[lbo-talk] PLEASE IDENTIFY THE POST YOU RESPOND TO!!!! Re: Obama realignment

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Jan 22 12:45:04 PST 2009


Matthias Wasser wrote:
>
> A number of Democrats who voted for it the first time around have said
> that they'll vote against it, now that it actually has a chance of
> getting passed. If this wasn't going to be a fight you wouldn't see
> television ads churned out by both sides.

Voting on what? Whose post are you responding to? The Subject line offers no context.

AND

Dennis Perrin wrote:
>
> >> I wanted to hear the thunder and watch The first drops of a new
> >> American rain.
>
> Cluster bombs and white phosphorus

Who wrote the post quoted? What is the context.

You really cannot assume readers have read the post you are responding to.

Clearly more posters should heed shag's advice:

shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
> [clip]
> It would be rilly rilly swell if you could leave in your message an
> indication of the person to whom you are replying. Like I did with your
> text above. When I replied, I left the relevant part of your message
> in this email. You'll notice that everyone on this does that. Otherwise,
> the rest of us have no idea to whom you are replying. Indeed, it looks like
> you are talking to yourself, rather than having a conversation *with*
> others on the list.
>
> Thank you.
>
> shag
>
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