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- From: 471-1@air.atmo.arizona.edu (E. Shane Jimerfield)
- Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.activism.d,talk.environment
- Subject: Re: CFD: alt.politics.green-party
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.060157.18709@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 06:01:57 GMT
- References: <Jym.15Nov1992.0056@naughty-peahen>
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- In article <Jym.15Nov1992.0056@naughty-peahen> jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:
- >=+= I recommend that we create an alt.politics.green-party
- >newsgroup. In the U.S., the Green Party did quite well
- >in this last election -- certainly better than other third
- >parties that already have newsgroups (though most of its
- >candidates were running for local seats).
- >
- >=+= There are Green Parties in other countries as well,
- >and I would very much like for the proposed newsgroup to
- >be a forum for an international exchange of information.
- >
- >=+= I propose the name alt.politics.green-party rather than
- >the simpler alt.politics.green, since the media (in the U.S.,
- >at least) uses "green" for anything vaguely ecological. The
- >more explicit name will hopefully keep folks from thinking
- >it's another talk.environment type of newsgroup.
- > <_Jym_>
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-
- I agree, and give my full suport.
- --
- Take 'er easy.... Shane
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- discharge in the atmosphere)......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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