[Coco] CoCo DICTATOR position Vacant!

[operator at coco3.com]

This topic came up suddenly alongside the ongoing topics related to
coco3.com. I can only hope someone isn't referring to me as just a website
operator.  CoCo3.com has belonged to the CoCo community since at least
1999 and not once have I dictated a single word.






> I cast my vote in full support of both the naming and overthrowing of
> a new coco Dictator.  Sounds like fun.
> -Aaron
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Stephen H. Fischer
> <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not to worry, the votes are far far below my very dismal expectations of
>> the
>> level that it would fail.
>>
>> Without the very high numbers I set as needed, the first act would
>> produce a
>> very much stronger reaction than "riled". Very much stronger!!!!
>> Enormous.
>> And fail making the rest pointless.
>>
>> -------------------------
>> About my mothers maiden name:
>>
>> When ever my bank asks for my mothers maiden name, I say: "Do you wish
>> to
>> 'Argue' with me?".
>>
>> That often produces a laugh and the next question.
>>
>> I got a DVD of family history several years ago about when way back
>> family
>> names were being adopted in Scotland my ancestor "Listened to Arguments"
>>
>> -------------------------
>> SHF
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bjork"
>> <6809er at srbsoftware.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo DICTATOR position Vacant!
>>
>>
>>> Just remember that the Dictator Mussolini did make the trains run on
>>> time
>>> to the delight of the people.  But it did not long for them to turn on
>>> him
>>> and was summarily executed and hung upside down at a gas station for
>>> public
>>> viewing.
>>>
>>> Considering how little it takes for some in the CoCo community to get
>>> riled, I would think twice before becomming a Dictator over them.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/11/2011 4:30 PM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Twenty (20) years ago I saw a problem in that TANDY had vacated the
>>>> CoCo
>>>> DICTATOR position with no successor.
>>>>
>>>> The more that I have gotten back into thinking about the CoCo, reading
>>>> messages and doing things I see that we have suffered greatly and the
>>>> lack
>>>> of a strong DICTATOR is a major reason.
>>>>
>>>> Like any DICTATOR I would rule with a IRON hand, blood will be spilled
>>>> and I may be quickly murdered.
>>>>
>>>> For me to assume this role it would take a huge outpouring of support
>>>> and
>>>> willingness to follow my orders.
>>>>
>>>> A simple "YES" sent to:
>>>>
>>>> mailto:a_nani_mouse at mindspring.com
>>>>
>>>> in sufficient numbers will suffice.
>>>>
>>>> No, I will not announce my decisions in advance and if they are not
>>>> followed things will not get better.
>>>>
>>>> SHF
>>
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