Kakki wrote:
> All I wrote was "open-ended term" for Chelsea which is was it is. The
> larger rhetorical question about lifetime protection was more general.
Ok... however, questioning whether other Presidents' children should receive
lifetime Secret Service protection implies that is a concern with Chelsea also.
Otherwise, why wonder about it at all? It's a little disingenuous now to claim
the two statements are not related.
> > Considering the hatred some people feel for the Clintons....
>
> Um, some people don't like them enough to hate them.
I'll assume that's your personal feeling. Unfortunately, there are plenty of
people who DO hate the Clintons. One especially repugnant example of Clinton
hatred was an article in the National Review about how Chelsea should be killed
because she carries the Clinton genes.
> > P.S. And $300 to buy my vote? Don't think so, especially since the
> refunds> jeopardize the future of programs beneficial to most of us (but not
> ones
> that> Dubya's pals will need).
>
> Sheesh, then why not spend yours directly on your favorite worthy cause? -
> more direct and probably better spent than better than letting it filter
> through the bureaucracy on its way to perhaps a program you don't agree
> with.
Your comment is rather confusing. Perhaps mine was too.
I'll have no trouble finding ways to spend the refund, and will enjoy doing so.
Giving it to charity is one possibility, and if returning my check to Social
Security would keep that program healthy I would GLADLY do it. Those 93 million
or so other checks would help in that too.
The problem with the whole rebate program, not with my specific check, is that
this and future tax cuts are based on projections that the economy will be as
healthy as it has been for the past eight (Democratic-led) years; it's obvious
it no longer is. Rather than receiving a little check, I'd be much more
impressed with a healthy economy now and for the future, which results from
people bringing home a paycheck week after week and being able to invest and
buy things week after week. With all the layoffs since December a lot of people
are not doing that now. I don't believe this payoff of the American people is
going to jumpstart anything. That's Republican talk. I think its main purpose
is to buy votes for the 2002 Congressional elections, with getting attention
off of what Dubya's doing a close second.
> Maybe we should get back to discussing Jenna's margaritas ;-)
or music...
or Joni...
or concerts...
or books... I say yes to the Davies books too and am chuckling my way through
The Rebel Angels...
anything besides politics. It's too depressing these days.
Debra Shea
NP: Shawn Colvin, Shotgun Down the Avalanche, live. (Thanks, Catherine; I love
this song and especially this version; the guitar playing sparkles.)
