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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:41:33 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:


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uh-huh. Except your audience knows what they are talking about,

Aw, shucks...

hell, who said I was referring to you?g

Tom

Aw, well, you know us sausage scions, we presume as to the meat of the matter...

TC,
R

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Huh?



















On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:30:10 -0600, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Why do you insist on putting words like ALL in my
mouth ?

because you are the one making oversimplified generalizations.


Of course my example is oversimplified, I tailored it to
the audience.

uh-huh. Except your audience knows what they are talking about, to some
extent, while you have yet to demonstrate the same.......

Apparently my audience has been using Usenet for years but has failed
to recognize the usual Usenet conventions. For example:

"The problem as I see it is Republican
lobbyists. We ought to allow lobbying only for liberals and not
fat cat Republicans. That'll fix it. ;-)"

Now you see an audience who knew what they were talking about would
immediately recognize the emoticon ;-) and realize that sarcasm was
intended in that quote. You and rdean, on the other hand, want to
pick nits, belittle and niggle over what was clearly intended as
sarcasm. A very poor audience indeed for someone like myself. But
you guys keep working on it, I trust you'll figure out this whole
Usenet thing before it disappears. Better hurry up though.

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wrote in message
...
Aw, well, you know us sausage scions, we presume as to the meat of the
matter...

TC,
R

......that, and the fact that no one likes seeing the stuff made, are all one
really needs to know about sausages.
Tom

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wrote in message
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Huh?




On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:30:10 -0600, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Why do you insist on putting words like ALL in my
mouth ?

because you are the one making oversimplified generalizations.


Of course my example is oversimplified, I tailored it to
the audience.

uh-huh. Except your audience knows what they are talking about, to some
extent, while you have yet to demonstrate the same.......

Apparently my audience has been using Usenet for years but has failed
to recognize the usual Usenet conventions. For example:

"The problem as I see it is Republican
lobbyists. We ought to allow lobbying only for liberals and not
fat cat Republicans. That'll fix it. ;-)"

Now you see an audience who knew what they were talking about would
immediately recognize the emoticon ;-) and realize that sarcasm was
intended in that quote. You and rdean, on the other hand, want to
pick nits, belittle and niggle over what was clearly intended as
sarcasm. A very poor audience indeed for someone like myself. But
you guys keep working on it, I trust you'll figure out this whole
Usenet thing before it disappears. Better hurry up though.




Ok, Rick, now you're down to top-posting, just to **** him off!
Tom

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Tom Littleton wrote:
Anyhow, in an attempt to return to the original subject,
I did have considerable misgivings about Daschle, as the idea of yet another
guy, cozied up with one side or the other of the Healthcare issue is the
last way to get any progress on what is a serious issue for the nation. Just
my two cents, and I am strongly in favor of extreme reform of our healthcare
system, in fact, leaning heavily toward a single payer national system.

Obama once said that if he were designing a national health care system
from scratch he would design a single payer system. I agree, single
payer is the best and I would still, like you, prefer it.

But we're not starting over from scratch. I don't think single payer
is possible right now. To trot out a truism Obama has been using a
lot lately, we can't let the perfect be the enemy of the possible.
In order to work with what is possible we need to have someone who
is intimately knowledgeable. Daschle is.

I don't know where you could find someone who is both intimately
knowledgeable and *not* cozied up in some way with the health care issue.
But I wish Obama good luck in finding such a person. I just hope
whoever it is has paid their ****ing taxes.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:50:49 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
Huh?




On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:30:10 -0600, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Why do you insist on putting words like ALL in my
mouth ?

because you are the one making oversimplified generalizations.


Of course my example is oversimplified, I tailored it to
the audience.

uh-huh. Except your audience knows what they are talking about, to some
extent, while you have yet to demonstrate the same.......

Apparently my audience has been using Usenet for years but has failed
to recognize the usual Usenet conventions. For example:

"The problem as I see it is Republican
lobbyists. We ought to allow lobbying only for liberals and not
fat cat Republicans. That'll fix it. ;-)"

Now you see an audience who knew what they were talking about would
immediately recognize the emoticon ;-) and realize that sarcasm was
intended in that quote. You and rdean, on the other hand, want to
pick nits, belittle and niggle over what was clearly intended as
sarcasm. A very poor audience indeed for someone like myself. But
you guys keep working on it, I trust you'll figure out this whole
Usenet thing before it disappears. Better hurry up though.




Ok, Rick, now you're down to top-posting, just to **** him off!
Tom


Hey, sometimes, you just gotta go newkuler...

HTH,
R

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:18:25 -0600, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
Anyhow, in an attempt to return to the original subject,
I did have considerable misgivings about Daschle, as the idea of yet another
guy, cozied up with one side or the other of the Healthcare issue is the
last way to get any progress on what is a serious issue for the nation. Just
my two cents, and I am strongly in favor of extreme reform of our healthcare
system, in fact, leaning heavily toward a single payer national system.

Obama once said that if he were designing a national health care system
from scratch he would design a single payer system. I agree, single
payer is the best and I would still, like you, prefer it.

Uh-huh..

But we're not starting over from scratch. I don't think single payer
is possible right now. To trot out a truism Obama has been using a
lot lately,

Um, yeah - "I screwed up on that..."

we can't let the perfect be the enemy of the possible.

Well, that, and "we can't let tax fraud be a hurdle..."

In order to work with what is possible we need to have someone who
is intimately knowledgeable. Daschle is.

OK, so you got me there - when it comes to tax fraud, the FOObaristas got it
nailed it cold...

I don't know where you could find someone who is both intimately
knowledgeable and *not* cozied up in some way with the health care issue.

Er, no, probably not, when your pool consists of former Clintonistas, Gorons,
lobbyists and other assorted crooks...

But I wish Obama good luck in finding such a person. I just hope
whoever it is has paid their ****ing taxes.

Well, yeah, but again, I don't think Obama is gonna appoint many wealthy
Republican supporters...

HTH,
R

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:09:01 -0600, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
... Of course my example is oversimplified, I tailored it to
the audience.

Yeah - you've framed it magnificently: snip more rdean cutesy

Naughty boy, go wash your mouth out with soap.

Um...iis the soap tax-deductible...?

HTH,
R

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