[Rhodes22-list] Annual Donation Reminder

[michael meltzer]

A little background, the list predate most other media platforms (think
Facebook, twitter, etc) so they was a high level of chit-chat here. Well
sometimes a flame war broke out. Or someone else pissing at me. General I
would respond with something like below. After the person spent hours
replying, and would get another one 😁 someone would let them know they
been had by a computer and would defuse it

The purpose of this letter is to outline a plan to call a spade a spade.
What follows is a series of remarks addressed to the readers of this letter
and to Mr. Todd Tavares himself. Sure, Todd talks the talk, but does he
walk the walk? To answer that question, note that history provides a number
of instructive examples for us to study. For instance, it has long been the
case that if you’re interested in the finagling, double-dealing, chicanery,
cheating, cajolery, cunning, rascality, and abject villainy by which Todd
may impose a particular curriculum, vision of history, and method of
pedagogy on our school systems one of these days, then you’ll want to
consider the following very carefully. You’ll especially want to consider
that if my own experience has taught me anything, it’s that Todd has been
trying repeatedly to declare a national emergency, round up everyone who
disagrees with him, and put them in concentration camps. We should figure
out what systemic and structural changes might be made locally to prevent
him from succeeding at that.

It may well be true that Todd’s declamations are enmeshed in classism, but
by the same token, he keeps saying we should have an honest conversation
about exclusivism. As you could probably guess, Todd actually has no
interest in having what an ordinary person would think of as an honest
conversation. The only topics allowed in his version are those that concur
with Todd’s belief that he’s a perpetual victim of injustice. In a truly
honest conversation one would be allowed to present the inconvenient (to
Todd) fact that most of you reading this letter have your hearts in the
right place. Now follow your hearts with actions.

We must use our minds and spirits to halt Todd’s efforts to pander to
pot-valiant inebriates. Todd and his appalling, shabby secret police must
cachinnate about this in private, knowing that Todd’s claim that he’s God’s
chosen instrument to save our nation from impending doom is completely at
odds with the established historical record. Nevertheless, Todd has been
promoting that view for years, which, in my opinion, qualifies it as a
hoax. Todd, get a life! Personally, I don’t expect Todd to give up his
crusade to destroy the lives of good, honest people, but we’ll see. Given
that the subtext of what I’m saying is that some of his arguments are so
convoluted that they require a dictionary, a decoder ring, and a team of
scholars to decipher, it stands to reason that while Todd and other
teterrimous ignoramuses sometimes differ on the details and scale of their
upcoming campaigns of terror they never fail to agree on the basic
principle and substance. Hence, it is imperative that you understand that
his shiftless attempt to construct a creative response to my previous
letter was absolutely pitiful. Really, Todd, stringing together a bunch of
solecistic insults and seemingly random babble is hardly effective. It
simply proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that we must learn to celebrate
our diversity, not because it is the politically correct thing to do but
because Todd has one-upped George Washington in that he cannot tell a lie
*and* cannot tell the truth. Basically, he’s too homicidal to distinguish
between the two. Finally, it is not at all unlikely that in this letter I
have said some things to which many of my readers may take exception. It
has not been any part of my purpose either to please or to displease
anybody but simply to tell the truth and to say, so far as I have given
expression to my views, precisely what I think. And what I think is this:
Mr. Todd Tavares has become increasingly irrational ever since childhood.


On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 7:00 AM Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know Michael...some of your insult letters were pretty funny...even
> if mostly internet generated...
>
> Todd T
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 12:59 PM michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the mention, been going from 1998, pretty good run for the
> > list/website. Any donations please use to pay for the DNS fees, they will
> > take anyone money who is willing to pay them 😁 still consider the list
> > character some of my better writing
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 11:22 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, I was off the grid for a few days, ok, weeks, and lots has
> happened!
> > >
> > > First, I'd like to thank Peter Nyberg for all that he has done to
> improve
> > > the Rhodes22.org website and coordinate an annual reminder to donate to
> > > help defray operating costs for the website and email list. He has been
> > > fantastic!
> > >
> > > Next, I'd like to thank everyone who has become a member of the Rhodies
> > > email list community. Together, we provide a support network for all
> > > current owners of Rhodes 22 sailboats. We respond faster than employees
> > of
> > > manufacturers and create new and novel changes and additions to the
> R22.
> > It
> > > was my dream to be able to maintain such a community as a resource for
> > > future Rhodies when I assumed the hosting responsibilities, nearly six
> > > years ago. It is these contributions of time and knowledge that are
> > > priceless!
> > >
> > > I appreciate every donation of time or money. I will tally all of the
> > > financial donations and report. For those who are concerned about the
> > > disposition of the donations, the basic AWS server costs roughly $15
> per
> > > month. Added to that is the cost of DNS functions and the like. I am in
> > the
> > > process of adding capabilities to support greater security (https /
> > > security certificate), multiple databases and additional website
> > > "languages". These changes to the server will enable support nice
> website
> > > functions that Peter developed last year. By the way, please thank Mike
> > > Meltzer for his role in founding the list, creating the original
> website
> > > and maintaining the domain itself (Mike - I would like to send you
> > donation
> > > money to cover your costs as well).
> > >
> > > Thanks to all who donate their knowledge, time, videos, photos, and, of
> > > course, dollars, to make this community thrive!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> > > Nissequogue River, NY
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> > > mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com
> > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2022 3:41 PM
> > > To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Annual Donation Reminder
> > >
> > > I donated $20.  Thanks Mike for your efforts!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Peter Nyberg
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2022 10:51 AM
> > > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Annual Donation Reminder
> > >
> > > As many of you know, Mike Weisner covers the cost of hosting our email
> > > list and website out of his own pocket.  Should you wish to help Mike
> out
> > > in this regard, there's an easy to use 'Donate' button on the website
> > home
> > > page (http://rhodes22.org).  This operates via PayPal, but if you
> don't
> > > have a PayPal account, I'm pretty sure the process will allow you to
> use
> > a
> > > credit card as well.
> > >
> > > --Peter
> > >
> > >
> >
>