[Rhodes22-list] Slim - Hold The Phone - Politics

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Play the song from the Grateful Dead, whatever song that is, with the lyric,
"what a long strange trip its been."

I just spent three hours with our Iranian, Muslim, far left friend, Ali, who
was invited over to fix our wireless, (for a Chinese meal which he
covets), and he got invited back for dinner on Saturday night.

I was hanging around the crew lounge yesterday and saw a tall, long
black-haired Oriental girl walking around. Curiosity got the best of me and
inquiring minds want to know.  Yep, we got a Mainland China female pilot on
the property.

Saturday night our dinner guests are a Reverend, a liberal Muslim dem,
another Chinese, and whatever other mutts we can drag in at the last minute.

Welcome to the Shen-Haslett United Nations dinner table.

Cancel your gig and join the madness!  Anne has been here.  She can vouch,
we don't bite but we may shoot.

I'm too tired for politics tonight.  Good night.

Brad

On 9/14/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> One thing is for sure here in the 5th district:  any kind of racism simply
> will not play here and Ellison's doing a fair job at belaying those
> issues,
> especially since our district is so black, but still they're saying he's
> got
> a fight on his hands and the victory will be hard-won.  So a vote for Fine
> is not necessarily wasted.  I'm not quite ready to shake on our deal
> either
> but I'll keep the door open.  But no way am I voting for the R incumbent
> Gov. Tim Pawlenty so save your breath on that one.
>
> Slim
>
> On 9/14/06 7:26 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > My vote still leans toward Ford, but he needs to distance himself from
> his
> > party 1/4 inch more, just as he's distanced himself from his family by a
> > mile.  It is still early.  My default position is to stick with our
> original
> > deal.  Your vote (for the R) will be wasted.  Mine will really count.
> > Whatever we agree on, I'll pull the lever on what we agree!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 9/14/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Brad,
> >>
> >> I think the racist, anti-semite thing might be a little
> over-blown.  Alan
> >> Fine came down hard at Ellison's win but when pressed if those were HIS
> >> words he balked and didn't answer the question.  He might be a good
> >> pianist
> >> but I think he's also good at towing the party line--perhaps a puppet.
> >>
> >> I've always liked the when-in-doubt-vote-against-the-incumbent strategy
> >> but
> >> this is different.  If you want to break our deal, that's OK.  Frankly,
> my
> >> vote is still up for grabs.
> >>
> >> Slim
> >>
> >> On 9/14/06 6:20 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Slim,
> >>>
> >>> I like Jr. but I'll donate to his opponent over this!  Ford, Jr.
> >> indicated
> >>> his opposition today to 'earmark transparancy rules'.  What does that
> >> mean?
> >>> Business as usual - I use my power to get Federal money (someone elses
> >> but
> >>> ours) for my district in exchange for you getting some for your
> >>> re-election.  That's a deal breaker for me.  You (Slim) vote for a
> >> racist,
> >>> anti-semite for the house and I'll vote for a real-estate developer
> who
> >> I
> >>> don't know squat about for the Senate. Where the hell is a new party?
> >>> *All*these bums need to be thrown out!
> >>>
> >>> Brad
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