[Rhodes22-list] Dis politics thread been belly belly good to
me:-{D>
Wally Buck
tnrhodey at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 4 10:24:54 EDT 2004
Who says this forum is only good for learning more about sailing???
You don't sound too naive to me. :-)
Wally
>From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dis politics thread been belly belly good to
>me:-{D>
>Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 00:15:25 -0500
>
>
> I try to stay out of the threads about politics because quite frankly, I
>am naive about politics in general.
>
>But thanks to a few nice fellers here, I'm getting quite smart.
>
> I have learned:
>
>(1) New words (had to look them up) like vitriolic, pundit, insular and
>oligarchic; and even some near words like (such as) neanderthalesque, and
>previcating
>
> (2) I learned that trees are a crop and if we cut all of them suckers
>down in California, then those million dollar houses would not burn up. (I
>guess then they wouldn't have anything to crash into when they slide down
>the hillsides either)
>
> (3) (I missed this in ECON 101) If the dollar weakens globally, then our
>products become more competitive on the world market. I am still trying to
>figure out if this is a good thing.
>
> (4) It is Bill Clinton's fault that the World Trade towers were
>destroyed..and (4a)...someone was there when he got his "Monica"?!?
>
> (5) If we want to fight terrorism in a world war, then we need to take
>the fight to where the terrorists are.........but where are they? (still
>scratching my head)
>
> (6) Bill Clinton paid off the national debt, but Bush ran it up again
>(that dirty bastard!!). And NOPE, I am not giving the $600 back!! Besides
>it trickled down......don't ask where either. :-) (alright...I pissed it
>away OK? LOL)
>
> (7) If I run all of my credit cards up to their limits and get a mailbox
>full of bills, am I a liberal before I write checks and still have
>"surplus" of money in my checking account and a conservative after I pay
>all of my monthly bills!? (that seems backwards to me)
>
> Maybe I would be more knowledgeable about such things if I cut back to
>only working 60 hours a week -- (trying to make ends meet) -- and start
>watching the news.
>
>
>:-) Todd
>
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