[Rhodes22-list] Bi-Gal
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Fri Oct 3 16:24:11 EDT 2008
So would I, had it BEEN BigAl
However, it wasn't, it was Bigal. Even BiGal would have been less ...
open to interpretation.
Are you having flashbacks back to the days when you got the elderly lady
at the student union building to page Mike Hunt for a phone call?
Michael D. Weisner wrote:
> Herb,
>
> I saw Bill's interpretation, strange as it is. Ok, if not smoked, then the
> question may be, "What has he been viewing that might have placed his mind
> in that mode?" Again, the question is rhetorical.
>
> When I hear the name BigAl, I immediately think of Gore, not a large woman.
> As a result, maybe I should advise Al Robertson to label his remarks as
> political.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008
> 2:05 PM
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> I wondered the same thing myself. The joke's on us though, Bill saw
>> something we missed:
>>
>> Bigal - Would that be Big Al, or Bi Gal? Could even be an Indian
>> national name, who knows; but, I at least figured out where Bill got the
>> "lesbian" and "cute name for a girl", but, to be technically correct
>> (and we all do know how important that is around here), lesbians and
>> bi-gals are not the same thing.
>>
>> However, since a largely heterosexual woman can also be bi-sexual, does
>> that mean that a lesbian can as well?
>>
>> I don't know that many lesbians, and the few I do know, I wouldn't know
>> how to begin to even approach the subject.
>>
>> Besides, my wife is usually around, I think she'd put a stop to the
>> answers....
>>
>>
>> Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> What have you been smoking? No, don't tell me, I don't want to know...
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:10
>>> PM
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't get it.
>>>>
>>>> I know I was off the list for a while, and missed some stuff.
>>>>
>>>> I gather some lesbian whose keyboard lacks a delete key has objected to
>>>> soap box rants with a soap box rant and a vague threat.
>>>>
>>>> Some of our best sailors are lesbians.
>>>>
>>>> Who cares who she blocks in the storage room? -- it's really none of our
>>>> business.
>>>>
>>>> Alan is a cute name for a girl. I don't suppose she has much of a sense
>>>> of humor about it, though.
>>>>
>>>> Lucky she won't see this message.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alan Robertson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> We have added you to our BLOCK SENDERS list. The Rode 22 network is
>>>>> for
>>>>> sailors and sailing related correspondence, not members' political
>>>>> soapboxe rants which use up our storage room. Don't bother to reply.
>>>>> You
>>>>> are blocked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bigal, Thor IV, Lake George NY
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Benjamin Cittadino<mailto:bigben65 at earthlink.net>
>>>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:03 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] USAttorneygate; the chickens come home
>>>>> to
>>>>> roost
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill & Rob & Ed;
>>>>>
>>>>> Sen Obama has already said several times, in response to questions
>>>>> from
>>>>> various reporters that Patrick Fitzgerald's job is safe. I must say
>>>>> here
>>>>> that I has been my understanding that the targets of Mr Fitzgeralds
>>>>> inquiries have been Mr Rezko, and people other than Obama himself.
>>>>> He's
>>>>> very
>>>>> discreet, any anybody who says they are sure he's looking at Obama
>>>>> (or
>>>>> not)
>>>>> doesn't know what they're talking about.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill's concern is well founded though. I was in law school when
>>>>> Nixon
>>>>> fired
>>>>> AG Richardson, then Dep AG Ruckelshaus for not firing Special
>>>>> Prosecutor Cox
>>>>> (Robert Bork ultimately did it). In response Nixon gave the famous
>>>>> "I
>>>>> am
>>>>> not a crook" speech, and the move to impeachment became unstoppable.
>>>>>
>>>>> As to Ed's point, I've said it as many different ways as I know how.
>>>>> If
>>>>> Monica Goodling made hiring decisions at DOJ for non-political jobs
>>>>> based
>>>>> upon political affiliation or perceived political loyalty she broke
>>>>> the
>>>>> law.
>>>>> THAT'S WHY SHE RESIGNED IN DISGRACE. Remember?
>>>>>
>>>>> And if the 9 US Attorney's were fired FOR ILLEGAL REASONS like not
>>>>> bringing
>>>>> trumped up charges against politcal opponents of a particular US
>>>>> Senator,
>>>>> then that's illegal and that's why AG Mukasey had no choice but to
>>>>> appoint a
>>>>> special prosecutor. He's done it, because not to do it would be an
>>>>> obvious
>>>>> malfeasence; but he has given the Special Prosecutor an impossible 60
>>>>> day
>>>>> deadline to produce a report. He's done the right thing with one
>>>>> hand
>>>>> but
>>>>> ensured failure with the other hand. That's why we need a clean
>>>>> sweep,
>>>>> a
>>>>> new AG, and Truth, Justice and the American Way for all. Thank
>>>>> you....thank
>>>>> you very much ladies and gentlemen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben C.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Rob,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > US Attorneys serve the President. They can replace them if they
>>>>> choose
>>>>> > to do so. But that was not the issue in this thread.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The issue here is "Chickens come home to roost" regarding the
>>>>> > replacement of US Attorneys.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So I ask again,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is it OK for Obama to request the resignation of a well respected
>>>>> US
>>>>> > Attorney who is currently investigating Obama?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What are the perceived rules in this instance?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Bill Effros
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lowe, Rob wrote:
>>>>> >> Isn't it "traditional" (OK, not the right word) for all the US
>>>>> attorneys
>>>>> >> to submit their resignations at the beginning of a president's new
>>>>> term?
>>>>> >> Or is it just a new president taking office? Regardless, why
>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>> >> Fitzgerald submit his resignation along with the rest of the US
>>>>> >> attorneys?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> >> From:
>>>>> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org>
>>>>> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill
>>>>> Effros
>>>>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:15 AM
>>>>> >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>>> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] USAttorneygate; the chickens come
>>>>> home
>>>>> to
>>>>> >> roost
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Ben,
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> How do you think Obama will handle Federal Prosecutor Patrick
>>>>> Fitzgerald
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> (also on the Bush "to be fired" list -- special prosecutor in the
>>>>> >> Valerie Plame CIA leak case) who is currently investigating Barack
>>>>> >> Obama?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Do you think it is is OK for Obama to fire Fitzgerald?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Bill Effros
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Brad & Anybody still paying attention;
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> The link to a NYTimes editorial explains in precise detail how
>>>>> the
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> firings
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> by the Bush administration of a number of federal prosecutors is
>>>>> a
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> serious
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> matter that cried out for the appointment of a special
>>>>> prosecutor.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> Note the
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> desciption of the firings being unrelated to and not he result of
>>>>> any
>>>>> >>> performance reviews. This issue goes to the very heart of federal
>>>>> law
>>>>> >>> enforcement, and, in my opinion, compels a change to an Obama
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> administration
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> which will ensure the inquiry survives after January.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01wed1.html?hp<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01wed1.html?hp>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01wed1.html?hp<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01wed1.html?hp>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Cheers!
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Ben C.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
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