[Rhodes22-list] R. M. Nixon

Wally Buck tnrhodey@hotmail.com
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:59:09 -0500 

Slim,

JFK, pretty cool. All in all JFK was lucky he was President back in the 60s 
when every little discretion wasn't front page news.

Wally


>From: Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] R. M. Nixon
>Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:08:40 -0600
>
>Wally,
>Your mom was right to take you down there to see that. What better way to
>learn about these events than to be there.  Honestly, I'm not trying to
>one-up you here but I shook JFK's hand when I was 6.  It was simply
>explained to me that this is the boss of our country.  As I watched his
>speech, I was glad this guy was in charge--such charisma, even effecting a 
>6
>year old boy.  I felt comforted by his very person.  I remember him saying
>he was on his way to Dallas.  It was one of the last speeches he made.
>Slim
>
>On 1/23/03 4:08 PM, "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Brad,
> >
> > Back in the early 70s my Dad was stationed in San Diego. We lived on 
>base
> > and the President was coming to visit. We headed to the Naval Air 
>Station
> > and saw Air Force One come in for a landing and then taxi over to the
> > cheering crowd. Nixon came down from the plane waving to the crowd and
> > stopped to shake hands before jumping in his limo. Well Tricky Dick 
>shook my
> > hand and patted me on the back. I was only thirteen years old and didn't
> > know squat about politics but I really liked Nixon after that. I mean 
>after
> > all he did shake my hand right?
> >
> > Well a few years later we are living in Fairfax VA (Dads was working at
> > Pentagon then) and Watergate hits the scene. Talk about bursting my 
>bubble.
> > First Agnew is gone and then Nixon announces his resignation.  My Mom 
>wanted
> > us to see history in the making. She loaded up the wagon with the family 
>and
> > we went down to the White House to witness Nixon's infamous exit. We saw 
>him
> > walk over to the helicopter, give his big two handed wave and fly away 
>in
> > disgrace.
> >
> > It was kind of cool to see all of this first hand. It really opened up 
>my
> > eyes though and I have not trusted politicians ever since.
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
> >> From: brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com>
> >> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >> To: wwrhodes@rhodes22.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Social programs.
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:05:42 -0800 (PST)
> >>
> >> Stan,
> >>
> >> That reminds me of the campaign rhetoric from 1992
> >> coming from the "pork belly" Senator from NY,
> >> remember, "the greed of the 80's".  Much of the
> >> "paradigm shift" in the "new economy" of the nineties
> >> was "smoke and mirrrors".  My best friend, a very
> >> conservative stock broker, said all through the boom
> >> there wasn't anything to back up the stock prices and
> >> he was right.  Some CEO's, no, make that a lot of
> >> CEO's turned out to be crooks. I hope they go to jail
> >> but they probably won't.  Now we're in the middle of a
> >> recession, business cycle, correction, what ever you
> >> want to call it.  It would have come no matter who was
> >> in office or who ran the SEC just as the Tulip Bubble
> >> burst in Holland several hundred years ago. We've made
> >> money about as cheap as it can get and people aren't
> >> spending.  Now we're running up the deficit just as
> >> FDR did to jump start the economy.  Cutting taxes
> >> worked for Reagan, maybe it will work for 43.  The
> >> truth is, as Richard Nixon lamented, the President is
> >> either hero or goat as a result of the economy with
> >> limited means to change it in the short run... Ah,
> >> Richard Milhous Nixon!  Oh well, save that praise for
> >> another day Bradley.
> >>
> >> Brad Haslett
> >> --- General Boats <wwrhodes@rhodes22.com> wrote:
> >>> You are talking about the C.E.O. generation the
> >>> government coddled after Levitt
> >>> left the helm of the SEC, right?
> >>>
> >>> stan/gbi
> >>>
> >>> Rik Sandberg wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Rummy,
> >>>>
> >>>> Absolutely agree that a "helping hand" sometimes
> >>> is necessary and good. What
> >>>> we have now is not a helping hand. The better
> >>> share of these people are
> >>>> doing nothing more than mooching their entire
> >>> existence off of the rest of
> >>>> us. Probably can't only blame either them or the
> >>> government for that though,
> >>>> as much as we'd like to, WE are letting them do it
> >>> to us. I'm with Steve
> >>>> here. Once you let people get used to getting
> >>> stuff for nothing, not only do
> >>>> they eventually stop appreciating these benefits,
> >>> they soon also expect
> >>>> more. Just ask them, they'll tell you they
> >>> *deserve* this stuff. Some folks
> >>>> just don't have the strength of character to take
> >>> pride in making their own
> >>>> way through life. Free handouts uncover these
> >>> types very quickly.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rik
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: <R22RumRunner@aol.com>
> >>>> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:18 AM
> >>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Social programs.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Whether we like having our tax dollars going to
> >>> social problems or not,
> >>>> it's
> >>>>> the social programs that help make our society
> >>> what it is. Without the
> >>>>> programs you would have more homeless people,
> >>> health problems, more crime
> >>>> and
> >>>>> a social class without a future.
> >>>>> I'm not advocating free rides. People need to
> >>> work at improving their
> >>>>> situations, but sometimes circumstances put good
> >>> people into bad
> >>>> situations
> >>>>> and they need a helping hand.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Rummy
> >>>>>
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