[Rhodes22-list] Iraq - It is still there!

[Brad Haslett]

Bud,

I don't run for office for the same reason I don't get into corporate
management.  My attention span is five minutes at best.  My bosses don't
take it personally anymore when I sneak out of meetings but they do call
later to get feedback.  I like my day job just fine, move article A from
point B to point C.  Teaching is more challenging and also more rewarding.
I'm taking a week off from the list to go to the Mississippi Gulf Coast and
deal with that, uh, problem child.  You are in charge of the world's
problems.  Nothing bad happened while I was in Alaska on a cruise last
month, so the world is apparently safe without my input.

Brad

On 6/25/07, Bud Connor <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>      with all your passion for this country, you ought to consider
> running for office.
> George Bush was a pilot - and he got elected.... why not you???
>
> -Bud
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>
> >While we are choosing the cut of our next mainsail, kids are still dying
> in
> >Iraq.  Mostly, they are killed from IEDs, enhanced with C4 from Iran
> (semtex
> >too), but other sources as well. Sorry too spoil your otherwise pleasant
> day
> >but twenty-year-old kids have their asses at risk as we speak, while in
> >cyberspace, we mentally masturbate about defending your right to bitch
> about
> >why they are there, OR, we debate the cut of our mainsail.  Go sailing on
> >the 4th of July and forget about all that died to make that holiday
> happen.
> >I can't blame you for not having a clue about what is  happening in Iraq
> >right now, why should you care when there is so much more interesting
> news
> >happening.  Did Paris eat a snatch in prison?  Inquiring minds want to
> >know!  I don't know what your plans on the 4th are but I'm taking the
> >CoraShen out and flying the flag.  Why can't we all get along?  The
> Germans
> >just wanted a little territory and a few less Jews.  No problem there.
> >Right?  Sorry for spoiling an otherwise great sail but wake up
> folks!  Your
> >weekend sailing satisfaction is not guaranteed!  The war that is nothing
> >more than a bumper sticker might just blow-up right in your face.  Happy
> >4th!  (I'll be gone until the 6th of July so the world is your
> >responsibility.  Good Luck!
> >
> >Brad
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