[Rhodes22-list] hit delete: it's ss on his box

[Herb Parsons]

FWIW, I've wanted Keyes as President since '96 when he ran, 
unfortunately, I knew even then it was a pipe dream. Imagine what this 
country could do with leaders of conviction!

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Herb,
>
> Sorry to burst your bubble, but "The Big O" isn't rabidly anti-anything.  In
> fact, WTF is he?  He was an Illinois state senator from a very liberal
> district in Chicago who didn't stand a 'ghosts chance in hell' of winning
> national office except for perhaps Congressman, but for the fact his
> competition blew up and the replacement was Alan Keyes ( I donated money to
> Keyes).  Obama has parsed the war issues with a scalpel that even the
> Clinton's can't wield with such precision, and now that he's running for
> POTUS the MSM is treating him as the "chosen one".   Personally, I think
> he's a smart guy.  Ready for POTUS?  Absolutely not!  As Hillary has found
> out, attacking the ChosenO garners all kinds of hatred and labels.  I don't
> suffer from a guilt complex so I'll continue to fire away.
>
> Obmamessiah, what exactly are your beliefs on anything?  Sorry, oh great
> one, for a moment I thought I was a member of the "free" press doing my job!
>
> Brad
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 12:03 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> The problem with your analasys is that "the Big O" is rabidly anti-war.
>> If he wins (and I freely admit it's a very good possibility), it will be
>> interesting if he quickly learns that the job entails more than he
>> originally thought, that there's more involved than just appeasing the
>> left wing of the base.
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Lou,
>>>
>>> OK, you're only half nuts. You may be lucky or good, and better to be
>>> lucky.  Pakistan WILL be the next battleground, that's where the bad
>>>       
>> guys
>>     
>>> are.  IQI has mostly been run out of Iraq, and Pakistan is where they
>>>       
>> are
>>     
>>> re-grouping.  Read "Lone Survivor" by Mark Lutrell.  No one, not the
>>>       
>> Brits,
>>     
>>> not the Russians, and damn sure not the Pakastanis' have been successful
>>>       
>> in
>>     
>>> dealing with the Pushtun Tribes.  It would be easier to fight a battle
>>>       
>> on
>>     
>>> the moon. All this Bush Bashing has been fun for the last seven years
>>>       
>> but
>>     
>>> he'll be gone soon.  The problems still remain.  Looking back on W's
>>> performance, it has been pretty dismal.  We've been fighting this
>>>       
>> primitive
>>     
>>> mindset for 1300 years and there is no reason it couldn't have been
>>>       
>> dealt
>>     
>>> with overnight!  From my perspective it looks like the Big O is going to
>>>       
>> be
>>     
>>> the next leader.  He's a Harvard lawyer right?  I say we sue their ass
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> put John Edwards on retainer as the plaintiff's attorney.
>>>
>>> Gallows humor is probably not appropriate for so serious a subject but
>>> sometimes I want to live in fantasy land just as much as the next guy.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2008 11:36 AM, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> Of course Im nuts I bought a boat with not even seeing if the damn
>>>> centerboard worked or not~!
>>>> (one yr lost on just that repair)
>>>>
>>>> re: my post
>>>>    do me a favor - save it. then when McCain has to  send troops to
>>>> Pakistan before the end of the decade
>>>>   you can read it again.
>>>>
>>>> The ISI is the elephant in the living room right now.  Nobody wants
>>>> to talk about it because it will open
>>>> up for discussion too many loose ends about 911.
>>>>  too F__Kin BAD!
>>>>
>>>> THe truth will come out .
>>>>
>>>> The madmad of Dead Horse Flats has spoken!
>>>> Lou
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Back to you Lou, are you friggin' nuts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me put that in more civil terms given yesterday's posts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lou, are you friggin' NUTS?
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 13, 2008 11:13 AM, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Stan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think its great that you air your opinions on this list!  That
>>>>>> said, I agree with your take on having leaders be totally accountable
>>>>>> to their decisions.
>>>>>> But in the case of  Iraq , Afghanistan and Pakistan going back to
>>>>>> 9/11/01 its not that simple.
>>>>>> ie:  Its going to come out sooner or later that Bush & Cheney knew
>>>>>> that there was a connection between Pakistan's ISI and M. Atta the
>>>>>> supposed ringleader of the
>>>>>> 9/11 hijackers.   That was only ONE  story the late Daniel Pearl was
>>>>>> working on when he was killed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  If Bush had chose to undermine any strategic importance that
>>>>>> Pakistan held in 2001 and instead decided to INVADE  Pakistan and
>>>>>> Afghanistan to find
>>>>>> Osama, I believe the Pakistanis would have had a chance to launch one
>>>>>> of their nukes either at us or at Israel causing WWIII.  I have not
>>>>>> an ounce of trust for the Pakistani regimes, in this regard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not defending Bush & Cheney 's decision to invade Iraq or
>>>>>> Afghanistan.   I firmly believe they are complicit in a many schemes
>>>>>> to defraud the people of America and will be held accountable at some
>>>>>> time, most likely in the future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  New  Yorkers are working on making it happen sooner go to: http://
>>>>>> www.nyc911initiative.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Pakistan slips into anarchy and Musharaff clings to his military
>>>>>> for power,  we will find ourselves engaging in some sort of military
>>>>>> action to either suppress the anarchy or bring about
>>>>>> a more stable regime in that country.  All this could have been dealt
>>>>>> with years ago, but our foreign officers lead by this dysfunctional
>>>>>> administration did nothing about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lou
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> O
>>>>>>
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