[Rhodes22-list] You can believe it, Ed (political)

[Ben Schultz]

Wait a second Robert.  You mean it's possible for one to think for 
oneself?  You don't have to pick a team and stick with them no matter 
how much you disagree their thoughts on a particular topic?  Amazing!



TN Rhodey wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> Well said sir!
>
> Wally
>
>> From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] You can believe it, Ed (political)
>> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:20:30 -0400
>>
>> Now, Ed, don't run off the end of the field with the ball.
>>
>> While I may be constitutionally and fiscally conservative,
>> I remain concerned with the less fortunate of my neighbors
>> and am an advocate of effective social support programs,
>> ones that do not perpetuate the poverty cycle.
>>
>> I proudly support some initiatives that some would call
>> "liberal", but also advocate a barbed wire necklace for
>> our elected officials, something we can jerk when they
>> try to spend our money to buy themselves another term.
>>
>> But I also support effective response to threats and
>> attacks, and by effective I mean closely directed and
>> clearly defined action with good intelligence behind it.
>>
>> I do not support a cowboy-with-a-shotgun-shooting-from-the-hip
>> approach to international affairs, and I remain mindful
>> of Eisenhauer's warning about the "military-industrial
>> complex."
>>
>> So it is not correct to assume that I buy all the rhetoric
>> that you expouse.  I try to recognize and understand what
>> works woth my ethical structure and avoid that which seems
>> ill-founded, ineffective, or unjustified.
>>
>> Emmerson states: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of
>> little minds."  I interpret that to mean that someone who
>> buys the whole Republican (or Democratic) line is not
>> really exercising their grey cells or moral muscle.
>>
>> The mischievous aspect of consistancy is that it tricks one
>> into thinking that one is thinking.
>>
>> In any case, Ed, it seems to me that those who live near
>> terrorists or other delinquents know that their neighbors
>> are up to no good.  If they also know that the wrath of the
>> attacked will be visited on them 100-fold, they are likely
>> to encourage the miscreants to move elsewhere -- or rat
>> them out.
>>
>> /Robert, not in a box.
>>
>> Britanica:
>>
>> Main Entry: hob·gob·lin  Pronunciation: 'häb-"gäb-l&n
>> Function: noun: a mischievous goblin
>>
>> Main Entry: gob·lin  Pronunciation: 'gäb-l&n
>> Function: noun:   an ugly or grotesque sprite that is
>> mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Tootle wrote:
>> >
>> > Brad,
>> >      The last few years, at least since he moved north, Bob has 
>> been aligned
>> > with the liberals.  Now he makes this reply.  Simply amazing.  Who 
>> would
>> > have ever imagined.  It must no longer be a haven.
>> >
>> > Ed K
>> > Greenville, SC, USA
>> >
>> > Robert Skinner wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Brad Haslett wrote:
>> > >> Philip,
>> > >> You are getting very close to the real issue...
>> > >> Let's say out of a billion Muslims (to keep the math simple) 990 
>> million
>> > >> are
>> > >> more interested in getting a decent meal, housing, and education 
>> for
>> > >> their
>> > >> kids...
>> > > -------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > Unfortunately, that leaves 10 million whackos.
>> > > Blowing them to perdition is the only education
>> > > that would be effective.
>> > >
>> > > But 10M deaths could also be regarded as genocide.
>> > >
>> > > Hmmm...  Is it genocide to wipe out 0.1% of all the
>> > > cockroaches in the world?
>> > >
>> > > As an enlightened former Marine, I have no trouble
>> > > with this, but there aren't a lot of us around,
>> > > and somehow, I don't expect the UN to take action.
>> > >
>> > > The proper response may be to inflict 100 times as
>> > > many casualties as we have suffered in any specific
>> > > incident on the most obvious supporters of
>> > > terrorist activity, immediately, wherever we find
>> > > them.  We'd have a hit list handy.  90% collateral
>> > > damage would be acceptable.
>> > >
>> > > Now, who wants to be anywhere near a terrorist
>> > > cell?  Would terrorist leaders want to sacrifice
>> > > themselves to promote their program?  Seems that
>> > > they send boys and girls to do their dirty work.
>> > >
>> > > Just an idea...
>> > >
>> > > /Robert Skinner
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