[Rhodes22-list] Politics on the list.

[FredkLange at aol.com]

MJM,

You must hold high office.  Claiming a "charter" (what organization came up 
with that?) authorizes topics outside the subject of the list is as sneaky and 
hypocritical as the politicians who are so often the brunt of the bar jokes.  

Lets be up front with it.  If this list is really about the "Rhodes22 and Bar 
Jokes," lets call it that.

Fred

In a message dated 11/24/03 6:39:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mjm at michaelmeltzer.com writes:

> 
> I give rummy top scorces for striring the pot, it been slow around here for 
> a few days
> 
> never to dispoint:(but it is in the help link (at the bottom now :-)
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