[Rhodes22-list] Politics

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 14:03:01 EST 2008


Rummy,

One, it isn't a lengthy article.  It takes about 60 seconds to read.  Two,
the premise and summation of the article was stated in the first sentence.
Three, this is an entertainment magazine, marketed to the shallowest and
vainest of people.  The people covered in this magazine don't get their
investment advice form Vanity Fair, they have "people" who do that for
them.  Whoops, the people who are featured in the magazine probably don't
read the magazine, right?  They are out 'saving the world".  And what talent
are they saving the world with?  It must be their advanced degrees.  Perhaps
it is their wisdom gained over time.  Maybe they experienced an epiphany in
rehab. Give me a frigging' break.  Rummy, I'll read whatever you post but
I'll shoot down pop culture in a heartbeat! If I had a time machine and
could wake a dead soldier from Normandy and explain what's going on, this is
what I'd say;  "Europe is being invaded, the US is facing uncertain economic
times, we were attacked, what shall we do?"

No offense Rummy, I'll stick to news magazines, newspapers, and the blogs,
and not the shit leftover in the beauty parlor waiting room.

Brad


On Feb 12, 2008 12:46 PM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Herb,
> As always this time of year I don't have enough time to debate this point
> for point, but as Brad often does, I offer this somewhat lengthy article
> for you
>  to read.
>
> _http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/bush200712_
> (http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/bush200712)
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 2/12/2008 12:48:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
>
> Sorry  Rummy, but to blame "the economy" as "damage done by the current
> occument"  is neither honest, and is certainly not a "concrete fact". The
> "occupant"  doesn't prepare the budget. He may approve it, and probably
> should have  junked a lot of what was in there, but it was a joint effort
> (for what  it's worth, I don't like his ecnomics myself).
>
> You can't ride Brad's  back on the "foreign policy" "damage", he didn't
> list any. The notion that  a few third world countries "don't like us"
> isn't foreign policy "damage",  at least not in MY view. On the other
> hand, years of ignoring treaty  violations, THAT's a foreign policy
> nightmare. It's ironic that the left  seems to decry a President doing
> exactly what he said he was going to do  as a "foreign policy nightmare".
> Guess that's what foreign policy has  become, expectations of ignored
> warnings.
>
> But I'm beginning to  ramble. The request was for concrete facts about
> the "damage" done by the  "current occupant". You've not provided any.
>
>
> R22RumRunner at aol.com  wrote:
> > Herb,
> > As I have stated many times previously, I am  neither left nor right,
> liberal
> > nor conservative. I am an  American. I vote for people that I believe
> provide
> > this country  with the best possible leadership. I think Brad pretty
> much
> >  touched on most of the problems I have with this current
> administration.
> > However, simply brushing them aside will not make the problems
> disappear.
> It will
> > take decades to straighten out our economy and  even longer  with
> foreign
> policy.
> > The coming election doesn't  offer any concrete  solutions to the
> problems.
> I
> > will probably  vote for John McCain simply because I  see him doing the
> least
> >  amount of damage. (My wife has always claimed that I am  a closet
> Republican)
> > I am embarrassed that this country can have such a lousy  pool of people
> > willing to lead this country. Apparently holding  high jobs in corporate
> America
> > is more appealing than running  for office.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> >  In a message dated 2/12/2008 9:04:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
> >
> > Absolutely not. The  leftists in this country seem fond of citing that
>  so
> > much  "damage" has been done as if it's some sort of indisuputable fact,
> > when in reality, the "damage" consists of damage to their lefist
>  agenda.
> > I'd like real facts, not opinions. You guys don't have  them.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > R22RumRunner at aol.com  wrote:
> >
> >>  Herb,
> >> Please tell me  your joking.
> >>
> >>  Rummy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 2/12/2008  8:34:40  A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> hparsons at parsonsys.com   writes:
> >>
> >> Might  you cite some of this  "damage"  Slim?
> >>
> >> Steven Alm  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>   Elle,
> >>>
> >>> Don't  worry.  Brad's posts were of no  real  consequence as  usual.
> Just
> >>>
> >  more
> >
> >>> right-wing   propaganda.   Brad, I don't know how much farther our
> country
> >>>
> > can
> >
> >>> decline before you  realize how much damage has been  done  by the
> current
> >>>   occupant.
> >>>
> >>>   Slim
> >>>
> >>> On Feb 11, 2008 9:48 PM, elle    <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>  Can we all take a  minute and  send a concentrated
> >>>> mental mantra to  Virginia   Broadband to kickstart
> >>>> wireless around    here?
> >>>>
> >>>> You have no idea how frustrating  it is  to see  all
> >>>> these video links & not  be able to  see  them....
> >>>>
> >>>>  elle
> >>>> ---  Brad Haslett   <flybrad at gmail.com>   wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Good grief, I   haven't had this much fun watching  a
> >>>>> race since  I  was a kid
> >>>>> and we had greased  pig  catching contests  as fund
> >>>>> raisers.  Now  watch   this
> >>>>> clip and tell me what is wrong  with the picture   at
> >>>>> 18   seconds.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>    http://youtube.com/watch?v=KU5Rt890Wm4
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   Look at  the attached photo (taken in Iowa while  the
> >>>>>  National Anthem   was
> >>>>> being played) and tell me what  is wrong  with  the
> >>>>>   picture.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Someone needs  to  tell  the Messiah to put his lapel
> >>>>> flag  pin back on   for
> >>>>> awhile.  "Lucy, you  got some explainin' to    do!"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Brad
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