[Rhodes22-list] (was politics) A View From Texas
Mark Kaynor
mark at kaynor.org
Thu Apr 1 15:58:19 EST 2004
Jim,
Ditto. I added an anchor light last year, but I just stole the conductor
from the steaming light. I like your switch idea. What make and model did
you use?
And thanks for your thoughts from the border.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Wally Buck
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:52 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (was politics) A View From Texas
Hey Jim, if I had spreader lights I surely would have piped in! I wasn't
ignoring your question, i just had no advice to offer!
Wally
>From: Jim White <jdwhite at panam.edu>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (was politics) A View From Texas
>Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:34:59 -0600
>
>
> Yikes Ya'll
> How did this become such a fierce issue? I couldn't even get any
> advice from you guys about wire routing for my spreader lights!
> Finally decided to drill a couple of #21 holes in the mast P/S side
> and take the wires from there, plug up the holes with good ol'
> silly-cone, ran another hot wire off of my bus and added a fuse
> protected rocker switch.....any gripes about that?
> Now, on to the main issue. GW is of course from Texas, so because most
> of ya'll have preconceived notions 'bout how we Texans are (I think
> that's called stereotyping); you'd guess we'd to the man defend him.
> We'll I for one have my problems with the guy. Don't get me wrong, I'm
> far from liberal...in fact I might be characterized as to the right of
> Atilla the Hun. But, our foreign policy is a mess, and domestic
> matters maybe even worse. Spending is out of control. They're giving
> away billions of yours, mine and Stans dinero to placate the rest of
> the world.
> I live a mere 10 miles from the US Mexico Border (shorter in a
> straight line)...(and yes, Rummy there is a Mt. Gay Rum god....I buy
> it 'cross the border for $6.50/liter), and border crossing is a joke.
> While legitimate travelers are subject to high pressure bureaucracy,
> in the brush just down river illegal aliens are streaming into the
> good ol' US at an alarming rate...including the orts and leavings of
> every nefarious third world country. Our local domestic shrimp
> industry is in chaos because special interest protects the dumping of
> tons of foreign farm raised product on the market, things that I
> thought our federal government was supposed to protect us from. Farms
> are closing down at a record rate, because NAFTA has allowed cheap
> produce to flood the domestic market. I can't even fly out without
> taking off my shoes and proving that I have no fireworks in my soles!
> ...And whose fault is this? Is it GW's, Clinton, George Sr., Ronald
> Reagan? Jimmy Carter? ad infinitum? No, these problems have been a
> long time in the making, and are finally culminating like an ugly
> blackhead on the end of our collective noses. IT'S OUR FAULT. While
> the ship moved forward, we depended on each other to mind the rudder,
> while in actuality, NO ONE WAS THERE! We let the special interests,
> the Washington elected and others in high places (including the media)
> get by without accountability. We didn't bother to see the rocks that
> lay ahead, or even check the radar.
> And now it's up to us to collectively work together to get this big
> old boat back on course. I think we all know what we have to do. We
> are a diverse nation, and we proudly celebrate that fact. But do we
> celebrate our unity as well? Our will to work together for the common
> good?
> Yea, I'm from Texas, and sometimes this place seems like more of a
> nation than a state, but I also can see what's going on in the rest of
> this great country and am more worried than I've ever been, I don't
> want to lose any more freedom, liberty or prosperity because I
> neglected the rudder.
> Sorry for the diatribe.
> Jim White
> BTW A proud Vietnam Vet....
> At 02:45 PM 04/01/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Steve,
> Japan attacked the US, Iraq did not. How you can compare the two
> shows a real lack of understanding of both history and current
> world events.
> By the way, NC had a "cowboy Republican" for too many years,
> luckily Jesse Helms decided to retire.
> Wally
>
> From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> To: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004
> 11:16:42 -0800 (PST)
> Good thing Bush lower you taxes to make up for all the
> State tax increases, Stan. Maybe you need to try to
> get more Rupublican voted into office there in NC and
> you would not have those problem. Maybe you have a
> wild NC rebulican cowboy that could help you out:-) I
> find it interesting that a business owner would hold
> the view that you do, Stan. I work for the government
> and see that your analysis is off. No offence but I
> call them like they analyze out to be. As for our
> solders, they signed up to fight; on their own free
> will. Surenly you don't think that the militery
> paycheck is jsut the same as a welfare check. Also,
> the only reason that we all can sit here & voice our
> opinions freely is the fact that we have militery
> Bases all over the world with solders on ready to
> fight to protect this country. That what keep this
> country free; we fight to keep it that way. Talking
> does no good.
> Steve
> PS - No offence Stan. Just my opinion. BTW: I had
> relative that died in WWII so that you all don't have
> to speak Japanese. Maybe we should have jsut raised
> the white flag then, we wouldn't have to worry about
> Irag today - Would have been an Japan problem:-)
> --- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
> > sorry - I can't resist
> >
> > As usual both sides score points but I am old enough
> > to remember that when
> > Clinton did his military thing the republicans were
> > screaming for his head
> > for trying to help the oppressed Muslims, even
> > though he did not lose
> > American lives in the process. Imagine if this were
> > Clinton's war - they
> > would have hired a hit squad to stop him. This time
> > it's a republican
> > trying to help Muslims and it is the second coming.
> >
> > I would not pick on Geraldo for trying to tell us
> > some good news - while he
> > is more liberal than his Foxy brothers he does eat
> > at the pleasure of those
> > network divisions of the Murdock/General Electric
> > giants. I would,
> > however, pick on our media mouthpieces for not
> > picking on leaders who plowed
> > us into a venture where the facts have proven these
> > strategist failed their
> > pre-attack homework. It may be comforting to cry
> > over the dead but it is
> > sickening to see the thousands upon thousands who
> > come back to us breathing
> > but leaving so many of their good parts over there.
> > As has been posted on
> > these pages, face the facts. It is easy to be
> > satisfied with this just cause
> > when fighting the computer wars. But would it still
> > be a just cause if you
> > knew you were going to be among those thousands of
> > irreversibly altered
> > returning bodies - or would you too be switching to,
> > hell no, we won't go.
> > If you think this cause worth gambling even part of
> > you and willing to put
> > up and follow a wild ersatz Texas cowboy, I respect
> > you and will shut up.
> > But I won't be in back of you for this one.
> >
> > As long as the economy was put on the electronic
> > table I assume by now you
> > all know that the tax cuts were not tax cuts but
> > simply redistribution of
> > wealth. The savings of my guys has long since been
> > more than eaten up by
> > non-progressive increases in gas prices, sales
> > taxes, state income taxes,
> > real estate taxes, tuition increases (which is
> > really the longest lasting
> > and most detrimental to the health of this country -
> > read Brokaws The
> > Greatest Generation, tax increases) and endless food
> > and commodity price
> > increases. We have raised the price of a Rhodes one
> > thousand dollars and
> > that still does not make up for the increases in
> > steel, and resin and
> > aluminum and plywood - even with our throwing our
> > two social security checks
> > into the pot. I think those who were having
> > difficulty connecting the dots
> > to our leader's vision of our future, are beginning
> > to see the picture. One
> > of my nightmare visions are the fathers of a
> > balanced budget taking the
> > national debt to infinity: Foreigners pulling out
> > of bonds, interest rates
> > skyrocketing, the housing starts plummeting and
> > worse, the record number of
> > credit card carrying Americans suddenly having a
> > monthly interest burden
> > that will burry them - if they could afford a
> > funeral. As one pundit put
> > it, Bush had campaigned to bring us together and he
> > is finally succeeding.
> > I think we already have enough Slims out there to
> > put him out to pasture.
> >
> > stan/gbi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Geraldo Rivera
> > reports
> >
> >
> > > Interesting Ed.
> > > I have always thought that Fox was well balanced
> > for
> > > new. ABC, CBS & NBC are all liberal networks. Or
> > at
> > > least, I think so. I also think we are doing a
> > good
> > > job over there. In the good old days, helping
> > poor
> > > abused people to achive freedom was a liberal
> > cause.
> > > But Clinton did not think to help those people so
> > now
> > > the dems. have to opose it. At least we are
> > helping
> > > them. That whats important.
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
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