[Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection

[stan]

Brad,

great compromise - in conference I would fight for moving the one time plus 
15 to a two time minus 6 months. - when are you throwing in your hat?

ss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection


> Stan,
>
> After packing a few wheel bearings I've gotten most of the grease off my
> hands, enough to type for five minutes before scarring them on another
> project.
>
> Abortion is an issue that I don't have an answer for, and I've got an 
> answer
> for everything!  If we have to make a national decision on this, this 
> would
> be mine:  every child has the 'right to life', and every parent has a
> one-time, "get-out-of-jail-free" card to kill them when they are fifteen.
>
> There, that ought to work!
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:43 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>
>> Brad,
>>
>> I have one of those also - turned out to be bloody genius but in this 
>> case
>> you might have preferred we had gone the abortion elective since in his
>> early days he was one of those kids you saw on TV being hit in the back
>> with
>> a tear gas canister for trying to save the world.
>>
>> ss
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection
>>
>>
>> > Stan,
>> >
>> > We'll have to agree to disagree on the Bush 43 Presidency.  Most
>> > historians
>> > say that it takes about 50 years to properly judge the effectiveness of
>> an
>> > administration.  Truman left office with about the same poll ratings as
>> > Bush
>> > 43.
>> >
>> > Now as to the abortion issue - it's strictly a personal one and not a
>> > deciding factor for me in choosing candidates.  Yeah, they have to take
>> a
>> > stand one way or the other but in the end do very little.  Remember,
>> Bush
>> > 43
>> > was against it (while his wife supports it) and what has been done in
>> the
>> > last 7 years?  Nothing.  This issue is a personal one and should stay
>> that
>> > way.
>> >
>> > BTW, my once-upon-a-time abortion decision called me last night from 
>> > his
>> > ship - loves the USCG!
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sorry if I have offended anyone - it is just that I am such a 
>> >> convinced
>> >> advocate of a woman's right to choose and I thought McCain was not.
>> >>
>> >> Most men would admit that if they were the ones who could be told by
>> the
>> >> government what they must do with that thing inside their body, they
>> >> would
>> >> take advantage of their constitutional right to bear arms and shoot in
>> >> self defense.
>> >>
>> >> ss
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>> >> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:18 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spitzer's Choice: An irreverent selection
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >I don't think John has any problem with what a woman does with her
>> >> > insides, until it affects the life of someone else.
>> >> >
>> >> > Much the way others would have a problem with MY body parts, if I
>> used
>> >> > them to endanger the life of another.
>> >> >
>> >> > Your misrepresentation of his stand sucks Stan, and is unbecoming to
>> >> > "intelligent debate". You can do better.
>> >> >
>> >> > stan wrote:
>> >> >>     I feel it is my duty (politically speaking) to join my Rhodies
>> >> >> friends early exit-poll reporting of their secret balloting.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     I would choose McCain because of his age
>> >> >>         Listening to the younger members of the List proves that 
>> >> >> age
>> >> >> makes one smarter.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     I would choose Hillary because she is a woman,
>> >> >>         and try as I might, my high lab TEST. level makes me prefer
>> >> woman
>> >> >> over men.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     I would choose Obama because he is half white,
>> >> >>         and because I have read a dirty tricks blog that he is half
>> >> >> Jewish.   They did not
>> >> >>         mention whether it is the top or bottom half - it does make
>> a
>> >> >> difference.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     But with only 2 choices allowed, I had to rule out John 
>> >> >> because,
>> >> >> while I love his                                 McCain/Kennedy
>> >> >> immigration bill, I do not appreciate his disrespect of women:
>> >> >>         He has reiterated his vows to stick with the party line:
>>  Keep
>> >> >> government off men's back
>> >> >>         and control over women's inside.  Also, while I feel
>> >> >> candidates
>> >> >> have a right to flip/flop,
>> >> >>         his flop on now decreasing taxes during war, breaks with 
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> prior Republican
>> >> >>         commander in chiefs.  I will give him a second look when he
>> >> gets
>> >> >> as old as me.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     I'm going with Al for president and Barack as VP because 
>> >> >> Clinton
>> >> >> ignored my right-on and
>> >> >>         perfectly timed Hail Mary call on 4 and 10 at the start of
>> the
>> >> >> second half and blew her game.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>         For Gore bashers:
>> >> >>             With all those terms as a congressman and
>> >> >>             all those terms as a senator and
>> >> >>             with the maximum 2 terms as vice president
>> >> >>                 a "no experience" bash does not hold water.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>         And with a winning of the popular presidential vote,
>> >> >>             the "un-winner ability" bash does not hold water
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But who listens to the hairy 135 Pound Gorilla in the Rhodes chat
>> >> >> Room.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>  stan/ec
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