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

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Fri Jan 11 13:58:08 EST 2008


George who? And if you really want to know, maybe ask HIM?

I know very little about golf. One of those games that just didn't hold 
much interest for me.

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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>
>   

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Herb Parsons
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