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from: Bast
date: 2013-11-13 16:50:12
subject: Re: Klingon elected! [Link]

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Subject: Re: Klingon elected!  [Link]



Daniel47{at}teranews.com wrote:
> Bast wrote:
>> Gary Perkins wrote:
>>>   To: Bast
>>> 09 Nov 13 18:50, from Bast -> All
>>>
>>> Ba> Have you ever noticed how many DEAD PEOPLE are being elected to
>>> public Ba>  office ? I recall there is even a town that has had a cat
>>> for mayor,
>>> Ba> and it keeps getting elected.
>>>
>>> I don't know about dead people, but the cat in question is Stubbs the
>>> Cat.  He lives in an unincorporated town in Alaska, and his mayorship
>>> is honorary. Wikipedia has a decent article on him and a few cute
>>> stories.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Honorary or not,...the fact is the cat probably does a better job than
>> 99.9999999% of mayors in any other city, and costs the taxpayers a lot
>> less to support.
>>
>>
> Is that some sort of bigotry you're suggesting, Bast??  ;-) Reducing the
> Mayors salary, just because it's a cat!! Especially if it's doing/did
> such a bang up job!! ;-)
>
> Daniel



Oh NO......I'm NOT a cat-ophobe.
Some of my best friends are cats. 


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