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Funny DIRT on Charlie Wrangel, LOL!
Posted on 06/07/2003 1:17:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Folks, this just ain't the Democrats Year! This happened last Monday before Sammy's mistake! Print this off and send it to your friends!
SPEECH OF
HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2003
Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 195, a resolution to congratulate Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for hitting 500 major league home runs.
There is no doubt that Mr. Sosa's exploits on the baseball diamond will one day earn him a place in Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. There is no doubt that his drive and talent make him a role model to scores of American children who one day hope to stare down a fastball in the batter's box of any ballpark.
However, it is his spirit, energy and commitment off the field that has earned him a place in the hearts of citizens all over the world, including those in his native Dominican Republic.
Just a couple of weeks after he and Mark McGwire shattered baseball's single season homerun record in 1998, he traveled to the DR to help rebuild the country after it was devastated by Hurricane Gorges.
He continues to offer his time and money to provide children with the opportunities that poverty denied him, allowing them to dream that they too can rise above their economic circumstances and reach their potential.
Those in my district, which includes the proud Dominican community of Washington Heights, know that Sammy Sosa isn't the first Dominican to achieve success in the Big Leagues.
He follows in the footsteps of trailblazers like Felipe Alou, Joaquin Andujar, George Bell, Rico Carty, Tony Fernandez, Pedro Guerrero, Juan Marichal, and Jose Rijo. He, as well as contemporaries like Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez, remind others of how necessary it is to use fame and fortune to help others.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: badluck; badtiming; baseball; idiot; oops; rangel; sosa
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To: ConservativeMan55
Stop it I'm dying. This is just too funny. My sides.
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posted on
06/07/2003 1:24:03 PM PDT
by
BCrago66
To: BCrago66
I told you it was funny, LOL!
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posted on
06/07/2003 1:26:01 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(Boycott Smuckers Jelly ! ! ! ! !)
To: ConservativeMan55
Doesn't that pop your cork...er...make you batty...er...cheat you out ooo...er..crack your nuts?
:-D
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posted on
06/07/2003 1:33:18 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: bannie; TLBSHOW
It pops my cork. Somebody needs to send this to Rush!
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posted on
06/07/2003 1:34:37 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(Boycott Smuckers Jelly ! ! ! ! !)
To: ConservativeMan55; mhking
HOLD MUH BEER MHKING, LOL!
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posted on
06/07/2003 1:35:10 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(Boycott Smuckers Jelly ! ! ! ! !)
To: ConservativeMan55
I concur! Corn is a good vegetable.
7
posted on
06/07/2003 1:37:58 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: ConservativeMan55
I think you're all batty!
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posted on
06/07/2003 3:22:22 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Bush/Cheney in '04 and Tommy Daschole out the door)
To: bannie
Corn? LOL. I didn't say anything about corn!
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posted on
06/07/2003 4:44:04 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(If they sneak in throw em out on their chin!!)
To: ConservativeMan55
That's not 'dirt.'
10
posted on
06/07/2003 4:45:34 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I"m not always cranky.)
To: ConservativeMan55
in other words .........baseball haz been bery bery good to me.
To: Gone_Postal
bat baseball bas been bery bood bo be.
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posted on
06/07/2003 4:55:47 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(If they sneak in throw em out on their chin!!)
To: ConservativeMan55
"He continues to offer his time and money to provide children with the opportunities that poverty denied him" Oh please. I wouldn't say that a citizen with national name recognition as an athlete and the resulting contracts ( for how many million a year? ) is exactly someone who can honestly profess to have lacked opportunity. Don't these idiots EVER think about what they're saying?
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posted on
06/07/2003 5:50:16 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
To: ConservativeMan55
I raised the "corn" with those silly puns.
;-)
Cornie Bannie
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posted on
06/07/2003 6:09:40 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
So that's how Sammy was jinxed...Let's go fer two, two, two pings in one!
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posted on
06/07/2003 6:18:41 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Petronski
I'll bet you that he was trying to cover it up somehow.
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posted on
06/07/2003 6:27:09 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(If they sneak in throw em out on their chin!!)
To: mhking
I saw Rangel in the hall once when I was back lobbying. My companion asked if I wanted to go see if I could get a picture with him. I declined. Didn't want to give the janitors more work.
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posted on
06/07/2003 6:33:59 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: mhking
So that's how Sammy was jinxed...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
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posted on
06/07/2003 6:56:09 PM PDT
by
visualops
(Four whole fried chickens, dry white toast, and a Coke.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Rangel sucks up then gets wacked back into place by reality. You gotta love it! He's nothing but a piece of dog crap.
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posted on
06/07/2003 7:59:43 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I was only looking at your nametag, honest!)
To: farmfriend
Hahaha, Rangel just showing up must be an unpleasent job for the janitors.
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posted on
06/07/2003 8:22:09 PM PDT
by
fml
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