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"If you non-U.S. citizens are wondering what the electoral college is and what bunch of ninnies thought it up: The US Constitution was written by rich white men like Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Randolph, and others. They wrote it for the benefit of rich white men like themselves. They didn't trust the common man --at all--, hence the college of electors, who didn't (and don't) necessarily have to vote for the candidate that carries their state. Here in Georgia, I didn't vote for Al Gore. I voted for nine Democratic Party hacks that promise to vote for Al when the college meets in December. Yeah, I know its crazy, but it works. Abraham LIncoln won the 1860 election with a clear victory in the Electoral College but only @ 40% of the popular vote." - Walt, explaining the electoral college to foreigners

SOURCE: AOL newsgroup

Wow, this must be burning you up to search for me on Usenet.

That's not an AOL newsgroup. There ain't no sech thing. That is from the USENET newsgroup for World War Two.

I was going round and round with some Brits, one Belgian and an Australian about the bombing of Germany. If you search that NG about three years ago, you'll find a thread "Was the daylight bombing campaign necessary?"

The Brits/others were saying that U.S. bombers -- specifically the B-17 -- were almost no value to the war effort. Their bomb loads were too small, their return fire against German fighters was useless, they scattered their bombs pretty much at random across Germany. They were not even a fly on a bull's butt when compared to the mighty Royal Air Force.

They were as vociferous as the neo-rebs on this subject, but I finally reeled them in.

You won't see that line pushed on that NG any more.

AOL has forums, not newsgroups.

Walt

Wow, this must be burning you up to search for me on Usenet.

No, not really. I simply went out to verify an alleged quote you cut n' paste here a few days ago and discovered that the only place it appears on the net is in various posts from none other than you. Curious upon finding your name next to it on many usenet posts, I clicked on it to see what else you had been up to over there. From there it was surprisingly easy to stumble across that little quote of yours.

That's not an AOL newsgroup.

My mistake then. It came up via google and listed the organization as AOL, but upon looking back it appears that this was a reference to your ISP organization.

I was going round and round with some Brits, one Belgian and an Australian about the bombing of Germany.

Perhaps you were, but in that statement you (1) trashed the founding fathers and US Constitution in terminology usually exhibited by the most radical of the left wing america-hating revisionists, and (2) proudly explained your personal affiliation with the Democrat Party and its far-left candidate Al Gore in 2000.