[Rhodes22-list] To DAVE about Virginia and in reply

[3drecon]

Dave,

I know where Vienna is, I used to moon-light at the Tyson's Loewes Cineplex as the head projectionist before I was recalled to active duty.  Ft. Belvoir not only provides a cheaper alternative, though probably not as nice as a private marina, it is  relatively close.

I am sure when you say Republicans out-spent the Democrats you are adjusting dollars for inflation?  Do you also include the  Social Security Administration and all its siblings and offspring (Medicare, WIC, Medicaid (though a state program, it is Federally Funded), Department of Education, "The Great Society" programs, all of which, under Democrat Rule became untouchable (third rail) entitlements?  Also during most of those Republican" administrations, the Democrats had control of the House and Senate, and in many cases, a veto-proof majority, prior to 1994, and all spending bills originate in the House.  The Republicans have held only a thin majority since 1994.  We are also at war now.  It is a-symetrical, but it is war non-the-less.  If you don't think so, it will take another attack to prove it.

I don't agree with everything the Republicans do, and I don't like the way they have gone hog-wild spending on the social programs.  I don't agree with subsidies to farmers, milk, or others.  I also think we need to repeal the 17th amendment(before we start amending the Constitution for flag burning and other non-sense).  I don't think Congressmen and Senators should receive retirement benefits after office either (see the Federalist and anti-Federalist papers).

I don't know what a moon-bat is.

I think the Democrats are corrupt from too many years of power.  They feel entitled to it.  Sane voices like Joe Lieberman are locked out and loonies like Kennedy, Kerry, Pelosi, Schumer et al are lauched to the head of the party.  Until they come up with a plan, other than gun control, higher taxes and more government "solutions", they will continue to lose elections, and they have to stop pandering to the loonie left.  The "I hate Bush more than you" platform have not won them any elections yet and won't in the future (except in places like NYC, DC and LA).

Glad you got to sail.  I can hardly wait.

Philip


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Philip,
 
Thanks for your response, it’s always good to hear from a fellow  Virginian.
 
Sorry to take so long to respond to you, but we’ve been off sailing - as  
opposed to posting to this board.  No offense meant, but sailing is  better.
 
Actually, it was interesting, the powerboat in the slip next to us had  
turtled and sank in it’s slip - I presume because of the humongous rains we’ve  
had.  Our R22 was just sitting there with no problems.  It’s a good  product, you
’re going to enjoy your boat when you get it. 
 
We’re kind of close to you.  We live in Vienna, which is smack  adjacent to 
Tysons Corner.  You may know where that is.
 
Deale is due east of Washington.  Get on the outer loop going north,  get off 
onto Rt4 east, go about 11 miles east to the Bristol/Deale exit from  Rt4, 
the exit puts you on Rt 258, which takes you to Deale Md, the hot spot of  the 
eastern shore.  There may be 10 buildings in all of Deale,  they  do have a 
post office and fire dept, however (and they are 2 of the 10).   It’s really a 
very nice part of the world.  It takes just about an hour to  get to Deale from 
Vienna - I don’t know about Woodbridge, you have to deal with  I95, and that’
s tough.
 
There are a number of marinas on the eastern shore, as you might  imagine.  
If you strike out with the Belvoir marina and other local marinas  in the 
Washington area, I commend the Md eastern shore to you.  There’s a  lot of room to 
sail on the Chesapeake.  But I’m sure any private marina is  going to cost 
more than Belvoir.
 
Regarding your post that said you see Democrats as relying on big  government 
and growing it - I suggest you’ve been listening to too much talk  radio.  
Look at the facts.  Over the past 100+ years the Democrats  have increased the 
national debt by $2.1B, the Republicans, through 2004 had  increased it by 
$5.35B (with more since 2004).  Trick question - who spent  for the bigger 
government?  Also, you might note that the $2.1B the Dems  are charged with include 
all the costs for WWII and the Great Depression, and  WWI.  The really big 
spenders are---- the Republicans.  Funny how you  never hear that on talk radio.  
To get the data for the above go to  ustreas.gov, click on “offices” and then 
click on “debt statistics”, they don’t  break it down by party or president 
instead it’s there by fiscal year, you have  to make the party/president 
association - and the surprising fact is, that you  never heard about this from 
Rush Limbaugh, the Republicans have grossly  outspent the Democrats.  
 
Regarding your concerns about agricultural subsidies, I hope you’ve  followed 
the series of article reporting and analyzing the farm subsidy program  that 
appeared in this past weeks Washington Post.  You don’t even have to  be a 
farmer to get a subsidy, just buying a house that was built on land a  farmer 
once owned is enough.  The interesting thing to me was that  the single farm 
subsidy program that consumes about 1/2 the Dept of  Agricultures budget is a 
consequence of Ronald Reagan’s “Freedom To Farm” act -  no, not the Democrats and 
not FDR.  I don’t doubt that FDR had a program  long-long ago, but your 
Republican friends have vastly “improved” on that -  which frankly, is one reason 
many/most of the “red” states are farm  states.
 
As to your characterization of many Democrats as moon-bats, I share that  
opinion.  There are many times that I feel the Democratic Party could use  some 
adult supervision; however, the numbers show that at their very worst they  are 
much more responsible than the “new conservative Republicans”, which by  
itself is a phrase laden with oxymorons.  Remember, it was VP Cheney that  said “
taxes don’t matter”, and we’ve got the debts to prove it.
 
Dave   
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