Actually, I read yesterday he was never elected

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azstrummer — 5/13/2009 1:43:24 PM (archived)

His position was actually an appointed one. The only elections he participated in he lost. I wish I'd saved the link. It was a page that had hundreds of refutations of commonly held notions about history, physics, wive's tales, etc. Interesting read.

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Why does there appear to be so much hatred for the Jews? - Jody - 5/1/2009 2:15:10 PM
- Possibly an echo of the Jewish War circa 120 AD - sdfss - 5/22/2009 4:55:36 PM
- re: Why does there appear to be so much hatred for the Jews? - him - 5/22/2009 1:19:39 PM
- Oy, vey! Why us? - ER - 5/13/2009 3:40:15 PM
- Fundamentally, it is their typical minority status almost everywhere. - David F Mayer - 5/13/2009 1:02:57 AM
- This question makes me uncomfortable but... - Jody - 5/2/2009 12:25:14 AM
  - America did. And the Vatican, too. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:13:26 AM
    - Actually, the Vatican's reasons weren't anti-Semitic in origin. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:54:27 AM
      - The Catholic church acted disgracefully during WWII - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 6:54:51 AM
        
        re: The Catholic church acted disgracefully during WWII - Samantha - 5/12/2009 10:08:20 PM
  - There wasn't really a "during" the holocaust for the ROW - FrankC - 5/2/2009 2:01:59 AM
    - Who helped put Hitler in power in the 30's... - Jody - 5/2/2009 4:20:38 AM
      - Volumes have been written... - FrankC - 5/2/2009 5:29:15 AM
        
        Actually, I read yesterday he was never elected - azstrummer - 5/13/2009 1:43:24 PM
- May not be as much as it seems. - Bowser - 5/1/2009 10:56:29 PM
  - " there have been other, worse slaughters during and after WWII. We don't hear about them." - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2009 11:07:49 PM
    - You're being silly. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 12:02:19 AM
      - Your premise - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 2:54:58 AM
        
        Gypsies were persecuted along with Jews. Because of race. Do we hear about that? - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:58:41 AM
        
        I have heard about gypsies sent to gas chambers with the Jews. - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 6:46:30 AM
- diaspora - FrankC - 5/1/2009 6:29:21 PM
  - In the begining - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2009 8:48:10 PM
    - Interesting case of blaming Jews for the plague, or "black death" - z - 5/1/2009 10:34:22 PM
- Who told you that there is? (n/t) - S - 5/1/2009 4:00:55 PM
  - No one...observation (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2009 4:15:54 PM

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