Re: Apple on the Internet

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:56:41 -0600, Roy Miller wrote:

> Paul Grammens wrote:
>
>> Jack Schmidling <arf@mc.net> wrote in message
>> news:3c06504b$0$12999$4c41069e@reader0.ash.ops.us.uu.net...
>> > I had been using my IIe on the internet years before Al Gore invented it
>> but
>> > I can't seem to access it anymore.
>>
>> Yeah, nothing seems to work since Bush took office. You're lucky it's just
>> your internet access.  Half of my co-workers don't work anymore, and more
>> layoffs are coming next month.
>> -Paul
>
> I suppose you hadn't noticed that the economic data showed that growth
> started declining in Spring of 2000, the decline accelerating during the
> summer (remember the rolling black/brown outs in CA? remember the climbing
> price of gas - per the Clinton policy?) and fall. Everyone knew in the fall
> of 2000 that Bush or Gore, we would have a recession this year. High energy
> costs (now down, thanks in part to Russia dumping oil on the market) and
> 9-11 have simply made things worse.
>
> Bush or Gore, how would that effect anyone's internet access?
>
> Roy

The hell with this argument if your administration in Florida had bought
decent voting machines i.e. Apple IIs instead of that Microsoft "half chad"
stuff you would have got your Presidential outcome a helluva lot quicker.
Are your State administrations so cheap and low budget? :)


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