Thinking the same thing.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> The game is rigged to the point that there will not be any indictments, at
> least until the election is over.  Probably never.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Josh Reynolds
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT copywrite infringtement
>
> First of all, it's pathetic that a racist, xenophobic billionaire is
> this far along in the political process.
>
> Secondly, it's pathetic that a lawyer who was let go from practicing
> at the federal level for ethics issues is this far along in the
> political process.
>
> I'm not sure which indictments you're talking about though, some over
> Hillary, or some over the Trump rape case?
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> This is funny.  However, Trumpet heads aren’t blowing up.  We are just
>> waiting for the indictments to get handed down on his opponent.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rory
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza
>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:58 AM
>>
>>
>> To: Animal Farm
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT copywrite infringtement
>>
>>
>>
>> I am proud of you Chuck...not because of my race but because you acted
>> like
>> a decent American.    To the native Americans up there We are all
>> immigrants.    Also I like watching Trumpets heads blow up...ha
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2016 8:32 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I hope this is fair use:
>> (Kirby's column from the SL Tribune this morning)
>>
>> I’ve never met a situation I couldn’t make worse
>> A couple of weeks ago in Butte, Mont., I watched an elderly couple have a
>> full-on public meltdown in the hallway of a motel.
>>
>> We had driven 500 miles, and my wife was still asleep. I crept out of our
>> room and went in search of the free breakfast. That’s when I encountered
>> the
>> couple.
>>
>> The angry woman was accusing one of the housekeeping staff of stealing a
>> jewelry case they had left in the room. The young, tearful worker was
>> trying
>> to explain in really poor English that they should check with the front
>> desk.
>>
>> The language barrier only made the old woman madder and the young worker
>> more upset. The woman kept yelling at her to hand over the missing item
>> and
>> then go back to Mexico where she belonged. Her husband adamantly agreed.
>> He
>> had a Trump button on his jacket.
>>
>> Being the kind of guy I am, I sensed an opportunity to make things worse.
>> It’s one of several serious personal shortcomings. I am an unrepentant
>> provocateur. Have been since birth. I can’t help it.
>>
>> When someone is throwing a public fit like this, it’s impossible forme to
>> not step in and help them completely lose their minds. God help me, I love
>> it.
>>
>> The maid wasn’t from Mexico. She was from El Salvador. I know because she
>> told me. But it was my next question that really set things off.
>>
>> “¿Cuál es el problema de este bruja?” I asked. [So what’s the problem with
>> this witch?] The nervous smile I got from the worker detonated the old
>> woman’s temper. She hadn’t understood a word I said, but she now knew that
>> I
>> was on the maid’s side.
>>
>> Spittle flying, head bobbing, dentures clacking, she looked like a
>> RainBird
>> as she screamed and accused all immigrants of being thieves and me of
>> being
>> a smartass.
>>
>> I still wanted some waffles. But no way was I going to pass up a chance to
>> wind someone up until their head exploded. It’s why I would never make a
>> good hostage negotiator.
>>
>> To get the couple off the maid’s back, I offered to help them fi nd their
>> missing jewelry case. We went to the front desk and inquired.
>>
>> The case was there. Another guest had turned it in when he found it in the
>> breakfast room on the serving line next to the scrambled eggs.
>>
>> Checking the contents of a jewelry bag, the old woman satisfied herself
>> that
>> nothing had been stolen. She looked at me and sneered.
>>
>> Her: “I still wish they would go back to Mexico.”
>>
>> Me: “And they wish they could punch you in the face.”
>>
>> Her Husband: “Hey! That’s my wife.
>>
>> Me: “OK, you punch her.”
>>
>> The manager and some security- looking guy showed up then and told us to
>> calm down for the sake of the other guests. I admitted that the
>> misunderstanding had been my fault. Wewere all a little on edge because of
>> the political climate in America.
>>
>> “But things will get better when Hillary is president and we all have to
>> learn Spanish.”
>>
>> I thought they were going to need an ambulance. They grabbed the jewelry
>> bag
>> and stormed out. Climbing into their Trumper-stickered truck with Iowa
>> plates, they peeled away cursing immigrants and interfering smartasses
>> alike. My wife was awake when I got back to the room.
>>
>> “What’s breakfast like?”
>>
>> “Not bad. There was a floor show, but you missed it.”
>
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