[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Mon May 5 16:09:19 EDT 2008 

Slim,

You can do better!

"Steve of Minneapolis, never achieved fame as a musician, and was therefore
condemned to the 'dustbin of history' as a 'near-do-well'."  Stick to
judging musicians and I'll stick to telling you who can fly and who "caint".

I'll answer the pilot question for you.  You don't survive flying that
deathtrap without being a "good stick".  A lot of his peers didn't.  Some
were shot down in Vietnam but most who died didn't survive the instability
of that beast in training and routine missions. Try again!

"He failed in the oil business".  Slim, you are blowing smoke out your ass
about your knowledge of the oil business and W's experience with the oil
business.  Put your facts on the line and I'll shoot them down like
squirrels in the back yard.  Stick to what you know.  W was very successful
at finding oil.  You try making a profit at $11 bucks a barrel when lift
costs are  $18.

I don't have an MBA from Harvard but do sup with folks who do, also, people
who have PHd's in hard science from Stanford.  That's impressive but not
that impressive.  "Education don't mean shit!"

Why are we having this conversation?  The 'accurate' history on the 43rd
President won't be written for another 50 years.  In the meantime, we have
to pick another one.  As one pundit said today, "Hillary has shown a lot of
testicular fortitude, maybe she can loan one of hers to Obama so he can have
half as many as Hill and Johnny Mack since his are carried around in
Michelle's purse"

W is history.  MoveOn.org.

Brad


You can quote me on that BTW.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Re Bush is a dumb ass.  To illustrate my point I'll mention my
> sister-in-law
> is an anthropology professor, PhD, Fulbright Scholar and one of the most
> intelligent people I know, taught at Yale for a number of years.  She said
> the students who came through were pushy, demanding and full of
> entitlement.  In other words, snotty, rich brats.  She did not say they
> were
> all smart.  Presumably they were not all dummies either.  Like everything
> else, some are high on the scale and some not so much.  She now teaches
> back
> home here in Minnesota and guess what?  Her students here read the same
> books, are assigned the same homework, write the same term papers, held to
> the same standards and are graded under the same scrutiny as her students
> at
> Yale.  No teachers dumb down their work because they're NOT at an ivy
> league
> school.  Conversely we can conclude that students at Yale are not
> necessarily put through any more rigor than those at the University of
> Minnesota.  Because Bush graduated from an ivy league school with a C
> average does not mean he's smart.  Take away his daddy and all that money
> and privilege and all those connections and Georgie graduates with a C
> average from North Texas State instead.
>
> He was a pilot.  I'm not, but again I presume it's like everything else.
> Some are high on the scale and some not so much.  I'll defer to the pilots
> here on the Rhodes list:  is it possible for a man with average
> intelligence
> to learn to fly?  I'm sure he worked hard to learn and by no means do I
> belittle the rigor of flight training, but I know there's a big difference
> between being a reserve pilot and an ace.  I don't recall hearing anything
> about him winning any awards, honors, medals or any great success flying
> any
> dangerous missions.  He saw no combat.  In fact it's rumored that he went
> AWOL.  I know that's only rumor but I'm unaware of any evidence that he
> distinguished himself as a great pilot either.  I don't see how his
> (questionable) service record qualifies him as any genius.
>
> I think a better measure of a man's intelligence is the man himself.  How
> he
> presents himself, how he writes (Bush is the first and only president
> whose
> never published anything) how he speaks (the poor guy can barely put a
> sentence together) and his decision-making.  hmmmmm...
>
> He failed in the oil business.  Not sure how he did with the Texas Rangers
> but they didn't win any championships.  What good is this guy, really?
> What's to like?  Herb likes that he does what he says he's going to do.
> Well, he said he would bring the perpetrators of 9-11 to justice.  Hasn't
> happened.  Instead, looks what a mess created in the middle east.  He's
> getting everybody EXCEPT the perps.
>
> I do respect the office of president but I don't see one shred of evidence
> that this guy is any smarter than the average shmuck and that's just not
> good enough to be president.  He's not smart--he's lucky.  Again, take
> away
> Daddy and is he still the president?  Not in a million years.
>
> Slim
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rummy,
> >
> > Don't forget the business cycle - what goes around comes around!  I
> cashed
> > in some of my international chips to buy my airplane (worse than boats
> for
> > money pits, definitely not investing).  Commodities are at a 200 year
> high
> > because of demand from India and China.  They have their own cycle as
> > well.
> > China has significant problems to face down the road and can't keep the
> > current pace going forever.  I manage a pretty good chunk of change for
> a
> > Chinese investor (who has a similar education as mine, an accounting
> > degree
> > in China with a US MBA from a high profile school) in US muni-bonds -
> same
> > deal as you in reverse.  It's all in the eyes of the beholder. If I knew
> > where the market was going to be in a year I'd be out shopping for a
> > Gulfstream instead of busting knuckles on an old Bonanza.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:42 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Brad,
> > > The code isn't difficult to break. Just take a look at the global
> > economy
> > > and see who and where the money is being spent. Natural resources such
> > as
> > > steel
> > > as an example. China and India are buying steel at an incredible rate.
> > > Then
> > > there is the shipping company's and the company's that build the
> ships.
> > > Enough
> > >  said.
> > >
> > > Rummy
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:34:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > flybrad at gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > > Rummy,
> > >
> > > Congrats!  You broke the code.  In the long  run, the US economy is a
> > safe
> > > bet but I've been about a third vested in  international for over a
> > decade
> > > and it's worked out as a good hedge.   The dollar just started moving
> up
> > > against the euro last week and traders  are placing their bets on the
> > > dollar's rise.  Defining exactly what is  international isn't exactly
> > > easy.
> > > My employer does business worldwide, same  as GE, Boeing, etc.  Good
> > luck.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at  6:26 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Brad,
> > > > The  answer to where my investments are held is that they are not in
> > > this
> > > >  country. Our economy is way to unstable at this time.
> > > > I am invested in  international company's.
> > > >
> > > > Rummy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a  message dated 5/4/2008 9:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > >  flybrad at gmail.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > Earth to   Frone,
> > > >
> > > > Did you catch the snippet from Rummy the other day that  his
> > >  investments
> > > > were
> > > > doing well?  You think he  invested in Castro's Cuba  or the country
> > > that
> > > > dumbass Bush  destroyed?
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May  4, 2008 at  8:13 PM, <FCrawford0707 at aol.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >  >  In a message dated 5/3/2008 8:28:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
> > > > >  R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
> > > > >
> > > >  > Herb,
> > > > > This isn't about me  or my mother. This is a  discussion about
>  the
> > > > dumbest
> > > > > SOB
> > > > >   that has ever taken the oath of office. I didn't  call you on
> > >  breaking
> > > >  the
> > > > > rules, that was someone else.
> > > >  >
> > > > >  Rummy
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >  > Rummy - good for you to have the guts to  say it as it is.
> > Although
> > > >  there
> > > > > is
> > > > > more to it  than  dumb - Bush has done so much damage to our
> country
> > >  in
> > > >  a
> > > > >  mere
> > > > > 8 years that one wonders if he could  have been worse had  he
>  been
> > > > trying
> > > > > to
> > > >  > damage us.  It is hard to find a single  policy  that  favors the
> > > people
> > > > of
> > > > > our
> > > > > country over   whatever special interest he happened  to favor on
> a
> > > given
> > > >  >  day.
> > > > > Then there was the "proclamation" that if  you  "considered "
> >  sailing
> > > to
> > > > > Cuba,
> > > > > your  boat was subject to  confiscation.   Thanks for your candor
> -
> > >  Bush
> > > > > will  be
> > > > > ranked either just above or just  below   Buchanan.
> > > > >        Frone  Crawford
> > > > >   s/v Sunday  Morning
> > > >  >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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