[Rhodes22-list] Correction Alert

Mon Mar 31 15:29:20 EDT 2008

Yesterday the list was constipated...now it has the
oposite problem...

or maybe Ed did explode....

;^)

elle
--- "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> 
> You are not alone...
> 
> I thought that he was attempting to drive home a
> point through repetition.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent:
> Monday, March 31, 2008 2:01 PM
> > Pete,
> >
> > Is it just me or is everyone getting multiple
> posts? Why don't you solve
> > your e-mail and internet issues before you save
> the world.  On the other
> > hand, develop your "widespread" ammunition and
> share it with the troops.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM, petelargo
> <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Al Gore was just on 60 minutes last nite.  He
> lost the weight. Also, it
> >> took
> >> him a while because of the size of the house and
> his schedule, but he
> >> finished making his mansion energy independent
> and is now working on his
> >> parents place. He made a ton of money investing
> in Google early on. He
> >> donated every penny of his book and movie and
> Nobel Peace Prize award to
> >> upcoming ads and movement to ally political
> opposites and mobilize
> >> international trainings to the climate change
> awareness issue.
> >>
> >> I won't even get into the 2000 vote "scamola" as
> there is plenty of data
> >> on
> >> that, but no one questions that he won the
> popular vote.  He certainly 
> >> was
> >> within his rights to sue but opted out. Classy
> guy. Good pick, Stan.
> >>
> >> More info:
> >>
> >> The Florida recount was stopped a few weeks later
> by the Supreme Court of
> >> the United States. In the ruling, Bush v. Gore,
> the Florida recount was
> >> called unconstitutional and that no
> constitutionally valid recount could
> >> be
> >> completed by the December 12 deadline,
> effectively ending the recounts.
> >> This
> >> 7-2 vote ruled that the standards the Florida
> Supreme Court provided for 
> >> a
> >> recount as unconstitutional due to violations of
> the Equal Protection
> >> Clause
> >> of the Fourteenth Amendment, and further ruled
> 5-4 that no
> >> constitutionally
> >> valid recount could be completed by the December
> 12 deadline. This case
> >> ordered an end to recounting underway in selected
> Florida counties,
> >> effectively giving George W. Bush a 534 vote
> victory in Florida and
> >> consequently Florida's 27 electoral votes and the
> presidency.[44] The
> >> results of the decision led to Gore winning the
> popular vote by
> >> approximately 500,000 votes nationwide, but
> receiving 266 electoral votes
> >> to
> >> Bush's 271 (1 DC Elector abstained).[45] Gore
> strongly disagreed with the
> >> Court's decision, but decided "for the sake of
> our unity as a people and
> >> the
> >> strength of our democracy, I offer my
> concession."[46]
> >>
> >> The election was one of the most controversial in
> recent American
> >> history.[1][2]
> >>
> >>
> >> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Stan,
> >> >
> >> > Count yourself lucky, at least you know what
> you want!  McCain is half
> >> > RINO,
> >> > half DINO.  Hillary is a Clinton.  Obama is
> half everything.  If in
> >> fact,
> >> > if
> >> > he's got Jewish blood as well, he doesn't have
> to apologize for his
> >> > Pastor.
> >> > That church will throw him out in a heartbeat.
> >> >
> >> > Gore wouldn't be so bad.  Maybe if he was the
> President he'd sell his
> >> > gazillion square-foot, global warming house. 
> They have a track at the
> >> > White
> >> > House don't they?  Big Al could use some
> exercise. If  he does run I'd
> >> > like
> >> > to remind him of two things.  One, win your own
> state.  Two, the 
> >> > Supreme
> >> > Court didn't pick the winner in 2000, they just
> set a deadline to stop
> >> > re-counting the votes in Florida.  He lost by
> all five methods 
> >> > including
> >> > the
> >> > two he cherry-picked.
> >> >
> >> > Brad
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, stan
> <stan at rhodes22.com> 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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