[Rhodes22-list] interesting Political prediction

[Chris Geankoplis]

Stan wrote:
                    But once this pushing of the direction of when life
starts
includes alive and healthy sperm, the rate of our going nuts will escalate
exponentially.

Dear Stan,
                If Dubya pushes the envelope then there is only one way we
can protest..........we might not go nuts, only blind.

Chris G
-----Original Message-----
From: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] interesting Political prediction


>Brad,
>
>Glad to here there are reasons for this starting round of inflation -
>doesn't change how it can effect our economic health but names and reasons
>make it more palatable - always works for new sicknesses. If I was won over
>to the other side I could still not calm down since half the electorate
>would still feel like me no mater which my position.  I take it then that
>one of your reasons for backing Bush is your satisfaction with the handling
>of the economy via the trickle down approach.  So we will agree to disagree
>on that one and turn to another.
>
>How about faith influencing the government's stand on the stem cell debate
>as to when life starts.  The Bush side now has it down to when two cells
who
>have not even decided if they want to be male, female or, heaven forbid,
>gay, are considered human, with all the rights of humans (except marriage
>for those two queer cells) due them.   This kind of pushing the faith
>envelope can't be allowed to stand.  The next step is to tell us that sperm
>are alive (which indeed they are) and outlaw our wasting them.  That ought
>to be reason enough for all real he men and she women Americans to bail out
>on this administration.
>
>As I stated starting this latest round, we are not going to change any
>votes - just want to be able to say I told you so when men join women as a
>class being told what they can do with their body. Admittedly the whole
>country is slowly going nuts under this administration's faith based
>initiatives. But once this pushing of the direction of when life starts
>includes alive and healthy sperm, the rate of our going nuts will escalate
>exponentially.  Well there goes the thinking that the earth would end with
>the big bang.   We are going to vote it over.   .
>
>stan/gbi
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
>To: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - more fuel for the fire
>
>
>> Stan,
>>
>>>
>> Inflation -  The CPI is rising and in some ways this
>> is good.  We have survived an economic "perfect
>> storm", an overdue downturn in the business cycle, the
>> DotCom bust, and 9/11.  Inflation is normal in a
>> recovery.  Steel and cement is up because of the
>> incredible demand from China (oil too but we'll get to
>> that later), housing and materials are up because of
>> the strong real estate market spurred by record low
>> interest rates, and oil is on one of its irrational
>> swings which is the norm for that commodity.
>
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