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"mikee" wrote in message
... Damn, Gunner, there you go again, quoting the U.S. Constitution! I like the 2nd one, myself. Hadn't read it in a while. Doesn't refer to duck hunting, does it? Me? For entertainment, I build guns. For real enjoyment, I go out and kill something. I'm into cooking them. I'm watching the squirrels in my back yard as I type this (they're taking over the neighborhood) and thinking about the last time I made real Brunswick stew. You have to shoot 'em to eat 'em. Ed Huntress "Eat mo' 'possum!" -- Dr. Sigmoid Fleet, aka Roberts Howard |
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"Tbone" wrote in message
... Jim I'm curious why you keep using the term "draft dodger" when the guy was a reservist. Reservist make up a large part of the forces in Iraq..are they "draft dodgers" too?? Doesn't make sense to me! I have to agree with you, Tbone. Now, changing your college majors four times to keep your draft board off-balance, like I did, comes closer to qualifying. When John Belucci, in "Animal House," said "seven years of college down the drain," I knew just how he felt. g Ed Huntress |
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"Dale Scroggins" wrote in message
om... Tbone wrote: Jim I'm curious why you keep using the term "draft dodger" when the guy was a reservist. Reservist make up a large part of the forces in Iraq..are they "draft dodgers" too?? Doesn't make sense to me! You must be a youngster, Tbone. During the Vietnam era, joining the National Guard or Reserve guaranteed that you were very unlikely to ever see combat. Or leave your home state, more than likely. It wasn't really a war, you see. We were merely assisting the RSVN with some training, hardware, and a few troops. No need to call up the reserves or Guard. Here's the drill from the '60s. You turn 18, and graduate high school, you're eligible for the draft. You could, however, enroll in college and be given a student deferment. But you had to keep your grades up and make progress, or the college would notify your local draft board. Or you could, early in the decade, get married. The marriage deferment fell out of favor, though, so besides marriage, the wife needed to be pregnant. Serious business. George W. was about to lose his student deferment. He had been in school the maximum number of semesters, I think, and had barely kept the requisite grade point to keep his deferment. But that student deferment was about to expire. He could either marry an already pregnant female or join the reserves. Joining the reserves or National Guard was a real problem for most of us, though. Since membership in either one almost guaranteed a nice, safe, uneventful stay here in the states, a LOT of young men saw that as an attractive option. So all units, nationwide, were entirely, totally full, with two- to three-year waiting lists. Understandable, right? Another very good point. During the war, it seemed like the only people who could get in were sons of politicians and their friends. My dad, a decorated WWII Marine vet, tried to get me in through his connections. No go. The list was impossible unless you were the son of a Congressman, a Senator, or a foreign ambassador. George W. Bush undoubtedly made the grade in that regard. Ed Huntress |
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"Tbone" wrote in message
... Had a lot of friends that joined the guard to keep working at their educations and never heard of "year long waiting list" in Texas anyway or those guys being called draft dodgers. There are several things that the admin has done that really **** me off but coming on with political spin of draft dodger is bull ****. Clear enough??!! Before 1967, no problem. After 1967, no hope. I know. I tried. That was pretty much the case nation-wide. Ed Huntress |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 18:58:42 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: Here's a guide to help with the liver-tarry-'un politics of the thing. If someone supports an individual-RKBA interpretation of the 2nd, they're a supporter of the Constitution and of civil rights, even if they otherwise support lynching. If they don't support the individual-RKBA interpretation, even if they're absolutists and literalists on every other aspect of the Bill of Rights, they're a totalitarian fascist. It's really quite simple. I learned this when I was lobbying against gun control in Trenton. Ed Huntress Seems you havent gotten out much since the 30s..er..whenever that was. G Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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"Tbone" wrote in message
... I agree Ed but it scares me that the rich are the ones "running the country"! We need TERM LIMITS so there are no career politicians! We need folks from the real world that may make mistakes but do it in a democratic fashion rather than a "deal maker club". Everybody listen to themselves!! I read all the posts here and "the party" shouldn't matter!! Just the best interest of our country no matter party affiliation! The politicians have the sheeple so divided on party lines...Rozen you said "if Bush being elected in 04 would bring down the rep party you would vote for him". If you believe all the other stuff you said...is that in the country's best interest? Who made the original statement "divide and conquer" People we are being divided by the politicians for a purpose!!!! Good points all, and they work for me. I think that career politicians are the problem. If we had term limits and the kind of temporary service the FF's envisioned (and, for the most part, what they practiced) we'd have a more honest government. A somewhat naive one, and maybe a technically less-competent one, but a more honest one. I'll take the tradeoff in favor of honesty. Of course, I haven't had the experience of seeing how it would work. g Ed Huntress |
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"Gunner" wrote in message
... On 7 Feb 2004 08:39:51 -0800, jim rozen wrote: In article , Dale Scroggins says... Both the Republicans and Democrats should be careful what they wish for this election cycle. While the economy will most likely improve enough this summer to help Bush's reelection chances, we could witness some truly interesting times within the next decade. How 'bout this for a possibility: Bush is reelected by a narrow margin, has a truly disastrous second term on many fronts, resulting in the near-destruction of the Republican party for a generation. Interesting. I always wondered if the contest between gore and GWB was broked in the back room. Ie, the democrats said, 'no thanks, we don't want this one. You folks go on up ahead and take the point.' I think if I knew that your theory was correct, I would vote for bush in november. Jim Chuckle..the political pendulum has been swinging to the Right for about 8 yrs. It has been Left for about 40 or so.. Gee, I didn't know that Ronnie Ray-Gun was a lefty. g Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
When John Belucci, in "Animal House," said "seven years of college down the drain," I knew just how he felt. g g I recall it as, "Seven years of college shot to hell." I marched in my college NROTC unit in the homecoming parade shortly after the movie came out in 1977. I was expecting someone to do something to us but nothing happened... ;-) -- Mark |
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"Gunner" wrote in message
... On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 18:58:42 GMT, "Ed Huntress" wrote: Here's a guide to help with the liver-tarry-'un politics of the thing. If someone supports an individual-RKBA interpretation of the 2nd, they're a supporter of the Constitution and of civil rights, even if they otherwise support lynching. If they don't support the individual-RKBA interpretation, even if they're absolutists and literalists on every other aspect of the Bill of Rights, they're a totalitarian fascist. It's really quite simple. I learned this when I was lobbying against gun control in Trenton. Ed Huntress Seems you havent gotten out much since the 30s..er..whenever that was. G Hey, it wasn't the National Firearms Act of 1934 I was fighting against. How old do you think I am, anyway? g? Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
Good points all, and they work for me. I think that career politicians are the problem. If we had term limits and the kind of temporary service the FF's envisioned (and, for the most part, what they practiced) we'd have a more honest government. A somewhat naive one, and maybe a technically less-competent one, but a more honest one. Do term limits /really/ make sense? Wanted: Pipeline welder. Cannot have more than 5 years experience. Wanted: Brain surgeon. Cannot have more than 3 years experience. Wanted: U.S. senator. Cannot have more than 4 years experience. ??? It takes time to develop relationships, learn how to get things done, etc. -- Mark |
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"Mark Jerde" wrote in message
... Ed Huntress wrote: Good points all, and they work for me. I think that career politicians are the problem. If we had term limits and the kind of temporary service the FF's envisioned (and, for the most part, what they practiced) we'd have a more honest government. A somewhat naive one, and maybe a technically less-competent one, but a more honest one. Do term limits /really/ make sense? Wanted: Pipeline welder. Cannot have more than 5 years experience. Wanted: Brain surgeon. Cannot have more than 3 years experience. Wanted: U.S. senator. Cannot have more than 4 years experience. ??? It takes time to develop relationships, learn how to get things done, etc. Indeed it does, Mark. And it's the "developing relationships" part that's the most corrupting influence on our government. The "learning how to get things done" part depends on how many corrupting relationships are controlling the process. Ed Huntress |
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"Mark Jerde" wrote in message
news Ed Huntress wrote: When John Belucci, in "Animal House," said "seven years of college down the drain," I knew just how he felt. g g I recall it as, "Seven years of college shot to hell." I marched in my college NROTC unit in the homecoming parade shortly after the movie came out in 1977. I was expecting someone to do something to us but nothing happened... ;-) By then, things had calmed down. What the youngsters don't fully appreciate is how fast our understanding of what was happening in Vietnam developed, when it occurred, and how it changed the country. In 1966, I was signed up for Air Force ROTC. By the end of 1967, it looked like the stupidist thing a human could do. The final turning point for me when I was home from college and my cousin, a Marine sniper in the First Marine Division, was staying at our house while he was home on R&R, having been shot out of a tree. Melvin Laird, then (1969) the new Sec. of Defense, came on the tube and said, "We do not now have, nor have we ever had, US troops in Laos," or something like that. My cousin turned to me and said, "That's funny, I was there just a couple of weeks ago. That's where I got shot out of the tree." That did it. Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
Indeed it does, Mark. And it's the "developing relationships" part that's the most corrupting influence on our government. The "learning how to get things done" part depends on how many corrupting relationships are controlling the process. I don't think everyone who gets into government service automatically gets corrupted. Hopefully the ones that don't outnumber the ones who do. IIRC there were a lot of people who weren't stung by Abscam. (Including Daschle, IIRC.) -- Mark |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
The final turning point for me when I was home from college and my cousin, a Marine sniper in the First Marine Division, was staying at our house while he was home on R&R, having been shot out of a tree. Melvin Laird, then (1969) the new Sec. of Defense, came on the tube and said, "We do not now have, nor have we ever had, US troops in Laos," or something like that. My cousin turned to me and said, "That's funny, I was there just a couple of weeks ago. That's where I got shot out of the tree." That's just wrong. 100% bad. I hate it when anyone lies. But I've lived in the DC area for 10+ years and I think the majority of folks in government are trying to do a good job. -- Mark |
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In article , Ed Huntress
says... Here's a guide to help with the liver-tarry-'un politics of the thing. If someone supports an individual-RKBA interpretation of the 2nd, they're a supporter of the Constitution and of civil rights, even if they otherwise support lynching. If they don't support the individual-RKBA interpretation, even if they're absolutists and literalists on every other aspect of the Bill of Rights, they're a totalitarian fascist. It's a howler but apparently true. I think maybe that gunner does not stress the remainder of the bill of rights, simply because he rests easy, knowing that the ACLU is on the job. Same with me and the second, and the NRA. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Gunner says...
Then why do we have an "assault rifle" ban? For the same reason mormons can't have ten wives. Or for the same reason you can't yell fire in a crowded theater - when there is no fire! Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , mikee says...
We really need to get this thread back on track. Do you recognize the lathe in the link?: http://www.adult-movie-clips.org/adu...gh/vera031.jpg Now just look at that, wearing rings and watches around a machine like that. Sloppy sloppy. Plus her loose clothing and all. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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jim rozen wrote:
In article , mikee says... We really need to get this thread back on track. Do you recognize the lathe in the link?: http://www.adult-movie-clips.org/adu...gh/vera031.jpg Now just look at that, wearing rings and watches around a machine like that. Sloppy sloppy. Plus her loose clothing and all. But it brings a whole new meaning to the term "live center" |
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Tbone wrote:
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 06:42:20 GMT, Dale Scroggins wrote: Tbone wrote: Jim I'm curious why you keep using the term "draft dodger" when the guy was a reservist. Reservist make up a large part of the forces in Iraq..are they "draft dodgers" too?? Doesn't make sense to me! You must be a youngster, Tbone. During the Vietnam era, joining the National Guard or Reserve guaranteed that you were very unlikely to ever see combat. Or leave your home state, more than likely. It wasn't really a war, you see. We were merely assisting the RSVN with some training, hardware, and a few troops. No need to call up the reserves or Guard. Here's the drill from the '60s. You turn 18, and graduate high school, you're eligible for the draft. You could, however, enroll in college and be given a student deferment. But you had to keep your grades up and make progress, or the college would notify your local draft board. Or you could, early in the decade, get married. The marriage deferment fell out of favor, though, so besides marriage, the wife needed to be pregnant. Serious business. George W. was about to lose his student deferment. He had been in school the maximum number of semesters, I think, and had barely kept the requisite grade point to keep his deferment. But that student deferment was about to expire. He could either marry an already pregnant female or join the reserves. Joining the reserves or National Guard was a real problem for most of us, though. Since membership in either one almost guaranteed a nice, safe, uneventful stay here in the states, a LOT of young men saw that as an attractive option. So all units, nationwide, were entirely, totally full, with two- to three-year waiting lists. Understandable, right? Funny thing, though. Regular fellows signed up for the waiting lists, but they never moved up. Our local Guard unit suddenly became populated by the sons of postmasters, judges, elected officials, and bank presidents. Guys, on a lesser scale, like Dan Quail and George W. For some reason, they didn't have to wait their turn. My four older brothers simply enlisted when their time came. When my turn came, the military didn't seem to appreciate the miracles of modern medicine [a couple of pounds of stainless steel in various joints (metal working content ;-))]. All my brothers were bright, and ended up doing technical jobs. Two made careers and retired. They all survived, but carry scars. No purple hearts, just scars. George W., two weeks away from losing his student deferment, decided to join an Air Force reserve unit. A COOL one, with fighters and everything. Had to to take a test, though. Scored a 25, barely acceptable. Was sworn in the day he applied. Some anonymous captain swore him in. A couple of days later, the wing commander reenacted the swearing-in for the benefit of the press. What do you reckon the odds are that the reserve unit had a waiting list, full of more qualified young men? The military during the Viet Nam era was manned by draftees and enlistees who found the draft to be a persuasive motivator. Forces were built up slowly, over years, so the draft worked well. We didn't have a draft for this Iraq war, nor an army big enough to sustain the occupation, so activating the Guard and reserves couldn't be avoided. We may yet see a political price paid for their activation, the price feared by Johnson and Nixon. Joining a Guard or reserve unit in the '60s and '70s was an excellent method of avoiding the draft and combat. 'Taint so, now. But it was then. Clear enough? Dale Scroggins Nope but wish I could consider 59 a youngster! Obviously I grew up in that era and had neighbors (when I was a youngster) that served with the guard in Korea much like Nam. So, as you remember it, the Guard unit from your area served in both Korea and Viet Nam? I would believe Korea, since the full-time military had been reduced drastically from WW II levels, and the war moved too fast for a draft to fill the need. But Viet Nam? Your local Guard unit served in Viet Nam? Or am I misunderstanding you? Had a lot of friends that joined the guard to keep working at their educations and never heard of "year long waiting list" in Texas anyway or those guys being called draft dodgers. So they joined the Guard AND attended college? Nothing like being on the safe side, I guess. And no waiting list either, even in the late '60s and early '70s? If your memory reflects conditions before 1967, maybe so. But if anyone could get in during the time George W. was looking for a way out of the war, then Texas was truly a different kind of place from Arkansas. I always thought they were a lot alike, with traditions of military service going back a hundred years or more, but maybe not. Maybe the Texans were much more eager to serve in the active military during Viet Nam, leaving their local Guard units searching for recruits. Could be, I guess. You know more about that than I do. There are several things that the admin has done that really **** me off but coming on with political spin of draft dodger is bull ****. Clear enough??!! What, exactly, was a "draft dodger" in 1970? Would you consider someone who decided to attend college for the sole reason to avoid military service a "draft dodger"? The small state college I attended during those years (after finding out I was "unfit" for service) more than doubled in enrollment in less than five years. After the war, it returned to pre-war enrollment figures. Female enrollment didn't change much during the war. So what were all those male students doing there? Same thing with Guard recruitment. Apparently, in all states except Texas, young men were beating down the door at Guard units all over the country. After the war, lots of units began having trouble filling slots. Why were all these young men so interested in joining the Guard during those years? You apparently believe these young men were not trying to "dodge" the draft. I believe they were. And I believed it in 1970, long before the term "political spin" came into use. So who brainwashed me back in 1970? Dale Scroggins |
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My first choice was MIT, but my parents wanted me to go somewhere else, and I did.
Dan (Cliff Huprich) wrote in message Well, if you had had his parents and "pull" ... you too might have gone to Yale & Harvard (private tutors?) .... |
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Ed Huntress wrote: Another very good point. During the war, it seemed like the only people who could get in were sons of politicians and their friends. My dad, a decorated WWII Marine vet, tried to get me in through his connections. No go. The list was impossible unless you were the son of a Congressman, a Senator, or a foreign ambassador. George W. Bush undoubtedly made the grade in that regard. My dad was a Brigadier General in the Georgia Guard at the time and that was one thing that really p*$#ed him off. The experienced WWII and Korean vets who were in the Guard to get their 20 years were getting out and the Guard was in desperate need of enlistees who would be in for the long haul. Instead they were forced to give slots to children of politicians who they knew would be out as soon as the war was over. Didn't make much difference for me. With 7 years of ROTC and as the progeny of 5 generations of Colonels and above I was genetically programmed to go. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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A city wide blackout at Sun, 08 Feb 2004 08:13:35 GMT did not prevent Gunner
from posting to rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Frankly.. the Dems are now a party of leftwing extremists..their membership simply has either not gotten the hint yet, or are trying to ignore it out of party loyalty. Shrug. The country as a whole is far more conservative now than it was even 10 yrs ago. The so called "Roe" effect. Readily available abortions were selected by mostly liberal women, resulting in an imbalance between the conservative and liberal points of view when it came to teaching one's children. (I.e. you can't teach your values to children you don't have.) Those kids have grown up, and are entering The Real World(tm), and started out less liberal than the people who have no children of their own. Hell thats one of the reasons Bush is getting so much flack from most everyone, as he is not the Conservative he campaigned to be. Bush is a moderate, and is pandering to both the moderates and the mainstream Dems. This is the one reason a hell of a lot of us on the Right are not happy campers with him. He is too moderate. The Lefties would hate his guts, no matter what, even if he sung the Internatiale and changed his stripes to Socialist, so their opinions are of no value. The Democrats are the Socialist party of 1928, the Repub;licans are the Democrats of 1960. There really isn't a "smaller government, lower taxes, strong defense" party anymore. tschus pyotr -- pyotr filipivich Can you trust the party of Senator Holling, Bull Conner, and Nathan Bedford Forest to really be concerned about the rights of people not like them? |
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Mark Jerde wrote: Ed Huntress wrote: The final turning point for me when I was home from college and my cousin, a Marine sniper in the First Marine Division, was staying at our house while he was home on R&R, having been shot out of a tree. Melvin Laird, then (1969) the new Sec. of Defense, came on the tube and said, "We do not now have, nor have we ever had, US troops in Laos," or something like that. My cousin turned to me and said, "That's funny, I was there just a couple of weeks ago. That's where I got shot out of the tree." That's just wrong. 100% bad. I hate it when anyone lies. Believe what you want but in '69 I could read a map well enough to know when I we were getting set down 5 clicks south of Lao Boa. I thought it was a mistake but the Cap'n yelled to shut the F*** up and sweep East. I had to write 6 letters after that trip. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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In article , Dale Scroggins
says... What, exactly, was a "draft dodger" in 1970? Would you consider someone who decided to attend college for the sole reason to avoid military service a "draft dodger"? The real question is, what do the *republicans* think is a draft dodger? The flow chart looks like this: If bill clinton, then 'yes.' If GWB, then "no." If Kerry, then "this is a stupid issue." Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Gunner, it is the ACLU, as a result of a case they on took on in Georgia
back in the '50s that keeps the city from condemning your back yard. In that case a man had accumulated a large amount of used equipment in his yard. Over time a high class subdivision grew up around him and the city demanded that he remove all the junk. Nobody would defend him but the ACLU. They won with a defence based on the Fifth Amendment. Gunner wrote: On 8 Feb 2004 08:41:56 -0800, jim rozen wrote: In article , Gunner says... Chuckle..the ACLU defends whatever "right of the moment" gives them the best press and the biggest contributions. Care to provide any 2nd amendment cases they have taken? They don't *need* to. They have the NRA for pete's sake. Jim Then why do we have an "assault rifle" ban? Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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I understand putting the interests of my family and friends ahead of
others, but why should I care about fellow citizens that I don't know more than non fellow citizens that I don't know. Why do you think that it is more important to help US citizens who live in a country of opportunity, than to help those that do not have nearly as much opportunity. I also disagree with your idea that Americans can not get the same kind of aid as foreigners get. US citizens have way more access to aid than citizens of third world countries. Locally there are a number of organizations that help those that need help. Here people throw out things that are not available in most third world coutries. Go down to your local Salvation Army store and see all the items that people have donated. How much of that do you think you would see say in third world countries? Dan Chris Johnson wrote in message No, it's a matter of putting the interests of your own family, friends, and fellow citizens in YOUR own back yard/country ahead of the interests of those in other places. When we're giving away BILLIONS of dollars in foreign aid to help feed, clothe, and shelter people in other countries when we have people in our OWN country that have the same basic needs which are not being provided for, then there's something SERIOUSLY WRONG. I have no problem with foreign aid, per se. My problem with it comes when Americans can't get the same kind of aid. You take care of your own before you take care of outsiders. It's a matter of priorities. CJ |
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Mark Jerde wrote: Do term limits /really/ make sense? Wanted: Pipeline welder. Cannot have more than 5 years experience. Wanted: Brain surgeon. Cannot have more than 3 years experience. Wanted: U.S. senator. Cannot have more than 4 years experience. ??? It takes time to develop relationships, learn how to get things done, etc. OTOH, the longest serving members of the majority party in congress are always the biggest pigs at the trough. It does not take a whole lot of smarts to realize that the cheapest way to stay in office is to bring home the pork regardless of the best interest of the country. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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"Mark Jerde" wrote in message
... Ed Huntress wrote: Indeed it does, Mark. And it's the "developing relationships" part that's the most corrupting influence on our government. The "learning how to get things done" part depends on how many corrupting relationships are controlling the process. I don't think everyone who gets into government service automatically gets corrupted. Hopefully the ones that don't outnumber the ones who do. IIRC there were a lot of people who weren't stung by Abscam. (Including Daschle, IIRC.) For perspective's sake, and for the record, I agree completely. I've known a few Congressmen and there is no evidence that they were corrupt in any conventional way. There are some who are deeply corrupt, but my bigger concern is that the system itself becomes corrupt by the machinations of career politicians. They have their own ways of getting things done, and it includes lots of minor corruptions, such as heavy-duty logrolling, porkbarrel outrages, and so on. Petty stuff, but stuff that corrupts the whole process. Ed Huntress |
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So I can sleep easy tonight, knowing that Gunner and Jim Rozen and Ed Huntress
are out there protecting my 1st, 2nd and 5th (thru 14?) constitutional rights? Mike Eberlein (easy guys, just an attempt at light humor. Thr guys really protecting our asses are in Iraq, hopefully getting more than minimum wage for their troubles) jim rozen wrote: In article , Ed Huntress says... Here's a guide to help with the liver-tarry-'un politics of the thing. If someone supports an individual-RKBA interpretation of the 2nd, they're a supporter of the Constitution and of civil rights, even if they otherwise support lynching. If they don't support the individual-RKBA interpretation, even if they're absolutists and literalists on every other aspect of the Bill of Rights, they're a totalitarian fascist. It's a howler but apparently true. I think maybe that gunner does not stress the remainder of the bill of rights, simply because he rests easy, knowing that the ACLU is on the job. Same with me and the second, and the NRA. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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"mikee" wrote in message
... So I can sleep easy tonight, knowing that Gunner and Jim Rozen and Ed Huntress are out there protecting my 1st, 2nd and 5th (thru 14?) constitutional rights? I'm big on the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th. Those guys will take care of the rest. g Ed Huntress |
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In article , Ed Huntress
says... I'm big on the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th. Those guys will take care of the rest. g I always sort of liked the 6th. The story of Gideon Vs Wainright and how the right to be represented by council came about is one of my favorite stories. They made a film about it, Gideon's Trumpet. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:51:01 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
brought forth from the murky depths: Do term limits /really/ make sense? YES! Wanted: Pipeline welder. Cannot have more than 5 years experience. Wanted: Brain surgeon. Cannot have more than 3 years experience. What? A weldor or brain surgeon in politics? Nah, neither is dumb enough to go into it. Wanted: U.S. senator. Cannot have more than 4 years experience. Good. It takes time to develop relationships, learn how to get things done, etc. "Learn how to do things the Totally Corrupt D.C. Way" How long could THAT take? -- REMEMBER: First you pillage, then you burn. --- http://diversify.com Full Service Website Development |
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"jim rozen" wrote in message
... In article , Ed Huntress says... I'm big on the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th. Those guys will take care of the rest. g I always sort of liked the 6th. The story of Gideon Vs Wainright and how the right to be represented by council came about is one of my favorite stories. They made a film about it, Gideon's Trumpet. Ok, you've got dibs on the 6th. Any others? Ed Huntress |
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A city wide blackout at Sun, 08 Feb 2004 18:14:37 GMT did not prevent Gunner
from posting to rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On 8 Feb 2004 08:40:35 -0800, jim rozen wrote: In article , Gunner says... Without the Second Amendment...there would be no First. You mean, without *guns* there would be no first, or second. But after they secured those rights, which one did they put down first on the page? Jim And which one is second of the original 10? Is this a trick question? tschus pyotr (I think they recently ratified #2 on the original list, is why I ask.) -- pyotr filipivich. as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." |
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On 8 Feb 2004 12:30:10 -0800, jim rozen
wrote: In article , Gunner says... Then why do we have an "assault rifle" ban? For the same reason mormons can't have ten wives. Because its against modern Judeo Christian bleeves? Or for the same reason you can't yell fire in a crowded theater - when there is no fire! Because it creates a riot where someone may get hurt? Jim Try again. Gunner ================================================= = please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================= = "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:52:44 -0500, Glenn Ashmore
wrote: Gunner, it is the ACLU, as a result of a case they on took on in Georgia back in the '50s that keeps the city from condemning your back yard. In that case a man had accumulated a large amount of used equipment in his yard. Over time a high class subdivision grew up around him and the city demanded that he remove all the junk. Nobody would defend him but the ACLU. They won with a defence based on the Fifth Amendment. Exellent. However I live in the county. Now would you tell me when Ill be allowed to purchase a H&K G91 in California? Gunner Gunner wrote: On 8 Feb 2004 08:41:56 -0800, jim rozen wrote: In article , Gunner says... Chuckle..the ACLU defends whatever "right of the moment" gives them the best press and the biggest contributions. Care to provide any 2nd amendment cases they have taken? They don't *need* to. They have the NRA for pete's sake. Jim Then why do we have an "assault rifle" ban? Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:17:35 GMT, Dale Scroggins
wrote: Same thing with Guard recruitment. Apparently, in all states except Texas, young men were beating down the door at Guard units all over the country. After the war, lots of units began having trouble filling slots. Why were all these young men so interested in joining the Guard during those years? You apparently believe these young men were not trying to "dodge" the draft. I believe they were. And I believed it in 1970, long before the term "political spin" came into use. So who brainwashed me back in 1970? Dale Scroggins Hell yes they were trying to dodge the draft, and there is no shame in it. They at the least put themselves in a situation where they performed some service to their country. They didnt split for Canada. and indeed a number of Guard units did ultimately wind up in RVN. The Vietnam was was not only a watershed in American history..but its universal unpopularity in the late 60s caused a lot of young men who were indeed patriotic to review exactly what was being asked of them..and found it to be wanting. Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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On 8 Feb 2004 14:51:17 -0800, jim rozen
wrote: In article , Dale Scroggins says... What, exactly, was a "draft dodger" in 1970? Would you consider someone who decided to attend college for the sole reason to avoid military service a "draft dodger"? The real question is, what do the *republicans* think is a draft dodger? The flow chart looks like this: If bill clinton, then 'yes.' Clinton went to Europe to do dope, and rape young English girls. If GWB, then "no." GW strapped on a supersonic aircraft which could have killed him in an instant. If Kerry, then "this is a stupid issue." Jim ================================================= = please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================= = "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:43:58 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "Gunner" wrote in message .. . On 7 Feb 2004 08:39:51 -0800, jim rozen wrote: In article , Dale Scroggins says... Both the Republicans and Democrats should be careful what they wish for this election cycle. While the economy will most likely improve enough this summer to help Bush's reelection chances, we could witness some truly interesting times within the next decade. How 'bout this for a possibility: Bush is reelected by a narrow margin, has a truly disastrous second term on many fronts, resulting in the near-destruction of the Republican party for a generation. Interesting. I always wondered if the contest between gore and GWB was broked in the back room. Ie, the democrats said, 'no thanks, we don't want this one. You folks go on up ahead and take the point.' I think if I knew that your theory was correct, I would vote for bush in november. Jim Chuckle..the political pendulum has been swinging to the Right for about 8 yrs. It has been Left for about 40 or so.. Gee, I didn't know that Ronnie Ray-Gun was a lefty. g Ed Huntress After the nebbish Carter..St. Reagan appealled to many Democrats as well. However..it wasnt until the 104 Congress that the Republicans had any power in Congress. And Congress is the movers and shakers. Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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