[Rhodes22-list] Politics

[Wally Buck]

Steve,

Japan attacked the US, Iraq did not. How you can compare the two shows a 
real lack of understanding of both history and current world events.

By the way, NC had a "cowboy Republican" for too many years, luckily Jesse 
Helms decided to retire.

Wally

>From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:16:42 -0800 
>(PST)
>
>Good thing Bush lower you taxes to make up for all the
>State tax increases, Stan.  Maybe you need to try to
>get more Rupublican voted into office there in NC and
>you would not have those problem.  Maybe you have a
>wild NC rebulican cowboy that could help you out:-)  I
>find it interesting that a business owner would hold
>the view that you do, Stan.  I work for the government
>and see that your analysis is off.  No offence but I
>call them like they analyze out to be.  As for our
>solders, they signed up to fight; on their own free
>will.  Surenly you don't think that the militery
>paycheck is jsut the same as a welfare check.  Also,
>the only reason that we all can sit here & voice our
>opinions freely is the fact that we have militery
>Bases all over the world with solders on ready to
>fight to protect this country.  That what keep this
>country free; we fight to keep it that way.  Talking
>does no good.
>Steve
>
>PS - No offence Stan.  Just my opinion.  BTW: I had
>relative that died in WWII so that you all don't have
>to speak Japanese.  Maybe we should have jsut raised
>the white flag then, we wouldn't have to worry about
>Irag today - Would have been an Japan problem:-)
>
>
>--- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
> > sorry - I can't resist
> >
> > As usual both sides score points but I am old enough
> > to remember that when
> > Clinton did his military thing the republicans were
> > screaming for his head
> > for trying to help the oppressed Muslims, even
> > though he did not lose
> > American lives in the process.  Imagine if this were
> > Clinton's war - they
> > would have hired a hit squad to stop him.  This time
> > it's a republican
> > trying to help Muslims and it is the second coming.
> >
> > I would not pick on Geraldo for trying to tell us
> > some good news - while he
> > is more liberal than his Foxy brothers he does eat
> > at the pleasure of those
> > network divisions of the Murdock/General Electric
> > giants.   I would,
> > however, pick on our media mouthpieces for not
> > picking on leaders who plowed
> > us into a venture where the facts have proven these
> > strategist failed their
> > pre-attack homework.   It may be comforting to cry
> > over the dead but it is
> > sickening to see the thousands upon thousands who
> > come back to us breathing
> > but leaving so many of their good parts over there.
> > As has been posted on
> > these pages, face the facts. It is easy to be
> > satisfied with this just cause
> > when fighting the computer wars.  But would it still
> > be a just cause if you
> > knew you were going to be among those thousands of
> > irreversibly altered
> > returning bodies - or would you too be switching to,
> > hell no, we won't go.
> > If you think this cause worth gambling even part of
> > you and willing to put
> > up and follow a wild ersatz Texas cowboy, I respect
> > you and will shut up.
> > But I won't be in back of you for this one.
> >
> > As long as the economy was put on the electronic
> > table I assume by now you
> > all know that the tax cuts were not tax cuts but
> > simply redistribution of
> > wealth.  The savings of my guys has long since been
> > more than eaten up by
> > non-progressive increases in gas prices, sales
> > taxes, state income taxes,
> > real estate taxes, tuition increases (which is
> > really the longest lasting
> > and most detrimental to the health of this country -
> > read Brokaws The
> > Greatest Generation, tax increases) and endless food
> > and commodity price
> > increases.  We have raised the price of a Rhodes one
> > thousand dollars and
> > that still does not make up for the increases in
> > steel, and resin and
> > aluminum and plywood - even with our throwing our
> > two social security checks
> > into the pot. I think those who were having
> > difficulty connecting the dots
> > to our leader's vision of our future, are beginning
> > to see the picture. One
> > of my nightmare visions are the fathers of a
> > balanced budget taking the
> > national debt to infinity:  Foreigners pulling out
> > of bonds, interest rates
> > skyrocketing, the housing starts plummeting and
> > worse, the record number of
> > credit card carrying Americans suddenly having a
> > monthly interest burden
> > that will burry them - if they could afford a
> > funeral.  As one pundit put
> > it, Bush had campaigned to bring us together and he
> > is finally succeeding.
> > I think we already have enough Slims out there to
> > put him out to pasture.
> >
> > stan/gbi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Geraldo Rivera
> > reports
> >
> >
> > > Interesting Ed.
> > > I have always thought that Fox was well balanced
> > for
> > > new.  ABC, CBS & NBC are all liberal networks.  Or
> > at
> > > least, I think so.  I also think we are doing a
> > good
> > > job over there.  In the good old days, helping
> > poor
> > > abused people to achive freedom was a liberal
> > cause.
> > > But Clinton did not think to help those people so
> > now
> > > the dems. have to opose it.  At least we are
> > helping
> > > them.  That whats important.
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
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