to get a response.(uspa meetings yeah but its not like they are held at your local city hall where you just have to drive a couple mins) its way different than obama or mccain responding to a question and you know it. im gonna go out on a limb here but i'd have to say that the uspa candidates don't get nearly the volume of mail that the obama and mccain campaigns do.

[divnswoop 0]

Yep, we *should* expect them to answer our questions.......


and red skittles rock.


Maybe one day I my RD will answer the questions I pose on DZ.com........but they suck and only take my phone calls and emails. They are horrible.

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

Phone calls and emails are great but that only gets the answer to one person at a time. Wouldn't it be more useful for a candidate to post on a forum where the answer can get to plenty of people at once. I'm not saying emailing and calling are a bad way to do it. but when you are first running and trying to get elected doesn't it make a lot of sense to get your views and positions out to as many people as you possibly can? And therefore wouldn't it be in a candidates best interest to answer questions like this in a public setting?

[billvon 3,096]

>And therefore wouldn't it be in a candidates best interest to
>answer questions like this in a public setting?

Easy answer - no. It would instantly be used by partisan hacks as a way to "trap" candidates into saying things to be used against them. "Do you still hate america" "do you really think you're so smart" etc.

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

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>And therefore wouldn't it be in a candidates best interest to
>answer questions like this in a public setting?

Easy answer - no. It would instantly be used by partisan hacks as a way to "trap" candidates into saying things to be used against them. "Do you still hate america" "do you really think you're so smart" etc.

Ok, I have not been around the sport for long and therefore haven't been through a USPA BOD election but does it really get that heated?

[birdlike 0]

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I posted a question to Obama and McCain on CNN's website. To date, niether has answered. How can I take either of them seriously if they won't answer my question I put on the internet? They are both useless and self-serving. We should make them do this position with virtually no pay or compensation for their time.

Is this really a problem with "the U.S.A.?"

Do French citizens often get personal replies to questions posed to their president?

Do you understand that there are 300,000,000 people in the U.S.A. and it is physically impossible for each citizen to be able to get direct access to a leader of so many.

I know we're not talking about the president of the U.S., but even senators have millions of constituents. How can they answer specific questions posed by any given one of them.

Do you really mean to say that you have been done wrong because no one got back to you? Was there a fair expectation on your part that they would?

Spirits fly on dangerous missions
Imaginations on fire

[DJL 235]

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I posted a question to Obama and McCain on CNN's website. To date, niether has answered. How can I take either of them seriously if they won't answer my question I put on the internet? They are both useless and self-serving. We should make them do this position with virtually no pay or compensation for their time.

Try contacting them through a Facebook Fun Wall appllication.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[DJL 235]

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>And therefore wouldn't it be in a candidates best interest to
>answer questions like this in a public setting?

Easy answer - no. It would instantly be used by partisan hacks as a way to "trap" candidates into saying things to be used against them. "Do you still hate america" "do you really think you're so smart" etc.

Ok, I have not been around the sport for long and therefore haven't been through a USPA BOD election but does it really get that heated?

Whooosh!

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[JohnRich 4]

Dear Readers:

I'm sure that this original posting was tongue in cheek. He's making fun of, through the use of mimicry, this thread:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3289928;#3289278

To all of you who took him seriously, you've been "had".

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

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Dear Readers:

I'm sure that this original posting was tongue in cheek. He's making fun of, through the use of mimicry, this thread:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3289928;#3289278

To all of you who took him seriously, you've been "had".

No, I knew thats what he was doing. It annoys me when people do that. Don't know why, it just does.