[Rhodes22-list] The "Unifier" finally delivers, so Peter L this means ...

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

We haven't got to Bill Ayers (terrorist) or Rashid Khalidi (anti-Semite)
yet. Barry O sure has an interesting group of friends and associates. There
are others.  He defends everyone but his grandmother who is "a typical white
woman".

Pete, I can help you with the 'your mothers' meds issue.My parents are
retired on social security with no other income.  The recent enhancement in
the Medicare drug supplement helps some, and WalMart getting in the drug
business helps a lot, but sometimes it is still tough for them. This is the
solution the Haslett family came-up with.  We children of Louis & Bonnie
send them money.  Works like a charm.  Sometimes it interferes with buying a
new toy for the sailboat but that seems a small sacrifice.  Try it!

Brad

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net(> wrote:

>
> Peter,
>
> Then this means you are supporting John Locks former congressman, Bob
> Barr,
> the Libertarian?
>
> BTW, did you notice this:
>
> Obama Linked To Another Controversial Minister – Rev James Meeks
> Posted on March 20, 2008 by politicalnighttrain
> An Obama Delegate's Preaching, On Par With Jeremiah WrightSo, the spin
> goes,
> Jeremiah Wright may have said some controversial things. So, maybe Obama
> has
> described him as "his mentor", and maybe they've had a close relationship
> for the past twenty-three years. But Wright has left his largely
> ceremonial
> post, and it's not like he has any direct relationship with Obama's
> presidential campaign. I mean, it's not like we're hearing this from a
> Democratic elected official. It's not like we're hearing this from an
> Obama
> delegate to the Democratic convention or something.It's not like we're
> hearing an Obama delegate from Chicago in a church pulpit saying, "We
> don't
> have slave masters, we got mayors! But they are still the same white
> people
> who are presiding over systems where black people are not able to be
> educated. You got some preachers that are house n———! You got some elected
> officials that are house n———! Rather than them try and break this up,
> they're gonna fight you to protect that white man!"Oh, wait, now we are
> hearing this. What's fascinating in the video that Confederate Yankee dug
> up
> is the state senator, Reverend James Meeks of the South Side Baptist
> Church,
> declaring that the N-word is a "term of endearment." I kid you not.So…
> apparently Wright's not a one-time deal, huh? How many other members of
> Obama's crew from Chicago sound like this on Sunday mornings?
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
>
>
>
> petelargo wrote:
> >
> > PS: Pay no attention to the 4 billion dollars a month Iraq war effort
> when
> > your mom needs her meds. Re-framing and justifying the "debt" is not the
> > conservatism I believe in. The 'detractors' now include 81% of all women
> > and men, republican and democrat, that no longer believe the country is
> > headed in the right direction. Mr. W finally unified the country. The
> > choice couldn't be clearer.  If you think we are on the right path, you
> > certainly know who to vote for.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> >>
> >> Rob,
> >>
> >> Let's run through this again, and I'll type s-l-o-w-l-y this time.
> >> Comparing national debt numbers without using inflation adjusted
> dollars
> >> is
> >> meaningless.  Using debt as a percentage of GDP is more rational.
> >> Example -
> >> I probably owe ten times more debt than my father did at my age.
>  Should
> >> this be of concern?  No, 2008 dollars are not the same as 1972 dollars,
> >> and
> >> besides, my income is more than ten times my father's in 1972.  The
> >> federal
> >> budget is a joint responsibility between the Congress and the
> President.
> >> Trying to pin any one group of numbers on one branch without looking at
> >> the
> >> other branches actions is foolish.  The largest component of the
> federal
> >> budget is entitlement spending with Social Security and Medicare being
> >> the
> >> largest  by a wide margin.  Defense spending follows.  Bush 43 did
> >> nothing
> >> to reign-in entitlement spending, in fact, he expanded it.  Expanding
> the
> >> military and homeland defense after 9/11 also added immensely to
> >> spending.
> >> The detractors of the current administration would like to spin the
> >> narrative that higher taxes and less defense spending would
> substantially
> >> reduce the national debt.  Maybe, maybe not.  There is a "sweet spot"
> for
> >> taxation rates where higher marginal rates slows down the economy and
> has
> >> a
> >> negative effect on GDP.  Where is that "sweet spot"?  I don't know and
> >> neither did JFK but he understood that 90% was too high and Ronald
> Reagan
> >> thought 70% was too high.  Both were proven correct.  The "elephant in
> >> the
> >> room" is entitlement spending, and if or until we recognize that issue
> >> and
> >> deal with it, this is an exercise in mental masturbation.
> >>
> >> BTW, I really like Bill and have a great deal of respect for he and
> >> Diane.
> >> That doesn't mean he's beyond playing games with numbers  just for fun.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Since Bill Effros dropped off the list, we've been without our
> periodic
> >>> Quote without Comments.  For anyone new, see:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.quotewithoutcomment.com/
> >>>
> >>> this is paraphrased from Sunday's Doonesbury.  I have not checked the
> >>> accuracy.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Since 1776, the US has accumulated a national debt of over $9
> trillion,
> >>> over 1/2 or which was incurred when a Bush was on watch.
> >>> If you included Ronald Regan, fully 70% of the debt was created under
> >>> just
> >>> these three Republican presidents.
> >>>
> >>> - rob
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