[Rhodes22-list] Re-naming Boats, Music, and yes, Politics

[Brad Haslett]

Ron,

"If you are a vet, always best not to eat your own." - Pete

Someone should have reminded Lt. Kerry of that in the 70's.

Brad


On 9/17/07, Ron Singerman <rlsingerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Pete,
>
> Bravo
>
> >>Ron<<
> Ronald N Singerman, D.M.D.
> COL, US Army (Ret)
>
>
> On 9/17/07, petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It's 2007 and we are still continuing with the character assignation
> > originated by service dodger ROVE on a veteran who actually volunteered
> to
> > serve our country in Nam? Those of us who were there know why people
> went
> > into the 'guard' with daddy's help, to avoid real active military
> service.
> > Just a suggestion: If you are a vet, always best not to eat your own.
> >
> >
> > Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> > >
> > > This is just cruel, but funny.  Brad
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > > Lt. Kerry's Lonely Hearts Club Band
> > >  By Howie Carr  |   Sunday, September 16, 2007  |
> > > http://www.bostonherald.com  |
> > > Columnists<http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/>
> > >
> > > If you thought Scaramouche was a pretentious name for Sen. John Forbes
> > > Kerry
> > > to give his 42-foot Nantucket gigolo boat, he's gone and topped
> himself.
> > >
> > > Liveshot has scuttled the name Scaramouche and rechristened it . . .
> Let
> > > It
> > > Be.
> > >
> > > That's right, the Beatles song. From Freddie Mercury to John Lennon.
> I'm
> > > telling you, you cannot make this stuff up.
> > >
> > > Why "Let It Be?" My theory is the more appropriate Lennon-McCartney
> > titles
> > > were taken: "Nowhere Man" and "I'm a Loser." Not to mention "Fool on
> the
> > > Hill."
> > >
> > > This momentous nautical event happened last November, but apparently
> > > nobody
> > > noticed the official filing with the Coast Guard until now. The
> question
> > > is,
> > > Why change the name? A call to Kerry's Boston office asking if there
> > will
> > > be
> > > an answer (a line from the song, see?) was responded to with a brief
> > > e-mail:"I have no idea why he changed the name."
> > >
> > > But I do. First, though, we must stipulate the junior senator's
> > > accomplishments. He is without doubt America's most successful gigolo.
> > He
> > > has stalked not one but two heiresses worth hundreds of millions. To
> > *John
> > > Kerry* <http://www.bostonherald.com/search/?topic=John+Kerry> I say
> with
> > > awe: "Baby You're a Rich Man."
> > >
> > > Thanks to your loaded old gold-digging second wife, that is.
> > >
> > > "Can't Buy Me Love" indeed. Mama T Heinz Kerry did exactly that. The
> > first
> > > time Sen. Kerry realized how much dough she had, he began humming,
> "Got
> > to
> > > Get You Into My Life." When he saw her standing there, Kerry wanted to
> > > hold
> > > her hand. Or at least her bank book. When she said yes, he was feeling
> > > glad
> > > all over.
> > >
> > > Soon she was singing, "Baby You Can Drive My Car." Or, more precisely,
> > her
> > > SUVs, all five or six of them, one for every mansion, which are
> located
> > > here
> > > there and everywhere. She gave him a ticket to ride - on her $35
> million
> > > Gulfstream jet. She cut Liveshot in on 19 Louisburg Square on Beacon
> > Hill
> > > and presented him with that multimillion-dollar painting to call his
> > own.
> > > And now, with a little help from his (very few) friends, Kerry hangs
> on
> > to
> > > this do-nothing job in the Senate. One tune he never has to croon to
> > Mrs.
> > > Heinz, er Kerry, er, Heinz-Kerry, is "You Never Give Me Your Money."
> > >
> > > The Scaramouche, a Hinckley power boat that gets less than one mile
> per
> > > gallon of fuel, was just another boytoy toy Mama T bought him in 2002
> > with
> > > money from her first husband's trust fund. Being John Kerry, he
> probably
> > > decided on the name Scaramouche without doing any research beyond
> > hearing
> > > the Queen tune on an oldies radio station.
> > >
> > > Later on, everybody checked out the real definition of Scaramouche.
> > Here's
> > > one from "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable": "A stock character
> > in
> > > Italian farce. . . . A braggart and a fool, very valiant in words, but
> a
> > > poltroon."
> > >
> > >>From "Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia": "A braggart soldier."
> > >
> > > Well, Liveshot, if the Docksider fits. . .
> > >
> > > When the 2004 campaign heated up, the Scaramouche was sent to dry
> dock,
> > > the
> > > Witness Protection Program of boats. Now it's back and John apparently
> > > wanted a lame new name to reflect his latest boring hobby, the
> acoustic
> > > guitar.
> > >
> > > "While My Guitar Gently Weeps?" Not quite. Those weeping are the poor
> > > fools
> > > forced to endure a set of John singing those wonderful protest songs
> of
> > > his
> > > '60s youth. "Blowing in the Wind," you know, like a wind turbine in
> > > Nantucket Sound. Where Have All the Young Men Gone? Mostly to the Sun
> > > Belt,
> > > to escape the high taxes imposed on them in Massachusetts by the likes
> > of
> > > John Kerry.
> > >
> > > But why rename the boat Let It Be? Well, he couldn't take "Yellow
> > > Submarine." That's Ted Kennedy's song.
> > >
> > > "When I'm 64?" No way. I mean, that's how old Kerry will be on his
> next
> > > birthday, Dec. 11.
> > >
> > > But don't worry, John. Even 64-year-old gigolos are still needed, at
> > least
> > > as long as they can keep their hands off the younger local talent, if
> > you
> > > know what I mean. If you ever get caught, though, it'll be
> > hello-goodbye,
> > > mostly goodbye. One again, you'll be nothing more than a day tripper
> on
> > > the
> > > long and winding road, just like after you dumped your first heiress
> > wife.
> > > What was her name? Julia?
> > > Article URL:
> > >
> >
> http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1031798
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