Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread R C Macaulay
Gosh Steven, At least finish the sentence.. I hpoe He fails to turn the nation socialist. Richard Subject: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails And other partisan hypocrisies: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/21/nr.sanchez.slater.limbaugh.cnn http://tinyurl.com/bgb5ev

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
R C Macaulay wrote: At least finish the sentence.. I hpoe He fails to turn the nation socialist. That would only be valid if Obama intended to turn the nation socialist. I think it obvious that he does not. Having said that, I think Limbaugh expressed himself awkwardly, and he probably

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread OrionWorks
Richard sez: Gosh Steven, At least finish the sentence.. I hpoe He fails to turn the nation socialist. Richard http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/21/nr.sanchez.slater.limbaugh.cnn http://tinyurl.com/bgb5ev Look at Limbaugh's own web site:

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jed Rothwell wrote: Many of Obamas supporters, including me, have grave doubts about spending a trillion dollars to revive the economy. I have few or no doubts about the need for such a remedy. From what I have read -- long ago, it's true, when I was in school -- the attempted remedies at

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Steven, I'm not a fan of Rush Limberger cheese although I will credit him for figuring out how to make 40 million a year as a talking head of the republican party.. which is more than Clinton and Obama made.. well.. err.. up until ole Bill figured out how to work the Foundation angle. I

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
This transcript is helpful: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/21/nr.sanchez.slater.limbaugh.cnn It is clear that Limbaugh is either mistaken about Obama or he is using a straw man argument (a logical fallacy http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html) Limbaugh

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: I expect there will be nothing left of it, but the liquidation is orderly, meaning the divisions and properties they sell OFF are not going at fire-sale prices. I mean that unless the market panics and prices fall far below normal valuations, AIG's property should be enough to

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jed Rothwell wrote: However, during the time the government is the majority shareholder, or the top lender, it must have a controlling interest! Otherwise they will just steal the money. I fear they are doing that already, because some of the deals Bush cut gave the Feds non-voting stock,

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread OrionWorks
Frontline did a revealing special on Limbaugh many years ago. The installment is just as relevant today as when it first aired. A famous interviewer (possibly B. Walters, but I'm not 100% sure on that) once cornered Limbaugh in regards to his verbal tactics and opinions on people and

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:50:45 -0500: Hi, [snip] Things look every bit as grave now as they were then, and this time around we can't mobilize our way out -- we're *ALREADY* in a major war, and if anything we're likely to demobilize during the next few

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:58:18 -0500: Hi, [snip] It is like wearing a big sign on your back saying steal from me! It's worse than that. The whole thing was deliberately constructed with the collusion of those in power to provide a means for the wealthy and

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Rick Monteverde
CF. -Original Message- From: OrionWorks [mailto:svj.orionwo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:28 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails snip In a sense Limbaugh strikes me as someone who feeds off of mob mentality. When he feels

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rick Monteverde wrote: Jed, BO has stated many liberal, progressive, and socialist policies that will be promoted by his administration. His track record, most speech content, and his associations indicate he is extremely liberal. Not by my standards, but I get your point. But he's been a

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Years ago, I watched a number of late evening RL TV shows that aired. Almost invariably they all started out with unimpressive cartoon skits depicting Bubba doing something stupid, insofar as conservatives were concerned. Ok... I stand

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Rick Monteverde
Jed - You may not agree with him, but you cannot accuse him of hiding his agenda or views. Synchronicity in action: At the very moment I read those words of yours above I was listening to the recording of Charlie Rose and Tom Brokaw discussing how nobody knows where he really is philosophically

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
actually told the American public we need to grow up! Talk about audacity! Telling a bunch of overgrown children to stop acting like spoiled ninnies . . . Jed, Talk is cheap. First point, I hope Obama DOES make things actually better for us. It's crazy to hope that he fails so badly that

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Kyle Mcallister wrote: Alright, two can play at this game. You fellas want to further pollute Vortex with this shit . . . Speaking for myself, my remarks on this subject are carefully considered, well researched and calm. I do not consider them shit. I say that you, Kyle Mcallister, are out

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rick Monteverde wrote: Synchronicity in action: At the very moment I read those words of yours above I was listening to the recording of Charlie Rose and Tom Brokaw discussing how nobody knows where he really is philosophically and to some extent politically. Obama resembles FDR in that he is

RE: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rick Monteverde wrote: Regarding guns: A spokesperson for the NRA couldn't have said it better than he did. This assumes (correctly) that the standard liberal take on firearms is to keep and expand stringent laws like the (DC? NY?) law, if firearms are even allowed to be to kept and borne at

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread OrionWorks
HI Kyle, ... I'm gonna build my windmills this summer. Maybe they'll work, maybe not. If nothing else, I tried. Given all I've sacrificed in making my 'carbon footprint' smaller, it's more than I can say for the likes of YOU. Let the finger point at whoever you are, you know who you are.

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Kyle Mcallister wrote: Alright, two can play at this game. You fellas want to further pollute Vortex with this shit . . . Speaking for myself, my remarks on this subject are carefully considered, well researched and calm. I do not

Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails

2009-01-22 Thread Harry Veeder
Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Limbaugh: I hope [BO] fails --- Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Kyle Mcallister wrote: Alright, two can play at this game. You fellas want to further pollute Vortex with this shit . . . Speaking for myself, my remarks on this subject are carefully