[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[FCrawford0707 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/4/2008 10:27:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flybrad at gmail.com writes:


May  I suggest you help those less fortunate with you own dollars and start
with  your own family before you start spending other peoples money. Just  the
other day Obama was commenting about the influence of his  paternal
grandmother in Kenya who still lived without running water and  electricity.
Dude!  Why don't you spend some of that 4.9 million you  and the wifey made
last year and buy grandma a generator and well.   Hell, I've got a used one
on the coast I'll sell for $500 and we've got the  talent to dig the well.

Now as to Cuba, my sailing instructor used to  participate in sailboat races
there (I think they sailed to somewhere else  first to make it legal).  The
potential is there and the Europeans are  already building resorts.  I'm
looking forward to the day that war is  declared over and we can travel there
again.  Capitalism, what an  amazing thing!

Brad

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Brad Haslett  <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:




Hey, Brad - we agree on capitalism - I'm just not a fan of all the  subsidies 
for the corporate favorites that distort the free market.  And  maybe McCain 
can send Barack's grandmother a case of Bud.  Actually, McCain  might do that 
-who knows.   Really, though, how can you criticise the  amount that I spend 
of my own dollars on my family and charitable causes without  any clue of the 
truth ?  I am friends with a good many folks whose  political views are closer 
to yours than to mine, but who also care - and put  their money where their 
mouth is - for those less fortunate.  Maybe I do so  as well.  Maybe you do too. 
 
            Frone



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