O.K. people, this has gone far enough. There are plenty of other outlets for
discussions of this nature, bee-L however is not one of them. Please
remember this is an international listserv and I for one frankly don't give
a damn about the various political insights of the members. John, if you
have all the answers quit wasting your time (and ours) and get out and DO
SOMETHING about it, let the rest of us get back to the issues that prompted
us to join this list.
 
John Volpe
 
At 10:41 AM 10/28/96 -0800, you wrote:
>marcia sinclair writes:"
>
>This message is one of many rude responses to a simple question. Steven
>tossed out an idea and deserves a reasonable response, not political
>ranting. Please, folks, back off. We are cheering for Cherios, hoping for
>federal funding for research, so why is it so outrageous to consider
>assistance to beekeepers? Farmers and ranchers have been subsidized for
>years. In the midst of a crisis in pollinators in this country, Steve's
>concept deserves consideration. I'd rather have my tax dollars go toward
>beekeeping than bombers. Whether you agree, disagree or want to ponder it,
>at least keep the dialogue more civil.
>
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>
>marcia and others -
>
>the problem is that faced with bombers or bees, the gov't will choose
>bombers.  and bees.  and raise our taxes and / or dump us further into
>the national debt.
>
>less government is better government.
>
>when i vote, i usually vote no to all proposals which will raise taxes,
>no matter how "worthy" the cause is.  we live in a society with roughly
>50% of all workers working for the government.  this isn't good, especially
>for those who don't work for uncle sam.  we all complain about taxes, so,
>why give any consideration for efforts which are designed to raise them?
>can anyone out there really believe that given the choice between bombers or
>bees, the government would choose bees over bombers AND reduce taxes to boot?
>
>marcia - this isn't a flame against you, just a little reality check.  stop
>thinking about how uncle sam can help you out and more about how you can
>solve your own problems.
>
>let the flames begin, i can see it now....
>
>         (\     John     /)
>       {|||8-    in    -8|||}
>         (/  Santa Cruz  \)
>             California
>
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John Volpe
Dept. of Biology
Centre for Environmental Health
University of Victoria
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