[Rhodes22-list] R. M. Nixon

Steve Alm salm@mn.rr.com
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:25:25 -0600 

Wally,
Right!  JFK makes Billy Boy look like a choir boy.
Slim

On 1/24/03 8:59 AM, "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> JFK, pretty cool. All in all JFK was lucky he was President back in the 60s
> when every little discretion wasn't front page news.
> 
> Wally
> 
> 
>> From: Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com>
>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>> To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] R. M. Nixon
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:08:40 -0600
>> 
>> Wally,
>> Your mom was right to take you down there to see that. What better way to
>> learn about these events than to be there.  Honestly, I'm not trying to
>> one-up you here but I shook JFK's hand when I was 6.  It was simply
>> explained to me that this is the boss of our country.  As I watched his
>> speech, I was glad this guy was in charge--such charisma, even effecting a
>> 6
>> year old boy.  I felt comforted by his very person.  I remember him saying
>> he was on his way to Dallas.  It was one of the last speeches he made.
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 1/23/03 4:08 PM, "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Brad,
>>> 
>>> Back in the early 70s my Dad was stationed in San Diego. We lived on
>> base
>>> and the President was coming to visit. We headed to the Naval Air
>> Station
>>> and saw Air Force One come in for a landing and then taxi over to the
>>> cheering crowd. Nixon came down from the plane waving to the crowd and
>>> stopped to shake hands before jumping in his limo. Well Tricky Dick
>> shook my
>>> hand and patted me on the back. I was only thirteen years old and didn't
>>> know squat about politics but I really liked Nixon after that. I mean
>> after
>>> all he did shake my hand right?
>>> 
>>> Well a few years later we are living in Fairfax VA (Dads was working at
>>> Pentagon then) and Watergate hits the scene. Talk about bursting my
>> bubble.
>>> First Agnew is gone and then Nixon announces his resignation.  My Mom
>> wanted
>>> us to see history in the making. She loaded up the wagon with the family
>> and
>>> we went down to the White House to witness Nixon's infamous exit. We saw
>> him
>>> walk over to the helicopter, give his big two handed wave and fly away
>> in
>>> disgrace.
>>> 
>>> It was kind of cool to see all of this first hand. It really opened up
>> my
>>> eyes though and I have not trusted politicians ever since.
>>> 
>>> Wally
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From: brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com>
>>>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>>>> To: wwrhodes@rhodes22.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list
>>>> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Social programs.
>>>> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:05:42 -0800 (PST)
>>>> 
>>>> Stan,
>>>> 
>>>> That reminds me of the campaign rhetoric from 1992
>>>> coming from the "pork belly" Senator from NY,
>>>> remember, "the greed of the 80's".  Much of the
>>>> "paradigm shift" in the "new economy" of the nineties
>>>> was "smoke and mirrrors".  My best friend, a very
>>>> conservative stock broker, said all through the boom
>>>> there wasn't anything to back up the stock prices and
>>>> he was right.  Some CEO's, no, make that a lot of
>>>> CEO's turned out to be crooks. I hope they go to jail
>>>> but they probably won't.  Now we're in the middle of a
>>>> recession, business cycle, correction, what ever you
>>>> want to call it.  It would have come no matter who was
>>>> in office or who ran the SEC just as the Tulip Bubble
>>>> burst in Holland several hundred years ago. We've made
>>>> money about as cheap as it can get and people aren't
>>>> spending.  Now we're running up the deficit just as
>>>> FDR did to jump start the economy.  Cutting taxes
>>>> worked for Reagan, maybe it will work for 43.  The
>>>> truth is, as Richard Nixon lamented, the President is
>>>> either hero or goat as a result of the economy with
>>>> limited means to change it in the short run... Ah,
>>>> Richard Milhous Nixon!  Oh well, save that praise for
>>>> another day Bradley.
>>>> 
>>>> Brad Haslett
>>>> --- General Boats <wwrhodes@rhodes22.com> wrote:
>>>>> You are talking about the C.E.O. generation the
>>>>> government coddled after Levitt
>>>>> left the helm of the SEC, right?
>>>>> 
>>>>> stan/gbi
>>>>> 
>>>>> Rik Sandberg wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rummy,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Absolutely agree that a "helping hand" sometimes
>>>>> is necessary and good. What
>>>>>> we have now is not a helping hand. The better
>>>>> share of these people are
>>>>>> doing nothing more than mooching their entire
>>>>> existence off of the rest of
>>>>>> us. Probably can't only blame either them or the
>>>>> government for that though,
>>>>>> as much as we'd like to, WE are letting them do it
>>>>> to us. I'm with Steve
>>>>>> here. Once you let people get used to getting
>>>>> stuff for nothing, not only do
>>>>>> they eventually stop appreciating these benefits,
>>>>> they soon also expect
>>>>>> more. Just ask them, they'll tell you they
>>>>> *deserve* this stuff. Some folks
>>>>>> just don't have the strength of character to take
>>>>> pride in making their own
>>>>>> way through life. Free handouts uncover these
>>>>> types very quickly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rik
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: <R22RumRunner@aol.com>
>>>>>> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:18 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Social programs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Whether we like having our tax dollars going to
>>>>> social problems or not,
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> the social programs that help make our society
>>>>> what it is. Without the
>>>>>>> programs you would have more homeless people,
>>>>> health problems, more crime
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> a social class without a future.
>>>>>>> I'm not advocating free rides. People need to
>>>>> work at improving their
>>>>>>> situations, but sometimes circumstances put good
>>>>> people into bad
>>>>>> situations
>>>>>>> and they need a helping hand.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Rummy
>>>>>>> 
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