[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

stan stan at rhodes22.com
Mon May 5 14:57:16 EDT 2008 

Slim, where did you go to school?   I want to send my grand kids there.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] This day in history


> Re Bush is a dumb ass.  To illustrate my point I'll mention my 
> sister-in-law
> is an anthropology professor, PhD, Fulbright Scholar and one of the most
> intelligent people I know, taught at Yale for a number of years.  She said
> the students who came through were pushy, demanding and full of
> entitlement.  In other words, snotty, rich brats.  She did not say they 
> were
> all smart.  Presumably they were not all dummies either.  Like everything
> else, some are high on the scale and some not so much.  She now teaches 
> back
> home here in Minnesota and guess what?  Her students here read the same
> books, are assigned the same homework, write the same term papers, held to
> the same standards and are graded under the same scrutiny as her students 
> at
> Yale.  No teachers dumb down their work because they're NOT at an ivy 
> league
> school.  Conversely we can conclude that students at Yale are not
> necessarily put through any more rigor than those at the University of
> Minnesota.  Because Bush graduated from an ivy league school with a C
> average does not mean he's smart.  Take away his daddy and all that money
> and privilege and all those connections and Georgie graduates with a C
> average from North Texas State instead.
>
> He was a pilot.  I'm not, but again I presume it's like everything else.
> Some are high on the scale and some not so much.  I'll defer to the pilots
> here on the Rhodes list:  is it possible for a man with average 
> intelligence
> to learn to fly?  I'm sure he worked hard to learn and by no means do I
> belittle the rigor of flight training, but I know there's a big difference
> between being a reserve pilot and an ace.  I don't recall hearing anything
> about him winning any awards, honors, medals or any great success flying 
> any
> dangerous missions.  He saw no combat.  In fact it's rumored that he went
> AWOL.  I know that's only rumor but I'm unaware of any evidence that he
> distinguished himself as a great pilot either.  I don't see how his
> (questionable) service record qualifies him as any genius.
>
> I think a better measure of a man's intelligence is the man himself.  How 
> he
> presents himself, how he writes (Bush is the first and only president 
> whose
> never published anything) how he speaks (the poor guy can barely put a
> sentence together) and his decision-making.  hmmmmm...
>
> He failed in the oil business.  Not sure how he did with the Texas Rangers
> but they didn't win any championships.  What good is this guy, really?
> What's to like?  Herb likes that he does what he says he's going to do.
> Well, he said he would bring the perpetrators of 9-11 to justice.  Hasn't
> happened.  Instead, looks what a mess created in the middle east.  He's
> getting everybody EXCEPT the perps.
>
> I do respect the office of president but I don't see one shred of evidence
> that this guy is any smarter than the average shmuck and that's just not
> good enough to be president.  He's not smart--he's lucky.  Again, take 
> away
> Daddy and is he still the president?  Not in a million years.
>
> Slim
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rummy,
>>
>> Don't forget the business cycle - what goes around comes around!  I 
>> cashed
>> in some of my international chips to buy my airplane (worse than boats 
>> for
>> money pits, definitely not investing).  Commodities are at a 200 year 
>> high
>> because of demand from India and China.  They have their own cycle as
>> well.
>> China has significant problems to face down the road and can't keep the
>> current pace going forever.  I manage a pretty good chunk of change for a
>> Chinese investor (who has a similar education as mine, an accounting
>> degree
>> in China with a US MBA from a high profile school) in US muni-bonds - 
>> same
>> deal as you in reverse.  It's all in the eyes of the beholder. If I knew
>> where the market was going to be in a year I'd be out shopping for a
>> Gulfstream instead of busting knuckles on an old Bonanza.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:42 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Brad,
>> > The code isn't difficult to break. Just take a look at the global
>> economy
>> > and see who and where the money is being spent. Natural resources such
>> as
>> > steel
>> > as an example. China and India are buying steel at an incredible rate.
>> > Then
>> > there is the shipping company's and the company's that build the ships.
>> > Enough
>> >  said.
>> >
>> > Rummy
>> >
>> >
>> > In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:34:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>> >
>> > Rummy,
>> >
>> > Congrats!  You broke the code.  In the long  run, the US economy is a
>> safe
>> > bet but I've been about a third vested in  international for over a
>> decade
>> > and it's worked out as a good hedge.   The dollar just started moving 
>> > up
>> > against the euro last week and traders  are placing their bets on the
>> > dollar's rise.  Defining exactly what is  international isn't exactly
>> > easy.
>> > My employer does business worldwide, same  as GE, Boeing, etc.  Good
>> luck.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at  6:26 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Brad,
>> > > The  answer to where my investments are held is that they are not in
>> > this
>> > >  country. Our economy is way to unstable at this time.
>> > > I am invested in  international company's.
>> > >
>> > > Rummy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > In a  message dated 5/4/2008 9:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > >  flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>> > >
>> > > Earth to   Frone,
>> > >
>> > > Did you catch the snippet from Rummy the other day that  his
>> >  investments
>> > > were
>> > > doing well?  You think he  invested in Castro's Cuba  or the country
>> > that
>> > > dumbass Bush  destroyed?
>> > >
>> > > Brad
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, May  4, 2008 at  8:13 PM, <FCrawford0707 at aol.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > >  >  In a message dated 5/3/2008 8:28:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
>> > > >  R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>> > > >
>> > >  > Herb,
>> > > > This isn't about me  or my mother. This is a  discussion about  the
>> > > dumbest
>> > > > SOB
>> > > >   that has ever taken the oath of office. I didn't  call you on
>> >  breaking
>> > >  the
>> > > > rules, that was someone else.
>> > >  >
>> > > >  Rummy
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >  > Rummy - good for you to have the guts to  say it as it is.
>> Although
>> > >  there
>> > > > is
>> > > > more to it  than  dumb - Bush has done so much damage to our 
>> > > > country
>> >  in
>> > >  a
>> > > >  mere
>> > > > 8 years that one wonders if he could  have been worse had  he  been
>> > > trying
>> > > > to
>> > >  > damage us.  It is hard to find a single  policy  that  favors the
>> > people
>> > > of
>> > > > our
>> > > > country over   whatever special interest he happened  to favor on a
>> > given
>> > >  >  day.
>> > > > Then there was the "proclamation" that if  you  "considered "
>>  sailing
>> > to
>> > > > Cuba,
>> > > > your  boat was subject to  confiscation.   Thanks for your candor -
>> >  Bush
>> > > > will  be
>> > > > ranked either just above or just  below   Buchanan.
>> > > >        Frone  Crawford
>> > > >   s/v Sunday  Morning
>> > >  >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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