In a message dated 2/2/2003 4:18:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > .>>."Told last week that the flap doesn't seem to be going away, Bush > answered, > > "So, stop writing about it."<< > > My congressmen says everyone is just "posturing" about it. I don't call > that "posturing". I call that statement unbelievable from the governor of > a > state. > > I have a few places to post this article. Thanks, Leslie. > Sydney > I have said little and all of it directly to individuals and not the list. However, as much as some would like to take a purist approach to this list and avoid "politics", this has clearly become impossible. I'm glad that this list has become a forum for communicating this issue as it would probably be buried and become a "done deal" otherwise. The genealogy community of Florida should be very proud. The enormous arrogance of the Bush family (Jeb in particular, but it clearly is a family trait) is apparent in the above statement (not to mention the current state of the country, but that is off-subject). Obviously, it gives me little joy to say "I told you so". I'm not sure how many of you voted for the man, but hopefully you will think long and hard in the future (though it is too late for Florida). Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I no longer live in the state and could only scream silently from up here in Tennessee while I saw this man returned to office to continue to mis-manage (I got to that term after editing a few more colorful ones) my native state that I still love. You'd think after Claude Kirk and Robert Martinez, Floridians would have learned their lesson about Republican governors, but apparently not. So, all I can say is please keep up the good work, fight this awful proposal (I have emailed, but as a non-resident can only do so much). I still have family in Florida, get to Tallahassee (where I grew up) periodically (also Jacksonville where I was born) and hope to be able to continue to do research in the future. As an alumnus of Florida State, I think this is a terrible idea. Good luck to you all. Paul M. Hendricks, MD 4th generation native Floridian and current transplanted Tennessean