[Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:

Tue Sep 16 13:03:13 EDT 2008

no bets....I could be wrong.
Jb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:

> Jb,
>
> That is probably one of the most interesting observations / predictions
that
> has surfaced on this list to date.  Are you taking action on that?  I
think
> that you're probably right although there are many on "da list" who would
be
> happy to attempt to take your money.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "JbTek" <j.bulfer at jbtek.com>Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:41
AM
> > Like myself, many are looking right past McCain for a Palin presidency.
> > Most know little about her but that doesn't matter to them. Kinda like
the
> > Dems didn't care about the details in Obama.
> > She is the Republicans Obama.
> > My guess is a woman will be president before a black guy will.
> > Jb
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:
> >
> >
> >> You got it!! and the inverse, I'm sure, is why the Dems so despise
> >> McCain's pick.
> >>
> >> Obama, who has been touting "change" picked a career Washington
> >> politician, he of "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts
> >> unless you have a slight Indian accent" fame, and he even declared he
> >> "wasn't joking". But, Biden really likes Obama, he even publicly stated
> >> that he was "the first mainstream African-American
> >> </wiki/African-American> who is articulate and bright and clean and a
> >> nice-looking guy."
> >>
> >> Yeah, REAL winner for change there...
> >>
> >> On the other hand, McCain has always been a maverick Republican. Those
> >> Republicans that dislike him, or are ambivalent at best (and I am the
> >> latter group), feel that way because he takes many stances that are to
> >> the left of strong Republicans. While Palin would definitely be
> >> considered a "balance" (she's much more socially conservative than he),
> >> she certainly brings a new "format" of politician to the ticket.
> >>
> >> So, you folks keep crying out the current trend. We'll sympathize with
> >> you all the way to November.
> >>
> >> Jb wrote:
> >> > The only reason you're thrilled with the Dems pick is it should be
easy
> > to
> >> > beat.
> >> > Obama blew his change platform with a Joe Biden pick. If he was going
> >> > to
> > do
> >> > that he should have picked Hillary...that was stupid.
> >> > Jb
> >> >
> >> > ----- 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 11:22 AM
> >> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad, now my turn:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Not me. I'm THRILLED with who the Dems picked!!! On the other hand,
I
> >> >> can certainly understand their distaste for McCain's choice. All the
> >> >> blustering about "she's not a good choice" aside, it's easy to
> >> >> understand why they dislike a 20 point change in women voters.
> >> >>
> >> >> JbTek wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Anyone the Dems pic, the Republicans hate....anyone the Republicans
> > pic,
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> Dems hate.
> >> >>> It doesn't matter who he picked, it would be the same thing. It'll
> > never
> >> >>> work right that way.
> >> >>> It amazes me how both sides say the same thing about the other &
just
> >> >>> keep
> >> >>> on fighting.
> >> >>> Kinda like some of you on the list. You never get any where so
what's
> > the
> >> >>> point?
> >> >>> I could go thru what I believe but I don't think anyone cares but
me.
> >> >>> I think some people just like to argue......I don't.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Jb
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ----- 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 10:26 AM
> >> >>> 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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