[Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:

[Herb Parsons]

I don't know her intent. But, I'm willing to take it that she decided 
that building the "Bridge to Nowhere" wasn't a good idea, and that she 
put a stop to it. Isn't that what she said?


stan wrote:
> OK Herb,   you know me, I am open minded.  Let's not get sidetracked on this 
> single issue that has overpowered my lust.  What was her intent?
>
> ss
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:
>
>
>   
>> I think it's funny to watch someone debate her intent, when that same
>> someone firmly backs the man infamous for his "it depends on what the
>> meaning of the word 'is' is" comment.
>>
>>
>> stan wrote:
>>     
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> As you have said over the years, we don't disagree on everything but come
>>> on, you have to admit that if you took 1,000 folks who heard her Bridge 
>>> to
>>> Nowhere speech over and over and over again and asked them: did she let 
>>> them
>>> go away thinking she did Not take these ear mark dollars, 100% of those
>>> questioned would say she stood right up there and let us know she saved 
>>> that
>>> money from coming out of our pockets.
>>>
>>> Please, anyone coming to her defense, spare me that although she took the
>>> money she spent it more wisely or that she had no choice but to take the
>>> money.  Don't befuddle the issue of her honesty.   She wanted you to 
>>> believe
>>> what she wanted you to believe and she knew it and she made no qualifying
>>> remarks and kept repeating her fiction at every chance she could without
>>> even showing the wisdom of second thinking of what she was saying.   In 
>>> my
>>> world, intent is the bottom line.
>>>
>>> Ben, Slim, and all you on the fencers, help on this disingenuous (that 
>>> means
>>> lying in my Bklyn district) speech review.
>>>
>>> ss
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Stan,
>>>>
>>>> Tax revenues have risen, to say they haven't is the "big lie". The
>>>> lack of revenue isn't the problem, the growth of entitlement programs
>>>> is the elephant in the room (feel free to make jokes about elephants
>>>> here ________ ). Even with the cost of the Iraq war and the endless
>>>> earmarks, "It's the Entitlements Stupid", to paraphrase Bubba circa
>>>> 1992.  Anyone who thinks a partial privatization of SS is a bad idea
>>>> need only look around the country at the number of cities and
>>>> municipalities that have retirement funds going bankrupt. Sometimes
>>>> reality really sucks but it is what it is. Even the Democratic party
>>>> in Alaska was touting Palin's killing the "Bridge to Nowhere" on their
>>>> website until last week when they got the marching orders to send that
>>>> webpage "down memory hole".  Find a new talking point.
>>>>
>>>> Now as to stem cell research, I'm 'fer' it, and as to litmus tests,
>>>> I'm 'agin' it! As to the Global Warming religion, I'm an agnostic in
>>>> most things associated with religion.
>>>>
>>>> We're down to the last 55 days of this beauty pageant we call an
>>>> election and O'Bambi isn't doing a good job of handling the fact that
>>>> he just lost the swimsuit competition. He's never won an election
>>>> against competition and so he's reverting back to his 'raisins',
>>>> Chicago style politics.  Expect more elbows in the days to come.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:59 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> if you think they are cute and perky, wait 'til you've seen John's.
>>>>>
>>>>> but if you want 8 more of the same tax theory, stem cell thinking,
>>>>> supreme
>>>>> court litmus, global warming be damned, environmental leanings,
>>>>> privatizing
>>>>> of ss, and the dumbing down of America so everyone believes her lying
>>>>> about
>>>>> not taking all the "Bridge to Nowhere" dollars from their pockets, 
>>>>> she's
>>>>> your man - even if she has breasts.   Gad, at this age, even I have
>>>>> those.
>>>>>
>>>>> ss
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>>>>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:17 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Stan,
>>>>>> In case your eyeglasses are a little foggy this morning, she has cute
>>>>>> perky
>>>>>> breasts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rummy
>>>>>>
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