[Rhodes22-list] Politics - chicken

[David Bradley]

Stan, a great perspective.  What would you come up with if you took
more time?  Do they need a senator in NC?

Dave


On Feb 12, 2008 9:55 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
> Wish someone asked me
>
> Got to run so this will be quick:
>
> Stop the world (or at least the US) and take a deep breath
>
> Stop the bleeding - this means the dumbest war we ever got involved in.
>
> Stop terrorism by stopping its funding:  oil and drugs
>
>    stopping drugs is easy - make it legal
>
>    stopping oil is a bit harder since people will say it costs more for
> alternate energy -  but that misses the point.  The money spent gets spent
> here so what if it costs more.   In the long run it costs less anyway, since
> fighting terrorism, as we are prone to try to do it, is a lot more costly
> than the energy costs differential.
>
>    By alternate energy I mean atomic, coal, ethanol, and a government money
> sponsored "man on the moon type program" to see if hydrogen and fuel cells
> have real promise.  Who cares what all this costs as long as that money is
> spent in the US.    We have so much oil in this country and surrounds we
> could then be an oil exporter and clean up financially.
>
>    Do away with all corporate taxes - a corporation is not a person and
> just passes that cost along in a negative manner.  Do away with all taxes of
> every sort except the income tax and make that simple and progressive.  (Do
> you know how inefficient having secondary tax collection departments are
> like tolls and sales taxes)   In fact, at the risk of having Ed hoist the
> hammer and sickle over my head, I would propose that, since this is a
> capitalistic country, we put the government in a capitalistic businesses
> that makes money so we could even do away with the IRS.  What businesses
> could the US government own:  Oil, maybe transportation, medical products -
> give it some thought, even those who are blinded by words like socialism can
> come up with certain industries the government can run and make money on
> while having congress as the board of directors and the citizens as
> stockholders and no income taxes as dividends.  Keep one tax,  the
> inheritance tax (there is no such thing as a death tax) because if you do
> not you will eventually loose your beloved democracy and end up with a new
> form of rule by royalty and Brad will have one more things to shed tears
> over when he hears this new royalty's altered national melody and words.
>
>    Take the money and the time out of campaigning.    Smart rules can do
> it.  Everytime we feel it can't get more indecent, the following election
> again ups all antes until only the mob or the few inheritors of our
> collective wealth will be able to throw their crown into the ring - which by
> then will be just a tradition anyway.
>
>    Stop patch work cures like solving the current economic view with this
> plan that will end up giving China tons more of our money.  Take the current
> handout and do something like sponsor an intermediate energy step like
> financing one 85% ethanol pump in all stations fanning out from some auto
> building center so that that company can turn out the same cars in the US
> that it now sells to Brazil.   It will create more jobs, stop money from
> leaving the country in oil purchasing, maybe save our
> about-to-move-into-second place auto industry and, as it catches on (as
> proven by Brazil), be self expanding - It hardly matters what the project
> chosen (Huckabee suggested I-95 expansion) - just do it here and spend it
> here and create jobs here.
>
>    Stop the immigration nonsense.  We need these workers.  I can write a
> complete paper on this issue.  For now I can tell you that if you get rid of
> them you will get rid of what little manufacturing is left in this country.
> I can't believe we are not smart enough to solve this problem in a
> productive way.
>
>    Wake up to the fact that your body is a holistic machine.  Get the drug
> company influence off the backs of medical science and start the emphasis on
> preventative medicine.  In my opinion the reason the folks who try to get a
> job at GB have trouble using their brain is due to nutrition - they have no
> idea that what goes into their body is even more important than making the
> effort to see that they put the right stuff into their car.   Start a
> preventative medicine program starting with pregnant mothers who smoke
> (since most of you believe life starts when a sperm finds its mark) and if
> they refuse, authorize the gun association to kill them so this lobbying
> group would then have a worthwhile purpose by helping start the beginning of
> the ending or our endless expansion of our medical welfare costs..
>
>    sorry, just getting started but am off to see the Wizard.
>
> Brad, I know you asked Robert, but this will teach you to give me even a
> second hand opening.
>
> ss/ec/gbi
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - chicken
>
>
> > Robert,
> >
> > Here's what Herb said, again, "So, how about producing some real concrete
> > facts, or just admitting that it's just your left-wing propaganda".
> >
> > I don't neatly fit the label "right-wing" as Slim would like to believe
> > nor
> > do I think you fit into a "left-wing" label. What specific things would
> > you
> > like to see changed and how do you personally wish them to be changed.
> >
> > Please refrain from Obama style, "Change we can believe in", "Hope", and
> > other fluff, non-content positions, and faith-based statements.
> >
> > What specifically do you want the next President to reverse?  Provide
> > detail, please.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Feb 12, 2008 9:35 AM, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Herb Parsons wrote:
> >> > ...
> >> > What you REALLY have is a deep resentment that in spite of what you see
> >> > as a dangerous man, you couldn't muster the wherewithall to defeat him.
> >> > So, how about producing some real concrete facts, or just admitting
> >> > that
> >> > it's just your left-wing propaganda.
> >>
> >> Herb -
> >>
> >> Bush has been very happy to risk the country over
> >> and over again in the political equivalent of a
> >> teenager's game of chicken.  Time after time, he
> >> has shown himself willing to destroy our economy
> >> if he doesn't get his way.  Now he is succeeding,
> >> despite some YouTube propaganda.
> >>
> >> What the Democrats have is a collection of
> >> congressmen and senators who decided to put the
> >> country's needs ahead of their own preferences.
> >> In the process, they allowed many things to
> >> become law that are repugnant to a civilized
> >> people.  (Yes, torture is uncivilized!)
> >>
> >> They have witnessed, accepted, and presided over
> >> the trashing of the social contract embodied in
> >> our constitution and bill of rights, voiding the
> >> mandate that put them in office.
> >>
> >> This willingness to back down in the face of
> >> superior bullheadedness and corporate bribes has
> >> fueled youth's disgust with "establishment"
> >> lawmakers of every stripe.
> >>
> >> What a revolting development!  The people who
> >> will put the older generation into retirement
> >> homes (read: jails for the unproductive) are
> >> making themselves heard and seen.
> >>
> >> To paraphrase that reprehensible mayor of
> >> Washington, DC:  "Get used to it, oldster."
> >>
> >> /Robert (a young oldster)
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