You guys absolutely kill me! First time I've laughed out loud at an email in a long time (in an appreciative, 'oh my gosh there's nothing these guys don't know!' kinda way). I'm getting the feeling most of us were born 75 - 100 years too late for our own tastes.
With awe and respect, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Idelia SOLD > only by virtue of the petroleum reserve being created during that > time, as your wiki citation states. the wrongdoing was in the early > 1920's with Fall and Denby. > > On Feb 12, 2006, at 10:42 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > as I said, the impetus of the scandal began during the previous 3 > > administrations > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal > > > > Pay particular attention to the opening sentence of the > > Background.............. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "estott" <[email protected]> > > > >> Actually the country did quite well under the Taft administration. > >> He let > >> his conservative ideas get in the way a bit, and the Tariff act > >> looks bad > >> nowadays but was very popular at the time. (He was a better > >> president than > >> Wilson, who was an intelligent man who should have remained in the > >> acedemic > >> community instead of entering politics.) His administration didn't > >> originate the Teapot Dome Scandal- Roosevelt and Taft just created > >> the naval > >> petroleum reserves of which Teapot Dome was just one. The scandal > >> only got > >> underway in 1921-22 at which time Roosevelt had been dead three > >> years and > >> Taft was a supreme court justice. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: > >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" > >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:18 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Idelia SOLD > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Um.........if you check your history, the scandal began with > >>> Roosevelt & > >>> Taft. > >>> -------------- Original message -------------- > >>> From: Peter Fraser > >>> > >>>> that was Harding! altho Taft was no prize, either. > >>>> > >>>> On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Jeeze, I hope it wasn't part of Teapot Dome > >>>>> Scandal................. > >>>>> > >>>>> Bill > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Phono-L Archive > >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
