[Rhodes22-list] Hold on!

[Herb Parsons]

Baseball - five minutes of action squeezed into two hours.

I made that comment to my son-in-law explaining my lack of enthusiasm 
for the game.

We were on the boat at the time.

He said "Isn't that sort of like sailing".

I was speechless.

And ya'll thought it couldn't be done.

Steven Alm wrote:
> 'Hold On' is right.  Just for today I'm not going to worry about the
> bailout.  Today the Tigers must beat the White Sox to advance the Twins to
> post-season.  If CWS win, then there's a one-game playoff with the Twins
> tomorrow in Chicago.  Damn.   GO TIGERS!
>
> Slim
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:
>
>   
>> I forgot to mention the other "issue".
>>
>> They adjourned until Thursday!
>> THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> If I'm in "crisis" mode at work, I don't "adjourn" at ALL until the
>> crisis is fixed!!!
>>
>> I say everyone of them, including the Republicans, that leave and don't
>> duplicate the recent Republican "stunt" of staying and debating after
>> adjournment, should be sent home permanently.
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Herb,
>>>
>>> I witnessed Speaker Nancy's speech live yesterday and while cringing
>>> at the time, I thought the opponents would take a bullet for the
>>> country.  I would have.  Perhaps we both overestimated our countrymen.
>>>  Nancy is a cancer on our democratic process.  Hopefully, rational
>>> minds will prevail. She truly IS a demagogue and an idiot. My hope is
>>> that the process doesn't melt down over personalities.  It is truly
>>> regretful that the country is being held hostage by one Congressman
>>> from the weirdest district in these United States.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>> How not to get bi-partisan support:
>>>>
>>>> Give a speech that says , in part:
>>>>
>>>> =====
>>>> ...
>>>> It is a number that is staggering, but tells us *only the costs of the
>>>> Bush Administration's failed economic policies*-policies built on
>>>> budgetary recklessness, on an anything goes mentality, with no
>>>> regulation, no supervision, and no discipline in the system.
>>>> ...
>>>> *Democrats believe in the free market,* which can and does create jobs,
>>>> wealth, and capital, but left to its own devices it has created chaos.
>>>> ...
>>>> *Democrats insisted that legislation responding to this crisis* must
>>>> protect the American people and Main Street from the meltdown on Wall
>>>> Street.
>>>> ...
>>>> *These were the Democratic demands to safeguard the American taxpayer*,
>>>> to help the economy recover, and to impose tough accountability as a
>>>> central component of this recovery effort.
>>>> ...
>>>> Today, we will act to avert this crisis, *but informed by our experience
>>>> of the past eight years with the failed economic leadership *that has
>>>> left us left capable of meeting the challenges of the future.
>>>> ...
>>>> =====
>>>>
>>>> Note to Madame Speaker, if you want to blame the other side, and try to
>>>> score political points while laying all the blame at the feet of "the
>>>> other folks', make sure you've got ALL of your folks on board.
>>>>
>>>> If you piss off (and on) the other side, 60% of your side probably won't
>>>> be enough.
>>>>
>>>> Now, go back, and try again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lowe, Rob wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/news/economy/bailout/index.htm?cnn=yes
>>>>>
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