Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter?

2016-11-16 Thread Jason McKemie
I sure hope there are enough of them. On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 12:54 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > There are always plenty of senate and congressional seats in super safe > districts willing to obstruct. > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 9:36 PM Jason McKemie

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2016-11-15 Thread Lewis Bergman
There are always plenty of senate and congressional seats in super safe districts willing to obstruct. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 9:36 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > I think the real concern is not just him being president, but that many > Republicans are afraid of

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2016-11-15 Thread Jason McKemie
I think the real concern is not just him being president, but that many Republicans are afraid of going against him due to possibly alienating their constituents. Couple that with a Republican congress and probably a stacked supreme court - there will likely be no checks to executive power. > On

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2016-11-15 Thread Josh Reynolds
Good article. On Nov 15, 2016 6:31 PM, "Bill Prince" wrote: > Funny you should mention that. I just listened to a Freakonomics podcast > that discussed that very issue. You can listen to the poscast (about 47 > minutes), or probably read through the arguments in the text.

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2016-11-15 Thread Bill Prince
Funny you should mention that. I just listened to a Freakonomics podcast that discussed that very issue. You can listen to the poscast (about 47 minutes), or probably read through the arguments in the text.  This is essentially a discussion between Stephen Dubner (Mr. Freakonomics) and Eric

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2016-10-20 Thread chuck
will self cancel. I like to be an optimist. (My solar panels would probably not survive though). -Original Message- From: Robert Andrews Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 10:17 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I worked at LLL in the early 80's for about 6

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2016-10-20 Thread Robert Andrews
ndle it. Fear mongering. But if you believe in it, I have a solution. Just put my surge suppressors on everything and you will be OK. -Original Message- From: Robert Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 8:39 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Chuck, I would

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2016-10-20 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
sage- From: Robert > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 8:39 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > Chuck, > I would have thought you have read "One Second After" A low yield > nuke can do a lot more damage at 500K feet than crea

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2016-10-20 Thread chuck
in it, I have a solution. Just put my surge suppressors on everything and you will be OK. -Original Message- From: Robert Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 8:39 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Chuck, I would have thought you have read "One Second

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2016-10-20 Thread Robert
oun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 12:43 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I will look up the speech How do you feel about the implied "bracing for war" Russia seems to be doing? The right (I do live in

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2016-10-17 Thread Lewis Bergman
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war > > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Sunday, October 16, 2016 11:07 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > I remember very clearly the media covering how Saddam would

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2016-10-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:57 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? As long as his missiles keep having difficulty and his yields are low, he can’t do much. Wiping out a portion of LA for example might be the worst case scenario

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2016-10-17 Thread Sam Morris
imagine them taking that risk. *From:* Paul Stewart *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 7:47 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? North Korea scares the shit out of me … out of control dictator that is not in the right mind and has a nuclear arsenal at his disposal

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2016-10-17 Thread Josh Reynolds
the powers of state to pursue their personal grudges. >> >> Meanwhile in Julian Assange news: >> http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pamela-anderson-brings-w >> ikileaks-julian-assange-a-vegan-lunch-and-conspiracy-theorie >> s-bloom/ar-AAj2FYZ?li=BBmkt5R >> >

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2016-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown
And James Franco. From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 9:44 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Don't forget he's buddies with Dennis Rodman. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/17/2016 8:37 AM, Sean Heskett wrote: He likes Katy Per

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2016-10-17 Thread Bill Prince
...@afmug.com');>]*On Behalf Of*CBB - Jay Fuller *Sent:*Monday, October 17, 2016 12:43 AM *To:*af@afmug.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af@afmug.com');> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I will look up the speech How do you feel about the implie

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2016-10-17 Thread Paul Stewart
assange-a-vegan-lunch-and-conspiracy-theories-bloom/ar-AAj2FYZ?li=BBmkt5R> >> >>   <> >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>] On Behalf Of CBB - >> Jay Fuller >> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:

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2016-10-17 Thread Sean Heskett
t:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>] *On Behalf Of *CBB > - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 12:43 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af@afmug.com');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > I will look up

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2016-10-17 Thread Josh Reynolds
our >> leaders are doing and why they're doing it then that is not ok with me. If >> we're afraid of Julian Assange revealing something embarrassing then maybe >> we're doing too many embarrassing things. >> >> >> -- Original Message -- >> From

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2016-10-17 Thread Josh Reynolds
ng something embarrassing then maybe > we're doing too many embarrassing things. > > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 10/17/2016 9:24:07 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > &g

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2016-10-17 Thread Adam Moffett
e're doing too many embarrassing things. -- Original Message -- From: "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: 10/17/2016 9:24:07 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Interesting. How long will that last, 15 minutes? I’m not sure why you like A

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2016-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown
: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:19 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? What’s actually worse than his nuclear weapons is his million man army sitting on the border with South Korea. We can’t stop him with conventional weapons if he decides to invade. Rory From

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2016-10-17 Thread Jaime Solorza
nal weapons if he decides to invade. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 6:57 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > > As

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2016-10-17 Thread Rory Conaway
To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? As long as his missiles keep having difficulty and his yields are low, he can’t do much. Wiping out a portion of LA for example might be the worst case scenario. And then of course they will be turned into a glowing smoking hole

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2016-10-17 Thread Paul Stewart
> Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:43 AM > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > I will look up the speech > > How do you feel about the implied "bracing for war"

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2016-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown
To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Interesting. How long will that last, 15 minutes? I’m not sure why you like Assange so much, he is very anti-US and several of his Wikileaks cofounders have parted company due to his runaway ego. Vox leans left so you probably

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2016-10-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
ory Conaway Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:03 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Wikieleaks is now saying that Assange has been cut off from Internet by some State Power right when he was about to release the John Kerry emails. Rory From: Af [mailto:af

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2016-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown
. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war From: CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 11:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I remember very clearly the media covering how Saddam would not allow inspectors in and how

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2016-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown
: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I remind youcongress had to vote on that. Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone - Reply message - From: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it

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2016-10-17 Thread Rory Conaway
, 2016 12:43 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I will look up the speech How do you feel about the implied "bracing for war" Russia seems to be doing? The right (I do live in Alabama) seems to believe they are bracing for wa

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2016-10-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I will look up the speech How do you feel about the implied "bracing for war" Russia seems to be doing? The right (I do live in Alabama) seems to believe they are bracing for war if Trump does not get elec

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2016-10-17 Thread Adam Moffett
I don't believe either Clinton or Trump will get us out of these foreign entanglements. I think they'll both start new ones. -- Original Message -- From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: 10/17/2016 1:43:11 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT d

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2016-10-17 Thread Bill Prince
Funny you should mention that. I just listened to a Freakonomics podcast that discussed that very issue. You can listen to the podcast (about 47 minutes), or probably read through the arguments in the text a bit quicker. This is essentially a discussion between Stephen Dubner (Mr.

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2016-10-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I think most people think the president is a dictator or something. As far as making real changes at home, you're right. My concerns specifically in relation to trump are more about his apparent volatility. We're putting this guy in charge of the nuclear codes and in charge of negotiations with

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2016-10-16 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
quot;Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 12:29 AM Also, it seems this explains the nuclear deal Kerry negotiated with Iran, basically trying to do what wasn’t done with Iraq.  (Idiot Trump doesn’t seem

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2016-10-16 Thread Ken Hohhof
...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Then listen to the whole speech. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:08 AM To: af@afmug.com

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2016-10-16 Thread Ken Hohhof
Then listen to the whole speech. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:08 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I remember very clearly the media covering how Saddam would not allow inspectors

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2016-10-16 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
t;Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 12:03 AM I remember that very clearly.  It was a war authorization vote.  The President told Congress he needed the authorization to strengthen his hand when he went

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2016-10-16 Thread Ken Hohhof
-kerry-iraq-war-authorization-speech-9oct02 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 11:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? I remind youcongress had to vote on that. Sent from my

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2016-10-16 Thread Jaime Solorza
<losguyswirel...@gmail.com> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2016 10:50 PM Well Bush decision to invade Iraq did affect my family.. My son who proudly served in Iraq came back injured physically and mentally. He is

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2016-10-16 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
I remind youcongress had to vote on that. Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone - Reply message - From: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2

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2016-10-16 Thread Jaime Solorza
Well Bush decision to invade Iraq did affect my family.. My son who proudly served in Iraq came back injured physically and mentally. He is still under medical care . We should have gone after Taliban in Afghanistan and wiped them out along with poppie fields. Hussein was a dictator I know

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2016-10-16 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
atus update > > And kudos to The West Wing tv show for having big block of cheese day:) > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > - Reply message - > From: "Bruce Robertson" <br...@pooh.com> > To: <af@afmug.com> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT d

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2016-10-16 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
: "Bruce Robertson" <br...@pooh.com> To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2016 10:20 PM Exactly right.  Who is president has some effect, but not game changing.  Most people in the country are middle of the road, and the progress o

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2016-10-16 Thread Bruce Robertson
Exactly right. Who is president has some effect, but not game changing. Most people in the country are middle of the road, and the progress of the country reflects that. The pendulum swings back and forth, but always reverts to the mean. On 10/16/16 8:17 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Congress

[AFMUG] OT does it really matter?

2016-10-16 Thread Chuck McCown
Congress makes and changes law. Supreme Court makes a few important decisions. Regulators are who really run the country. Does it really matter who the president is? What did Obama do? Encouraged the ACA. Dropped the ball in Syria. But how did he affect me, my degree of wealth, my amount