[Rhodes22-list] Captain Haslett - Kerosene heat

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

Read that yesterday and passed it on to Fan.  She might know a thing or two
about the Peoples Republic of Something and wasn't impressed by the
goings-on in Cambridge.  In fact, her reaction was, "they need to just blow
that place off the map".

I don't think she really meant that literally, it's just that the idiots
from Cambridge are ignorant of history.  Yeah, they may be smart.  So is
Fan's mom and dad (both engineers).  The "intellectuals" at Harvard and MIT
should ask themselves how *they* will do during the next "Cultural
Revolution".

Brad

On Nov 19, 2007 1:44 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
>
> As to the Kerosene smell, just get a couple of bottles of kerosene
> deodorant.  Comes in small plastic bottles early in the season at all
> major
> outlets, i.e., Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace Hardware...  Comes in several
> flavors.  Need to buy early in season because they usually do not restock.
> It will have you smelling like Gardenias.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum:  Political - Big Al do not read...
>
> Cambridge Officials Put a Stop to Boy Scout Drive to Aid Troops in Iraq
> Friday , November 16, 2007
>
> CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ­
> The city that's home to Harvard and MIT solidified its nickname as "The
> People's Republic of Cambridge" when it put a stop to a Boy Scout troop's
> Election Day drive to collect care packages for American soldiers in Iraq,
> claiming it was "political."
>
> "We just wanted to make a lot of troops happy," Scout Patrick O'Connor
> told
> the Boston Herald.
>
> The big-hearted Scouts from Cambridge Troop 45 had placed donation boxes
> at
> the city's 33 polling stations in hopes of collecting toiletries,
> magazines,
> candy and other items after one of O'Connor's relatives was injured in an
> IED explosion while serving in Iraq.
>
> But someone complained to the city, allegedly claiming the boxes were a
> "political statement," and the boxes were removed.
>
> Read the Boston Herald story:
> http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1045046
>
> Video: Cops bust Boy Scouts for being too "pro-war."
>
> http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/News/Politics/Detail?contentId=4936840&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.14.1
>
> "I was devastated that someone would think to take (the donation boxes)
> out," O'Connor told the newspaper.
>
> "This was not about supporting the war or any politician or political
> view,"
> troop committee chairman Jamisean Patterson told the Herald. "This was
> supporting the brave men and women who are stationed overseas."
>
> Patterson said the Scouts obtained a verbal OK from the city election
> commission and polling station officials.
>
> Cambridge Vice Mayor Timothy J. Toomey Jr. told the Herald that a
> breakdown
> in communication, rather than malice, led to the boxes being removed.
>
> "Boy Scouts Troop 45's efforts to support our troops are a benefit for the
> entire community, and the council will be working with them to ensure that
> their goals are fully realized," he said in a written statement.
>
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