[Rhodes22-list] Correction Alert
Michael D. Weisner
mweisner at ebsmed.com
Mon Mar 31 23:54:46 EDT 2008
Herb,
You are, of course, correct. Elle's constant references imply what I infer.
In grammar school, we used to say "Imply means to hint at. Infer means to
conclude from what was hinted at." I stand corrected.
Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY
From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008
11:40 PM
> Do they REALLY "infer" that? I could see "imply", but "infer"??? How so?
>
> Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>> Elle,
>>
>> Are you havin' a sh!*ty day, too? Your constant references seem to infer
>> such. I know, I can't wait to go sailing, either. We are talking about
>> a
>> short sail on Sunday, weather permitting. The afternoon highs are
>> predicted
>> to reach the low 60s!! Now if the sun would just show up! Tomorrow is
>> supposed to be beautiful - maybe I'll need to call in sick ...
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>
>>
>> From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:29 PM
>>
>>> Yesterday the list was constipated...now it has the
>>> oposite problem...
>>>
>>> or maybe Ed did explode....
>>>
>>> ;^)
>>>
>>>
>>> elle
>>> --- "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Brad,
>>>>
>>>> You are not alone...
>>>>
>>>> I thought that he was attempting to drive home a
>>>> point through repetition.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>>
>>>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent:
>>>> Monday, March 31, 2008 2:01 PM
>>>>
>>>>> Pete,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it just me or is everyone getting multiple
>>>>>
>>>> posts? Why don't you solve
>>>>
>>>>> your e-mail and internet issues before you save
>>>>>
>>>> the world. On the other
>>>>
>>>>> hand, develop your "widespread" ammunition and
>>>>>
>>>> share it with the troops.
>>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM, petelargo
>>>>>
>>>> <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Al Gore was just on 60 minutes last nite. He
>>>>>>
>>>> lost the weight. Also, it
>>>>
>>>>>> took
>>>>>> him a while because of the size of the house and
>>>>>>
>>>> his schedule, but he
>>>>
>>>>>> finished making his mansion energy independent
>>>>>>
>>>> and is now working on his
>>>>
>>>>>> parents place. He made a ton of money investing
>>>>>>
>>>> in Google early on. He
>>>>
>>>>>> donated every penny of his book and movie and
>>>>>>
>>>> Nobel Peace Prize award to
>>>>
>>>>>> upcoming ads and movement to ally political
>>>>>>
>>>> opposites and mobilize
>>>>
>>>>>> international trainings to the climate change
>>>>>>
>>>> awareness issue.
>>>>
>>>>>> I won't even get into the 2000 vote "scamola" as
>>>>>>
>>>> there is plenty of data
>>>>
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> that, but no one questions that he won the
>>>>>>
>>>> popular vote. He certainly
>>>>
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> within his rights to sue but opted out. Classy
>>>>>>
>>>> guy. Good pick, Stan.
>>>>
>>>>>> More info:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Florida recount was stopped a few weeks later
>>>>>>
>>>> by the Supreme Court of
>>>>
>>>>>> the United States. In the ruling, Bush v. Gore,
>>>>>>
>>>> the Florida recount was
>>>>
>>>>>> called unconstitutional and that no
>>>>>>
>>>> constitutionally valid recount could
>>>>
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> completed by the December 12 deadline,
>>>>>>
>>>> effectively ending the recounts.
>>>>
>>>>>> This
>>>>>> 7-2 vote ruled that the standards the Florida
>>>>>>
>>>> Supreme Court provided for
>>>>
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> recount as unconstitutional due to violations of
>>>>>>
>>>> the Equal Protection
>>>>
>>>>>> Clause
>>>>>> of the Fourteenth Amendment, and further ruled
>>>>>>
>>>> 5-4 that no
>>>>
>>>>>> constitutionally
>>>>>> valid recount could be completed by the December
>>>>>>
>>>> 12 deadline. This case
>>>>
>>>>>> ordered an end to recounting underway in selected
>>>>>>
>>>> Florida counties,
>>>>
>>>>>> effectively giving George W. Bush a 534 vote
>>>>>>
>>>> victory in Florida and
>>>>
>>>>>> consequently Florida's 27 electoral votes and the
>>>>>>
>>>> presidency.[44] The
>>>>
>>>>>> results of the decision led to Gore winning the
>>>>>>
>>>> popular vote by
>>>>
>>>>>> approximately 500,000 votes nationwide, but
>>>>>>
>>>> receiving 266 electoral votes
>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> Bush's 271 (1 DC Elector abstained).[45] Gore
>>>>>>
>>>> strongly disagreed with the
>>>>
>>>>>> Court's decision, but decided "for the sake of
>>>>>>
>>>> our unity as a people and
>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> strength of our democracy, I offer my
>>>>>>
>>>> concession."[46]
>>>>
>>>>>> The election was one of the most controversial in
>>>>>>
>>>> recent American
>>>>
>>>>>> history.[1][2]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stan,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Count yourself lucky, at least you know what
>>>>>>>
>>>> you want! McCain is half
>>>>
>>>>>>> RINO,
>>>>>>> half DINO. Hillary is a Clinton. Obama is
>>>>>>>
>>>> half everything. If in
>>>>
>>>>>> fact,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> he's got Jewish blood as well, he doesn't have
>>>>>>>
>>>> to apologize for his
>>>>
>>>>>>> Pastor.
>>>>>>> That church will throw him out in a heartbeat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gore wouldn't be so bad. Maybe if he was the
>>>>>>>
>>>> President he'd sell his
>>>>
>>>>>>> gazillion square-foot, global warming house.
>>>>>>>
>>>> They have a track at the
>>>>
>>>>>>> White
>>>>>>> House don't they? Big Al could use some
>>>>>>>
>>>> exercise. If he does run I'd
>>>>
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> to remind him of two things. One, win your own
>>>>>>>
>>>> state. Two, the
>>>>
>>>>>>> Supreme
>>>>>>> Court didn't pick the winner in 2000, they just
>>>>>>>
>>>> set a deadline to stop
>>>>
>>>>>>> re-counting the votes in Florida. He lost by
>>>>>>>
>>>> all five methods
>>>>
>>>>>>> including
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> two he cherry-picked.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, stan
>>>>>>>
>>>> <stan at rhodes22.com> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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