Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:50:01 -0500
Reply-To: Sheila Pearson <sheikh@DRAGONET.ES>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Sheila Pearson <sheikh@DRAGONET.ES>
Subject: Re: Archives Idea
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PLEASE STOP SENDING ME THESE MESSAGES
"Steven X. Schwenk" wrote:
> Bob...i'm not sure where you get this idea that california is a liberal
> state. We've had republican govenors for the last 16 years, including rambo
> ronnie and pissed-of-pete...we execute as many prisoners as anyone...and
> kill more in prison "accidentally" than any other state. We lock more
> people up than nearly any other place on earth. We passed prop. 187
> outlawing affirmative action, and the other prop. stripping all benefits
> from illegal imigrants, inclding pregnant women and children. We no longer
> waste money educating our kids (we're near the bottom on every list) and
> spend it instead on prisons and cops. Our attorney general refused to sue
> the tobacco companies, was a rabid pro-liffer and refused to enforce gun
> control laws. We don't pay time and a half till you've worked over 40
> hours. In this state, with three strikes and you're out, there are hundreds
> doing life for the crime of stealing food or beer from convenience stores.
> Most of the towns are redder than anywhere i've been. the only liberal outp
> posts are san francisco bay area, LA and some northern counties. The only
> good news for us liberals and commies is that we just elected a democratic
> gov, atty general, and legislature. for the first time in decades!
>
> As far as the copyright issues with your fine work on the Bentley manual,
> sounds like fair use to me! :-). Bentley does not have an electronic
> version we can buy so what are we supposed to do? But then again, look what
> they did to the prez for getting a little R&R in the oval office. I applaud
> your desire to share Bentley's knowledge with everyone...but better be
> careful... you don't want to go the way of your friend who over did it with
> the grain.
> steve
>
> "Robert A. Alexander" wrote:
>
> > Steve - With all this "copyright" stuff on the List, does this mean that
> > I have wasted my time in completely copying, on my flatbed scanner, the
> > entire Bentley 1980 - 1991 repair manual, with the intentions of making
> > it available on the List??? I realize that such copying can continue to
> > serve my personal purposes, but I had intended on it becoming available
> > to those who had no access to such.
> >
> > I've been reading these notes and it sems that owners of funky OLD VW
> > vans are capable of becoming upset that someone has actually had the
> > GONADS to post a pic of said vans on some webpage showing us a variety
> > of VW Vans, and it IS SCARY!!!
> >
> > As some have said, "as California goes, the Republic goes", SO I need
> > good legal advice from a practicing attorney from the People's Republic
> > of California (PRC) as to what to expect if I offer these delightful
> > pages from the Bentley on the List.
> >
> > Uh, IF I send someone a scanned page from the Bentley, privately, whose
> > to know?
> >
> > BOB - WA4RRN
> > '85GL - "Bourgeois"
> > http://www.malelesbians.com
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