[Rhodes22-list] Quote Stan

[Grayson/Ena Lynn]

For some of us, even one virgin is beyond counting.

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Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:25 PM
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> Stan,
>
> When did it go up to 40 virgins?  When it was 27 virgins, I couldn't get
into
> it.  But with 40, I think it may be time to strap on the old bomb belt.
(In
> Semitic idiom, 40 means beyond counting.)
>
> Fred
>
> In a message dated 9/3/2004 1:00:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
salm at mn.rr.com
> writes:
> On 9/2/04 9:16 AM, "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>
> > We are back to politics? - Wonderful:
> >
> > Notice when it is one of their own they flip flop:
> >
> > Cheney's daughter is gay so he is against the constitution amendment.
> >
> > Bush's father and TX friends went out of their way to keep him out of
the
> > fray but if you sign up for it like Kerry did, and find it was a
mistake -
> > that is a flip flop.
> >
> > If anyone else is accused of a conflict of interest, like Clinton's wife
was
> > strung up for, that is ok, but the flip flop allows Mrs. Cheney to sit
on
> > the board of our huge defense contractor and that is not a conflict of
> > interest.  Under whose definition?.
> >
> > If you want to do the real count on flip flops, see Effros book of
quotes to
> > see who leads by a mile.
> >
> > Chris Mathews says the differences in this election are crisp if you
look at
> > the major issues - I liked the way he put the decision making:
> >
> > If you want to cut taxes proportionally much higher for the wealthiest
of
> > us - you know who to vote for.  .
> >
> > If you have reservations on advancing science - you know who to vote
for.
> > (If you have questions on this one, ask president Regan's son)
> >
> > If you want us to lead the world single handedly - you know who to vote
for.
> >
> > If you do not mind someone else's kid dying to secure Feluja (sp?) as
long
> > as it is not you or yours who has to die for this strategic piece of
land
> > needed to keep us free of terrorist - you know who to vote for
> > (personally I grieve more for the thousands and thousands whose lives
are
> > now shattered by wounds then I do for the ones who may be going to
heaven to
> > get their 40 virgins)
> >
> > If you think the way to have no child left behind is to have the rest of
the
> > children stand still while the left behind kids catch up and therefore
flip
> > flop over the funding of the program as it was intended - you know who
to
> > vote for.
> >
> > If you think being for the environment is passing a law requiring new
energy
> > plants to meet regulations and then allowing all energy plants to
rebuild
> > themselves 99% and call that "not new" so not under the regulations -
you
> > know who to vote for.
> >
> > And if you think the costs of the higher health bills with lower worker
> > productivity that results from dismantling in-place environmental
> > regulations can be made up with tie-ins to a stock market because it
always
> > goes up - you know who to vote for.
> >
> > If you agree that the super new debt is going to be taken care of by the
> > super booming economy just around the corner - you know who to vote for.
> >
> > If you think leadership is someone who sits there for seven minutes in a
> > helpless state with a totally blanc look when told we are being
attacked, or
> > who lands on an aircraft carrier and emerges from a war plane announcing
the
> > war is over when it has not even started, is the kind of man we need to
lead
> > this country in war - you know who to vote for.
> >
> > If you think government should stay off your back and not be telling you
how
> > to run your personal business and then flip flops and tells you what you
> > have to do with your body - you know who to vote for.
> >
> > If you think religion should be allowed to sneak into government by
funding
> > religious organizations and other creeping back door techniques because
you
> > think religiously controlled countries are more likely to live in
peace -
> > you know who to vote for  - but you don't know your history or current
> > events..
> >
> > sorry, I am running out of time - not issues that make this election an
easy
> > distinction between the two major parties.
> >
> > Just go out and vote - or you deserve what you get.  The last election
was
> > lost to the minority by just a handful of voters not voting to
counteract a
> > handful of incompetent old Jewish voters who voted for the favorite son,
> > Buchanan, because they could not make out a ballot that showed the wrong
> > picture next to the one they actually intended to make president.
Vote.
> > Your vote does make a difference.
> >
> > stan/gbi
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