[Rhodes22-list] Politics continued - John misleaderonW.E.B.DuBois

Robert Skinner robert at squirrelhaven.com
Fri Jan 11 13:10:28 EST 2008


Yup.  Note that the game is "speed golf", not the more deliberate kind.

http://www.badgolfer.com/departments/features/bush-golf-endorsement-802.htm

/Robert
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john Belanger wrote:
> 
> might be showing ignorance, but does george golf?
> 
> Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:  Herb - One can be against the policies of the current
> (and some prior) administrations without being
> anti-Anerican. You have a nul argument there.
> 
> You and many others confuse dissent and active debate
> with treason. This is my country, as much as it is
> yours, and I'm stickin' to it.
> 
> And I accept some blame for voting for some lousy
> Republican - and Democratic - politicians who have
> acquiesced to King George's stomping on the
> constitution with golf shoes.
> 
> Doesn't your sense of personal responsibility include
> some culpability in the deaths of our nation's finest
> who have been put in harm's way as a result of Bush's
> wishful thinking about what it takes to actually get
> Osama bin Laden?
> 
> /Robert
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Herb Parsons wrote:
> >
> > Is Japan a "colony"? Was that a "war of colonization"? We were there a
> > very long time. How about Germany? We're STILL there.
> >
> > Of course they weren't. However, the use of stupid terms like "war of
> > colonization" helps the anti-America rhetoric, so it's used. More power
> > to you, but at least spare us the professions of innocence. What you're
> > doing is very obvious.
> >
> > Robert Skinner wrote:
> > > Herb - I'll accept your correction on the word "infer"
> > > with thanks, but long term occupation remains effectively
> > > equal to colonization in my book. We do need the oil,
> > > don't we?
> > >
> > > As to propaganda - Hell, Herb - don't you know a bit of
> > > satire when you hear it?
> > >
> > > /Robert
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > Herb Parsons wrote:
> > >
> > >> Gotta love it when folks misuse "infer"? When one makes a statement, he
> > >> implies something. When someone hears a statement, he infers (or draws
> > >> an inference) from that statement.
> > >>
> > >> But it does sound cool, right?
> > >>
> > >> Besides, when you see us colonize something, then you can talk about a
> > >> colonial war. Otherwise, you're just spouting more propaganda.
> > >>
> > >> Robert Skinner wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Tootle wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> ...
> > >>>> "Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and
> > >>>> for all." [Nikita Khrushchev , February 25, 1956 20th Congress of the
> > >>>> Communist Party]
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is
> > >>>> best for society." Hillary Clinton, 1993
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> So, ED, I guess you mean to infer that social
> > >>> considerations are negligible when compared to
> > >>> individual rights. So why are individual
> > >>> rights being made subservient to Bush's
> > >>> colonial wars?
> > >>>
> > >>> Or are you saying that the right's position is
> > >>> anti-social?
> > >>>
> > >>> Or that social costs should be subordinate to
> > >>> individual advancement?
> > >>>
> > >>> Or are you just repeating word games you have
> > >>> heard from your fellow dittoheads?
> > >>>
> > >>> /Robert
> > >>> __________________________________________________
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> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> --
> > >> Herb Parsons
> > >> S/V O'Jure - O'Day 25
> > >> S/V Reve de Pappa - Coronado 35
> > >>
> > >> __________________________________________________
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> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Herb Parsons
> > S/V O'Jure - O'Day 25
> > S/V Reve de Pappa - Coronado 35
> >
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