[Rhodes22-list] you are going to lose one with the flipper
Todd Tavares
sprocket80 at mail.com
Thu Sep 2 22:53:31 EDT 2004
Should I hold my breath? :-D or just save it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Meltzer
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:47:43 -0400
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] you are going to lose one with the flipper
> does that work for you?
>
> MJM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Tavares"
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:57 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] !!
>
>
> >
> > PLEASE CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE IF YOU WANT TO TALK POLITICS!!!
> >
> > (yes I am yelling)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ronald Lipton
> > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:09:22 -0500
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list ,stan
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can a girlyman be a sailor
> > > Stan,
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for taking the time to write your note. I
have
> > > grown
> > > increasingly cynical about politics, the power all seems to be
held
> > by
> > > the groups and businesses with the money to buy PR, and not just
> > > ads but the media themselves. Given the backbiting, the politics
of
> > > personal destruction, the need to kowtow to contributers, I
don't
> > see
> > > how we even get the small fraction of quality politicians that
we
> > have.
> > > But it seems that the fraction is getting smaller. There is
always
> > > hope ...
> > > I guess.
> > >
> > > By the way, you can get an interesting perspective on the
politics
> > of
> > > ; Texas and the nation in the second volume of the Lyndon
Johnson
> > > biography by Robert Caro. The Oil companies and Brown and Root
> > > (now a division of Haliburton) figure prominently in his first
> > stolen
> > > senatorial primary as well as his subsequent career. The more
things
> > > change the more they remain the same.
> > >
> > > Ron Lipton
> > > On Sep 2, 2004, at 9:16 AM, stan wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are back to politics? - Wonderful:
> > > >
> > > > Notice when it is one of their own they flip flop:
> > > >
> > > > Cheney's daughter is gay so he is against the constitution
> > amendment.
> > > >
> > > > Bush's father and TX friends went out of their way to keep him
out
> > of
> > > > the fray but if you sign up for it like Kerry did, and find it
was
> > a
> > > > mistake - that is a flip flop.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone else is accused of a conflict of interest, like
> > Clinton's
> > > > wife was strung up for, that is ok, but the flip flop allows
Mrs.
> > > > Cheney to sit on the board of our huge defense contractor and
that
> > is
> > > > not a conflict of interest. Under whose definition?.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to do the real count on flip flops, see Effros
book of
> > > > quotes to see who leads by a mile.
> > > >
> > > > Chris Mathews says the differences in this election are crisp
if
> > you
> > > > look at the major issues - I liked the way he put the decision
> > making:
> > > >
> > > > If you want to cut taxes proportionally much higher for the
> > wealthiest
> > > > of us - you know who to vote for. .
> > > >
> > > > If you have reservations on advancing science - you know who
to
> > vote
> > > > for. (If you have questions on this one, ask president Regan's
> > son)
> > > >
> > > > If you want us to lead the world single handedly - you know
who to
> > > > vote for.
> > > >
> > > > If you do not mind someone else's kid dying to secure Feluja
(sp?)
> > as
> > > > long as it is not you or yours who has to die for this
strategic
> > piece
> > > > of land needed to keep us free of terrorist - you know who to
vote
> > for
> > > > (personally I grieve more for the thousands and thousands
whose
> > lives
> > ; > > are now shattered by wounds then I do for the ones who may
be
> > going to
> > > > heaven to get their 40 virgins)
> > > >
> > > > If you think the way to have no child left behind is to have
the
> > rest
> > > > of the children stand still while the left behind kids catch
up
> > and
> > > > therefore flip flop over the funding of the program as it was
> > intended
> > > > - you know who to vote for.
> > > >
> > > > If you think being for the environment is passing a law
requiring
> > new
> > > > energy plants to meet regulations and then allowing all energy
> > plants
> > > &g t; to rebuild themselves 99% and call that "not new" so not
under
> > the
> > > > regulations - you know who to vote for.
> > > >
> > > > And if you think the costs of the higher health bills with
lower
> > > > worker productivity that results from dismantling in-place
> > > > environmental regulations can be made up with tie-ins to a
stock
> > > > market because it always goes up - you know who to vote for.
> > > >
> > > > If you agree that the super new debt is going to be taken care
of
> > by
> > > > the super booming economy just around the corner - you know
who to
> > > > vote for.
> > > >
> > > > If you think leadership is someone who sits there for seven
> > minutes in
> > > > a helpless state with a totally blanc look when told we are
being
> > > > attacked, or who lands on an aircraft carrier and emerges from
a
> > war
> > > > plane announcing the war is over when it has not even started,
is
> > t he
> > > > kind of man we need to lead this country in war - you know who
to
> > vote
> > > > for.
> > > >
> > > > If you think government should stay off your back and not be
> > telling
> > > > you how to run your personal business and then flip flops and
> > tells
> > > > you what you have to do with your body - you know who to vote
for.
> > > >
> > > > If you think religion should be allowed to sneak into
government
> > by
> > > > funding religious organizations and other creeping back door
> > > > techniques because you think religiously controlled countries
are
> > more
> > > > likely to live in peace - you know who to vote for - but you
don't
> > > > know your history or current ev ents..
> > > >
> > > > sorry, I am running out of time - not issues that make this
> > election
> > > > an easy distinction between the two major parties.
> > > >
> > > > Just go out and vote - or you deserve what you get. The last
> > election
> > > > was lost to the minority by just a handful of voters not
voting to
> > > > counteract a handful of incompetent old Jewish voters who
voted
> > for
> > > > the favorite son, Buchanan, because they could not make out a
> > ballot
> > > > that showed the wrong picture next to the one they actually
> > intended
> > > > to make president. Vote. Your vote does make a difference.
> > > >
> > > > stan/gbi
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Alm "
> > > > To: "Rhodes"
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:11 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can a girlyman be a sailor
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> No doubt it takes that kind of fire power to guard the
> > Republicans
> > > >> and their
> > > >> little get-together this week. Without them putting their
butts
> > on
> > > >> the > >> line, ready to take a bullet for...um...let's
see...who?
> > Just because
> > > >> you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you.
There
> > must
> > > >> be
> > > >> SOMEONE who deserves all that tax-payer money. Would you take
a
> > > >> bullet for
> > > >> a politician that most of the world hates? I wouldn't. And if
> ; > that
> > > >> makes
> > > >> me a girlyman, then show me to the pantyhose isle! Maybe the
> > original
> > > >> girlyman, Corporal Klinger, had it right all along. 8-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Slim
> > > >>
> > > >> On 9/1/04 9:19 PM, "Michael Meltzer" wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Ok, I have a beer in one hand and bowl of peanuts near the
> > other.
> > > >>> Still
> > > >>> wondering about girlymem, I have to admit the 4 grardsman on
> > > >>> the train patform looked cute, the 2 state police riding in
the
> > > >>> train car had
> > > >>> nice hair cuts, The 200 plus cops in thier cute blue
> > > >>> NYPD uniforms(48 to 58 street, the waldoff did it) while I
walk
> > to
> > > >>> the office.
> > > >>> But the cutest of all was the swat terms(NYDP
> > > >>> specical action units), They look darling standing thier in
> > thier
> > > >>> tight
> > > >>> unimforms, standing thier with thier m16a2 finger indexed
> > > >>> long the triger(at least point down) and the selector set to
3
> > > >>> round(I think
> > > >>> so), I gives me a woody just thinking about it. Bad
> > > >>> day! haw! How many are putting thier ass on the line.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> MJM
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > > >>> From: "ed kroposki" < EKROPOSKI at CHARTER.NET>
> > & gt; >>> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:53 AM
> > > >>> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Can a girlyman be a sailor
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Michael:
> > > >>>> We understand that you had a bad day. The use of alcohol
after
> > such
> > > >>>> a day yields weird results. Stay away from the bottle.
> > > >>>> Just tune into Rum Runner music:
http://users2.ev1.net/~barr/
> > > >>>> Listen and you can tell what rum will do to you.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Ed K
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces @rhodes22.org
> > > >>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> > > > ;>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com
> > > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:18 AM
> > > >>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > >>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can a girlyman be a sailor
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Answer......NO. That would be an oxymoron.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Rummy
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