[Rhodes22-list] Politics: joke and the wind surffer

[Michael Meltzer]

the boat still in the water but with the mast dropped, I got a new forstay but the fueling tube broke apart, with the holiday this 
weekend just packed up the boat, that it for session, what can I say.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen & Dorene Barrera" <dbarrera at comcast.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>; "Stephen Staum" <staum at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics: joke and the wind surffer


> :)
>
> Glen
>
> PS How is the boat doing?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> To: "Stephen Staum" <staum at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics: joke and the wind surffer
>
>
>> I wanted to respond to Stephen Staum earlier, but I was so busy, I simply
> did not have the time. Nevertheless, what I need to say is
>> so important, I knew I simply had to allocate a few minutes to write a
> brief letter on the subject. One of my objectives is to
>> protect the interests of the general public against the greed and unreason
> of what I call malicious apostates. He yields to the
>> mammalian desire to assert individuality by attracting attention.
> Unfortunately, for Staum, "attract attention" usually implies
>> "subject human beings to indignities". Think about how easy it's become
> for shallow, gormless Stephen Staum clones to bad-mouth
>> worthy causes. Do you really think that he can assuage the hungers of his
> cat's-paws with servings of fresh scapegoats and get away
>> with it, as Staum claims? Wake up! The purpose of this letter is far
> greater than to prove to you how acrimonious and slaphappy
>> Staum has become. The purpose of this letter is to get you to start
> thinking for yourself, to start thinking about how each rung on
>> the ladder of separatism is a crisis of some kind. Each crisis supplies an
> excuse for him to condition the public -- or, more
>> precisely, brainwash the public -- into believing that his activities are
> on the up-and-up. That is the standard process by which
>> abysmal fogeys create anomie.
>>
>> He says it is within his legal right to paint people of different races
> and cultures as lewd alien forces undermining the coherent
>> national will. Whether or not he indeed has such a right, there is another
> side to the issue, so to speak. If Staum wants to
>> complain, he should have an argument. He shouldn't just throw out the word
> "anthropomorphical", for example, and expect us to be
>> scared. He will damage the debate about this issue, because we will have
> to spend lots of time correcting misunderstandings that are
>> directly attributable to his publications. While improvident quacks claim
> to defend traditional values, they actually peddle the
>> snake oil of irritating neocolonialism. If you were to tell Staum that
> there is considerable evidence to show that he is serious
>> about wanting to acquire public acceptance of his paltry insinuations,
> he'd just pull his security blanket a little tighter around
>> himself and refuse to come out and deal with the real world.
>>
>> His oleaginous editorials leave the current power structure untouched
> while simultaneously killing countless children through
>> starvation and disease. Are these children Staum's enemies? This isn't
> such an easy question to answer, but let me take a stab at
>> it: I want to give you some background information about Staum. But first,
> let me pose an abstract question. Where is Staum's
>> integrity? To rephrase that question, what exactly is Staum's point? A
> complete answer to that question would take more space than I
>> can afford, so I'll have to give you a simplified answer. For starters,
> Staum is too odious to read the writing on the wall. This
>> writing warns that several things he has said have brought me to the
> boiling point. The statement of his that made the strongest
>> impression on me, however, was something to the effect of how the best way
> to make a point is with foaming-at-the-mouth rhetoric and
>> letters filled primarily with exclamation points. The next time someone
> says that self-centered, myopic vagrants are more deserving
>> of honor than our nation's war heroes, look that person right in the eye
> and reply, "The Stephen Staum Foundation's latest report on
>> catty obscurantism is filled with fabrications, half-truths, innuendo, and
> guilt by association." His apple-polishers consider his
>> claims a breath of fresh air. I, however, find them more like the fetid
> odor of metagrobolism. Quite simply, one does not have to
>> impose obtuse new restrictions on society just to satisfy some sort of
> wretched drive for power in order to tell him where he can
>> stick it. It is a cruel person who believes otherwise. Now for some
> parting advice: Look at the facts. Analyze the arguments. Think
>> about the motives of the people who are telling you that children should
> belong to the state. And have confidence in yourself.
>> Remember, I don't expect everyone to agree with me.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Stephen Staum" <staum at earthlink.net>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics: joke and the wind surffer
>>
>>
>> > What a nasty thing to do to someone.  Now this poor individual who needs
> and
>> > probably cannot afford new tires will have to blow the money on
> senseless
>> > tickets instead.  It figures that you are a Bush fan.  My daughter is in
>> > middle school and judging how nasty young teenage girls can be you would
> fit
>> > right in.  At least they have youth and ignorance as an excuse.  What is
>> > yours?  Why don't you find some productive volunteer work to do with
> your
>> > time or just go sailing.  I am sure that you will find this more
> personally
>> > satisfying.  SS
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>> > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:17 PM
>> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Politics: joke and the wind surffer
>> >
>> >
>> >> WORKING PEOPLE FREQUENTLY ASK RETIRED PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THEIR
>> > DAYS
>> >> INTERESTING. WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE:
>> >>
>> >> I WENT TO THE STORE THE OTHER DAY. I WAS ONLY IN THERE FOR ABOUT 5
>> > MINUTES.
>> >>
>> >> WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS A CITY COP WRITING OUT A PARKING TICKET.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> did any one see the new Kerry windsurfing ad, now that's funny, and I
>> > suspect effective on many levels, some on the bush side has some
> "talent" at
>> > this :-)
>> >>
>> >> and a new jokes :-)
>> >>
>> >> I WENT UP TO HIM AND SAID, "COME ON, BUDDY, HOW ABOUT GIVING A SENIOR A
>> >> BREAK?"
>> >>
>> >> HE IGNORED ME AND CONTINUED WRITING THE TICKET.
>> >>
>> >> I CALLED HIM A NAME. HE GLARED AT ME AND STARTED WRITING ANOTHER TICKET
>> > FOR
>> >> HAVING WORN TIRES.
>> >>
>> >> SO I CALLED HIM A WORSE NAME. HE FINISHED THE SECOND TICKET AND PUT IT
> ON
>> >> THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE FIRST. THEN HE STARTED WRITING A THIRD TICKET.
>> >>
>> >> THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE MORE I ABUSED HIM THE MORE
> TICKETS
>> > HE
>> >> WROTE.
>> >>
>> >> I DIDN'T CARE. MY CAR WAS PARKED AROUND THE CORNER AND THIS ONE HAD A
>> > BUMPER
>> >> STICKER ON IT THAT SAID "ELECT KERRY - EDWARDS".
>> >>
>> >> I TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN EACH DAY NOW THAT I'M RETIRED. IT'S
> IMPORTANT
>> > AT
>> >> OUR AGE.
>> >>
>> >>  - from Carol Bagshaw
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