I know that for the love of all good things, this talk of politics should cease. But... David White said: one of the few things I admire about the US is the fact that status is not defined by who your ancestors were. AND Scott Plagenhoef said: Yes, it's brilliant living in a country in which you can become anything you set your mind to -- even president! Why this year we have a choice between a president's son *and* a senator's son. I have now said: can you say "Kennedy"? can you say "Ford"? can you say "lots of other dynasty-family names that don't exactly come to mind yet but are certainly out there"? I thought so. Sebastian is looking for a Belle. Apply within. Charles ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+