[Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection

[Herb Parsons]

Brad, a close friend of mine says that if abortion is going to be legal, 
it should be legal until the kid reaches a majority. One of those of the 
"I gave you life, I can take it away" mentality.


Brad Haslett wrote:
> Stan,
>
> After packing a few wheel bearings I've gotten most of the grease off my
> hands, enough to type for five minutes before scarring them on another
> project.
>
> Abortion is an issue that I don't have an answer for, and I've got an answer
> for everything!  If we have to make a national decision on this, this would
> be mine:  every child has the 'right to life', and every parent has a
> one-time, "get-out-of-jail-free" card to kill them when they are fifteen.
>
> There, that ought to work!
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:43 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad,
>>
>> I have one of those also - turned out to be bloody genius but in this case
>> you might have preferred we had gone the abortion elective since in his
>> early days he was one of those kids you saw on TV being hit in the back
>> with
>> a tear gas canister for trying to save the world.
>>
>> ss
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Stan,
>>>
>>> We'll have to agree to disagree on the Bush 43 Presidency.  Most
>>> historians
>>> say that it takes about 50 years to properly judge the effectiveness of
>>>       
>> an
>>     
>>> administration.  Truman left office with about the same poll ratings as
>>> Bush
>>> 43.
>>>
>>> Now as to the abortion issue - it's strictly a personal one and not a
>>> deciding factor for me in choosing candidates.  Yeah, they have to take
>>>       
>> a
>>     
>>> stand one way or the other but in the end do very little.  Remember,
>>>       
>> Bush
>>     
>>> 43
>>> was against it (while his wife supports it) and what has been done in
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> last 7 years?  Nothing.  This issue is a personal one and should stay
>>>       
>> that
>>     
>>> way.
>>>
>>> BTW, my once-upon-a-time abortion decision called me last night from his
>>> ship - loves the USCG!
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Sorry if I have offended anyone - it is just that I am such a convinced
>>>> advocate of a woman's right to choose and I thought McCain was not.
>>>>
>>>> Most men would admit that if they were the ones who could be told by
>>>>         
>> the
>>     
>>>> government what they must do with that thing inside their body, they
>>>> would
>>>> take advantage of their constitutional right to bear arms and shoot in
>>>> self defense.
>>>>
>>>> ss
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I don't think John has any problem with what a woman does with her
>>>>> insides, until it affects the life of someone else.
>>>>>
>>>>> Much the way others would have a problem with MY body parts, if I
>>>>>           
>> used
>>     
>>>>> them to endanger the life of another.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your misrepresentation of his stand sucks Stan, and is unbecoming to
>>>>> "intelligent debate". You can do better.
>>>>>
>>>>> stan wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>>     I feel it is my duty (politically speaking) to join my Rhodies
>>>>>> friends early exit-poll reporting of their secret balloting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I would choose McCain because of his age
>>>>>>         Listening to the younger members of the List proves that age
>>>>>> makes one smarter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I would choose Hillary because she is a woman,
>>>>>>         and try as I might, my high lab TEST. level makes me prefer
>>>>>>             
>>>> woman
>>>>         
>>>>>> over men.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I would choose Obama because he is half white,
>>>>>>         and because I have read a dirty tricks blog that he is half
>>>>>> Jewish.   They did not
>>>>>>         mention whether it is the top or bottom half - it does make
>>>>>>             
>> a
>>     
>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     But with only 2 choices allowed, I had to rule out John because,
>>>>>> while I love his                                 McCain/Kennedy
>>>>>> immigration bill, I do not appreciate his disrespect of women:
>>>>>>         He has reiterated his vows to stick with the party line:
>>>>>>             
>>  Keep
>>     
>>>>>> government off men's back
>>>>>>         and control over women's inside.  Also, while I feel
>>>>>> candidates
>>>>>> have a right to flip/flop,
>>>>>>         his flop on now decreasing taxes during war, breaks with all
>>>>>> prior Republican
>>>>>>         commander in chiefs.  I will give him a second look when he
>>>>>>             
>>>> gets
>>>>         
>>>>>> as old as me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I'm going with Al for president and Barack as VP because Clinton
>>>>>> ignored my right-on and
>>>>>>         perfectly timed Hail Mary call on 4 and 10 at the start of
>>>>>>             
>> the
>>     
>>>>>> second half and blew her game.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         For Gore bashers:
>>>>>>             With all those terms as a congressman and
>>>>>>             all those terms as a senator and
>>>>>>             with the maximum 2 terms as vice president
>>>>>>                 a "no experience" bash does not hold water.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         And with a winning of the popular presidential vote,
>>>>>>             the "un-winner ability" bash does not hold water
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But who listens to the hairy 135 Pound Gorilla in the Rhodes chat
>>>>>> Room.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  stan/ec
>>>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>>>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>>>           
>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> __________________________________________________
>>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>       
>> __________________________________________________
>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>>
>>     
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>
>
>
>