[Rhodes22-list] To DAVE about Virginia and in reply

[Brad Haslett]

David,

Sir, you are correct, sailing is better than posting to the list.

Now as to your comments regarding the Freedom to Farm Act, do your
homework.  That was passed in 1996.  Who was President?  The
Republicans were being herded by Newt Gingrich.  Who is responsible?
Agriculture is the sacred cow of American politics, pun intended.
There are no non-guilty parties.

If you are going to quote raw numbers, please adjust for inflation.
I'm a product of the public school system but did pay attention on the
day they taught statistics.

"I don't doubt that FDR had such a program?"  Sir, buy a history book.
 There is no need to doubt.

Brad



On 7/3/06, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Philip,
>
> Thanks for your response, it's always good to hear from a fellow  Virginian.
>
> Sorry to take so long to respond to you, but we've been off sailing - as
> opposed to posting to this board.  No offense meant, but sailing is  better.
>
> Actually, it was interesting, the powerboat in the slip next to us had
> turtled and sank in it's slip - I presume because of the humongous rains we've
> had.  Our R22 was just sitting there with no problems.  It's a good  product, you
> 're going to enjoy your boat when you get it.
>
> We're kind of close to you.  We live in Vienna, which is smack  adjacent to
> Tysons Corner.  You may know where that is.
>
> Deale is due east of Washington.  Get on the outer loop going north,  get off
> onto Rt4 east, go about 11 miles east to the Bristol/Deale exit from  Rt4,
> the exit puts you on Rt 258, which takes you to Deale Md, the hot spot of  the
> eastern shore.  There may be 10 buildings in all of Deale,  they  do have a
> post office and fire dept, however (and they are 2 of the 10).   It's really a
> very nice part of the world.  It takes just about an hour to  get to Deale from
> Vienna - I don't know about Woodbridge, you have to deal with  I95, and that'
> s tough.
>
> There are a number of marinas on the eastern shore, as you might  imagine.
> If you strike out with the Belvoir marina and other local marinas  in the
> Washington area, I commend the Md eastern shore to you.  There's a  lot of room to
> sail on the Chesapeake.  But I'm sure any private marina is  going to cost
> more than Belvoir.
>
> Regarding your post that said you see Democrats as relying on big  government
> and growing it - I suggest you've been listening to too much talk  radio.
> Look at the facts.  Over the past 100+ years the Democrats  have increased the
> national debt by $2.1B, the Republicans, through 2004 had  increased it by
> $5.35B (with more since 2004).  Trick question - who spent  for the bigger
> government?  Also, you might note that the $2.1B the Dems  are charged with include
> all the costs for WWII and the Great Depression, and  WWI.  The really big
> spenders are---- the Republicans.  Funny how you  never hear that on talk radio.
> To get the data for the above go to  ustreas.gov, click on "offices" and then
> click on "debt statistics", they don't  break it down by party or president
> instead it's there by fiscal year, you have  to make the party/president
> association - and the surprising fact is, that you  never heard about this from
> Rush Limbaugh, the Republicans have grossly  outspent the Democrats.
>
> Regarding your concerns about agricultural subsidies, I hope you've  followed
> the series of article reporting and analyzing the farm subsidy program  that
> appeared in this past weeks Washington Post.  You don't even have to  be a
> farmer to get a subsidy, just buying a house that was built on land a  farmer
> once owned is enough.  The interesting thing to me was that  the single farm
> subsidy program that consumes about 1/2 the Dept of  Agricultures budget is a
> consequence of Ronald Reagan's "Freedom To Farm" act -  no, not the Democrats and
> not FDR.  I don't doubt that FDR had a program  long-long ago, but your
> Republican friends have vastly "improved" on that -  which frankly, is one reason
> many/most of the "red" states are farm  states.
>
> As to your characterization of many Democrats as moon-bats, I share that
> opinion.  There are many times that I feel the Democratic Party could use  some
> adult supervision; however, the numbers show that at their very worst they  are
> much more responsible than the "new conservative Republicans", which by
> itself is a phrase laden with oxymorons.  Remember, it was VP Cheney that  said "
> taxes don't matter", and we've got the debts to prove it.
>
> Dave
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