The Guild 6-26-2004 A little word parsing

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[mountaineer]

Mr. M has found that the state employees (who aren't unionized but have a worker vs. management mentality) who report to him won't give him the time of day until he tells them he worked in the mill, his father worked in the mill (until he became a postal worker), his grandfather was a union organizer in the mill, etc. That's kind of what I meant by saying that steelworker or miner background gives one a certain cachet around these parts. Class envy or class warfare, whatever it is, Kerry/Edwards are doing all they can to encourage it.

I daresay Cheney's family background is more humble than Edwards', and the bottom line is that it doesn't mean a hill of beans what one's father did for a living, it's what you've made of yourself. Edwards chose to join the least trustworthy and most underhanded fraternity of lawyers, the plaintiffs' bar. Kerry chose to marry for money, falsely accuse his comrades-in-arms of heinous war crimes, and never take a real stand on anything else. Bush, in contrast, has chosen to say what he intends to do, and then do it. I don't care what any of their daddies did. I care that there is such a contrast of character.

[BigWaveBetty]

Bless her heart, Teh-RAZ-a is such a blue blood she's got blue boogers comin' out of her nose!

Happy days are here again because this afternoon between 4 and 5 'GEEKS ON CALL' are going to show up at my house and FIX my computer! Woooo hoooooo!

I'll start a new thread after if there's time, if not, I'll start one tomorrow.

[mountaineer]

Good grief, this guy is as dumb as a sack of hair:

"BECAUSE of Bush's tax cuts, I saved a million and a half in taxes last year. Does anyone think that's fair?" — Ben Affleck at a John Kerry fund-raiser. (quoted in PageSix)

[daisyscarlett]

How would you like to have breakfast with this duo?

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) (D-MA), greets Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) (D-NY) in New York City, July 9, 2004. REUTERS/Jim Young US ELECTION

[daisyscarlett]

Jenna hits the campaign trail...

Jenna Bush, the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), walks down the ramp from Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, July 9, 2004. Jenna is joining the president to campaign in a three-stop bus tour of the state. REUTERS/Larry Downing US ELECTION

[daisyscarlett]

Since I posted a photo of Jenna, it is only fair and balanced that I post one of the Kerry daughters...hee hee

[daisyscarlett]

If this was a t.v. version of Cinderella, guess who the glass slipper would fit....

[mountaineer]

Again with the strange little fist thing! What a wuss.

[mountaineer]

I should add: Hillary's double chin is taking on a life of its own and Jenna's blouse is atrocious! As for the Kerry girls, well, bless their hearts.

[Endeavor]

atrocius seems kinda strong. it (the blouse) wouldn't have been my first selection, either. How about the two aardvarks in the photo below her? Jeez, I was just looking at the blonde one's nose and not only would you have to sheer off a fair amount longitudinally, you'd have to totally remake the nostrils. I was pretty good at ear trims on dogs, maybe I should send them a business card? (ok, tacky, but funny.)

[mountaineer]

Okay, not atrocious, I agree, just not the most appropriate thing she might have pulled from the closet.

[Iowa Granny]

I think the blouse is not appropriate atire for campaigning.

I wouldn't wear it to sort hogs,, but that's just me. If it was mine, I'd scrub the floor with it.

[Endeavor]

PETA would get you for animal abuse. hehehe

[Endeavor]

We would have gone with something from Talbots! I don't think young twenty-something's shop there, though. Surely Donna Karan or someone has classy stuff for twenty-somethings.

I can't stand bell-bottoms. They looked stupid in the 70's and they look stupid today. I really hate them.

[mountaineer]

Speaking of which, I stopped in Talbots (big sale going on) while in MN, and was sorely disappointed that there was absolutely nada of interest. I agree that bell bottoms have no redeeming value. So few people look even halfway good in them, and Jenna is not among them.

[mountaineer]

Woo hoo, congrats to Stewart on a great 2d round (currently tied for 4th).

[Iowa Granny]

Well, as tall as she is, Jenna looks a far sight better in those bell bottoms than I would if I were goofy enough to want to look like a 20 something.

I could find it in my heart to forgive the pants if she'd have worn a decent top. I guess I'm getting old,, but I think she should have covered the clevage, too.

I just can't get over the incredibly ugly blouse.

[mountaineer]

Just dashed off this letter to the editor in response to another person's letter:

In a recent letter to the editor, Michael A. Crawford misrepresented President George W. Bush’s military service and, in the process, demeaned every National Guard member. The National Guard and reserves most certainly are part of the armed forces - not cowards - as many Ohio and West Virginia guardsmen currently in harm’s way in the Middle East would tell you.

Mr. Crawford says it’s time to get the draft-dodgers and cowards out of the White House (but enough about Bill Clinton!), presumably to be replaced by a traitor and war criminal. That’s right, John Kerry claims he and his fellow U.S. servicemen in committed uncountable atrocities in Vietnam, from rape and torture to mutilation and electrocution. Curiously, members of Kerry’s unit don’t back up his accounts. The Ohio Valley’s Vietnam war veterans should be offended by such false and outrageous claims.

While still a member of the U.S. Navy, Kerry - by his own admission - twice met with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong officials in Paris. He testified in 1971 before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he wholeheartedly support the communist enemy’s demands at the Paris peace talks.

Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war, has said his North Vietnamese captors used reports of Kerry’s antiwar activities to demoralize and taunt the American POWs.

The question in 2004 should be which candidate will effectively deal with terrorism and help improve the economy today - areas in which President Bush has proven himself competent. Instead, Sen. Kerry - who never lets us forget he served in Vietnam - and his Bush-bashing
supporters seem to prefer living in the past. If he insists that Vietnam is relevant to this campaign then, to be fair, we should look at his whole record. It’s not impressive.

[Iowa Granny]

Nicely done! Go get'tem Honey!

We're about to take off for a short weekend away. Back tomorrow night.

Please ping me to items of interest.

[lodwick]

I don't like, or trust, folks who have a two inch personal space and attribute this disability to others with whom they come in contact.