OT Dead Falwell

On 16-May-2007, Dave LaCourse wrote:

What, no "sincerely". Golly. Such a rant and I feel insulted because
you weren't sincere, Fred.

If gas goes to $4 a gallon, it's still cheap. When it was a buck a
gallon, how much were you making a year? $25k? $30K? Compared with
Europe, consider yourself lucky. And, while you rubbing your lucky
rabbits foot, tell the guvment to start building more refineries. The
last one built was 30 years ago. That would help to keep the price
down, btw. And don't forget to lobby for more drilling in Alaska.
And off shore. You want cheap oil, Fred, we'll get it for ya, but you
hafta do your part to.

Sincerely (really!),
Dave

Before the clowns in power destroy our planet drilling for more oil and
exploding more bombs -

Go fishing!
The brook trout are beautiful up in that part of Maine and tasty too.
In 10 20 or -50 years they won't be there.

One would think that with all the money and technology at our disposal that
instead of spending obscene amounts of money on Iraq , Vietnam ,
Afghanistan, Raytheon, KBR and Haliburton & Dick Cheney's pockets that we
could have dedicated a search for an alternative fuel source that would not
destroy the planet.

But why would those in power cut into the profits of the international Saudi
-American and whatever else - oligarchy.
I don't want to hear how lucky we are compared to the Europeans
That is bull**** !
Oil company execs spout that kind of **** while laughing at the stuopid
consumers.
and

Good riddance to dead Falwells and this thread!
Am I happy he's dead?
Not really!
But it couldn't happen to a better man!

Sincerely
Fred

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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Well of course. Who buys a house with cash. We all have (had in our
case) mortgages at one time or another. Most can't buy a home without
borrowing money. He will pay off the 20 year mortgage and have a
little nest-egg before he's 45.


he doesn't own anything at 25 but an IOU. It proves nothing, although I wish
him well, and hope he bought a
lot of land, as the house itself depreciates. That was my only real point,
David, except to possibly slow down the
overall gloat that was developing.(BTW, yes, there are
some out there that can, and do buy the home outright).
My point was that I was in my 30s before I could afford a home. My
grandson bought his in his early 20s, and my other grandson is in the
process of buying his, and both of my children bought their homes when
they were in their 20s.

And my point is that you were in the Navy, making peanuts, compared to your
civilian children. You are comparing apples and oranges. Though you may be
also
publicly be patting yourself on the back for good parenting, probably
deservedly.
It only illustrates that the economy is good. Unemployment is low, as
is inflation and interest rates. My kids are having an easy time of
it with the present economy.

as pointed out, above, no, it really doesn't

Djyou see the market today? Up another record high. Of course it is
only on paper, or so they say, and what goes up can come down. Such
is life, eh?

precisely. It's a tool to make money, to be sure. One of many in a
capitalist economy. You won't hear me beef about the whole concept. I don't
get too hung up over today's exact numbers, I just am not that sort of
investor, by and large. Still, there are many underlying issues that the GOP
types have sort of pushed under the rug that are as troubling as anything
Democrats have come up with.
As I said, best wishes to you and your sons, but time will tell how well
this developing Global Economy sorts out for lots of folks........
Tom

On Wed, 16 May 2007 05:45:12 -0400, "Opus--Mark H. Bowen"
wrote:


I'm Ken Fortenberry, who are you ?


So you're nobody, and not God.

How do you judge that Ken Fortenberry is nobody? To quote: "Who are
you to judge?"
--

r.bc: vixen

Hell, that's easy! I've met him.

Op

And had a long relationship of sorts with him here. But I was
responding to Cessna ####.
--

r.bc: vixen
Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher.
Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

rb608 wrote:
"Cessna 310" wrote in message
Who is Ken Fortenberry? He's nobody compared to God.

Oh yeah? Let's see god hit a seven iron.

Joe F.


God can hit a one iron.

On May 17, 5:55 am, " wrote:


Moderately on-topic, from today's WSJ.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editor...l?id=110010080

- Ken

From that article:
"The response to 9/11, so completely out of accord with previous
American practice, came as a shock, and it is noteworthy that there
has been no successful attack on American soil since then. "

It reminds me of a joke: Why do elephants paint their toenails red?

--riverman

"Cessna 310" wrote in message
...
Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:


Who's this god character you speak of?

Op

You could view God as risk management.

Which god?

Op

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
...
Do you know what we were doing at ASU? Looking for a few bright
students. Your name wasn't on the list. You're a loser, Guyz & Flyz.
You'll always be a loser.

Let me guess. You arrive on campus two days after the end of the semester,
right.

Isn't it about time for you to get in a huff and leave ROFF forever, again?

Op

On May 16, 7:44 pm, "rb608" wrote:
"Cessna 310" wrote in message
Who is Ken Fortenberry? He's nobody compared to God.

Oh yeah? Let's see god hit a seven iron.

Joe F.

Better yet, a one iron.
IMHO, religion is neither all good nor all bad, its the people that
really mess it up. I grew up in a house "controlled" by my Christian
Scientist father. My mother was a nurse. If that doesn't get you
questioning everything from a young age, I don't know what does.
Too many lives have been lost over religion, millions of others have
been destroyed. Jerry Falwell's litmus test for political leaders is
not new in our country. While I have, and still do oppose any
religious organization using its power to subvert or manipulate our
political process, I don't wish them ill. The diversity of polical
and religious values ebbs and flows like the tide. It takes more than
one person alone to stem or change that tide. Falwell was one man, a
figure head of a larger organization, part of a larger whole.
I took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against
all enemies, foreign and domestic. Change, even though I disagree
with it, is not my enemy.
Frank Reid

On May 16, 4:24 pm, Cessna 310 wrote:
Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:

Who's this god character you speak of?

Op

You could view God as risk management.

More like irrational exuberance.
- Ken

Flytyer37 wrote in news:1179412519.511147.317560
@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

While I have, and still do oppose any
religious organization using its power to subvert or manipulate our
political process, I don't wish them ill.

No, but I do wish them a lapsed tax exempt status.

--
Scott
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