Re: [DMCForum] A Parable

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oy!

I will comment below.

--- Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>  
> I thought I'd write this to help explain things to
> Marc, Bill, and others
> who seem to be missing the point.  (And yes, I did

Funny, I think YOU miss the point..

There is one thing that you will have trouble
disputing, that is the country is now more divided
than it has been since the civil war...  Under good
leadership, there would not be such a polarization of
the sides.

> just write it -- it's not
> the cut-and-paste you so vehemently object to,
> Marc)...  =)
>  
> -Dave
>  
> There are elections in my neighborhood this November
> for Housing Corporation
> president.  Since the incumbent is running as a
> Republican, I will be
> running as a Democrat.  I started my day with a big
> plate of Kerry Waffles,
> then put on my flip-flops and went to go campaign.
>  
> My platform is that our current leader, President
> Busch, must go.  I don't
> give any real reasons why, except for this dogged
> conviction that the
> president is out to steal the oil from the gas
> station down the street.  Oh
> yeah, and his dad was housing corp. president once,
> and that's bad.  Oh
> yeah, he's from Texas, and being from Texas is bad.

It is a shame that with all of the discussion on this
list, all you hear is that I (or we) don't like Bush
for the reasons you list above..  I find it a bit
insulting that this is your iinterpretationof my
complaints about Bush.


>  
> I guess this feeling comes from back in 2001, when a
> group of punks burned
> down the twin tower complex on the next block.  With
> the help of the local
> police, Mr. Busch chased the punks out of Afghan
> Estates.   True, they were
> unable to catch the leader, but the punks have not
> been heard from since
> (except for a bit of graffiti posted in the
> darkness).

Oh?  You need to open up a newspaper if you think the
punks "have not been heard from since"


>  
> It was found that the manager of the gas station,
> one Mr. N. Sane, financed
> and trained the punks who burned down the towers. 
> He was arrested, and will
> be on trial soon.  The rightful owners of the

Ah, but it was later found that Bush LIED about the
links between Iraq and the events of 9/11/01.  Or, do
you dispute this too??

First, we were going to Iraq because SSaddamfinanced
terror...  OOPS, we were wrong.

Then, We were going to Iraq because SSaddamhad
WepWeapons Mass DisDestructionOh crap, wrong again.

FinFinallyThe world is a better place without SSaddam.
 Well, Maybe..  but, there are lots of people the
world would be better without..  do they have oil
though?

> station (the employees) are
> overjoyed, as Mr. N. Sane has been systematically
> raping, torturing and
> killing his employees for years if they spoke out
> against him.  None of the
> station's neighbors ever raised a finger to stop
> him, as he once attempted
> to take over the gas station next door, because he
> claimed simply "it was
> rightfully his".  He burned down that station while
> he was being chased out.

Lets ignore the fact that SSaddamdid all of this with
US weapons and support (up until Bush Sr. Decided oil
iinterestin Kuwait was being harmed).

Why not go after one of the other leaders who
tortures, and kills, and rapes?  There are plenty of
them out there, but they have no oil.
>  
> President Busch gave the gas station right back to
> the employees as soon as
> they were able to manage it on their own, but I just
> know he somehow trying
> to take their oil!!!  True, I guess he could have
> actually kept it, but I
> know he's up to something.  Even though he did the
> exact opposite of what
> I'm claiming, I just know he is trying to do it!  I
> know he is up to
> something with the punks and Mr. N. Sane, but I
> can't prove it, so just
> believe me without thinking!  So relax, I will think
> for you.

Gave it back?  sure.. after spending BILLIONS of
dollars (all going to one of his good friends) to
"rebuild".  All of the contracts went to Cheney, and
they are pumping the oil.  Even if they give back the
"profit" to the people, the amAmericanil iinterestis
still making tons of money.
>  
> I feel that I will be good to protect the
> neighborhood, because I was hurt
> three times defending another neighborhood (Nam
> Town) over 30 years ago.  Of
> course, when I left, I protested that everything I
> did was wrong, but now
> it's right.  Or wrong.  It doesn't matter -- just
> ask me tomorrow and I'll
> reverse my position again to whichever you feel is
> favorable.  Please check
> which way the wind is blowing before asking.

Republican line..  Maybe you did not cut and paste,
but I can hear LLimbaughsaying it.  If you take
anything out of context, you can manipulate it however
you want.  However, my discussion has not been how
GOOD Kerry is, but how awful Bush is.

> Also, I am going to raise the dues.  Even though 7%
> of my neighborhood is
> unemployed, taking more money from them is the best
> plan of action.  The
> more money I take from them, the better off the
> housing corporation will be,
> which in turn, will be good for them. (Or, it could
> cause them to go
> bankrupt, but that isn't my concern.  I'll just
> claim evil corporations are
> the cause).  I'll also be taking as much money as
> possible from the
> wealthier people on the street, as we all know that
> is fair.  Now, these
> folks would normally be providing jobs for the
> unemployed 7% with that
> money, but that's not my problem.  I have $750
> million in the bank.
> Besides. I won't be paying any of the dues anyway,
> as my income as Housing
> Corp. president will not be charged any dues.

How many more times do we have to try "Voodoo
Economics" before you bbelievethat it does not work?? 
Looks good on paper, but the "Trickle Down" is going
to India, Mexico, China, anywhere but here!

Why??  Greed..   I have it too, we all have it. 
Something to consider when developing an economic
plan.

We can debate what a good economic policy will be,
however the unemployment numbers (although inaccurate)
prove that the Bush method (again) does not work!

When your unemployed, the tax break could be 90%.  90%
of nothing is nothing.

> Now, even though I have no platform of my own (I
> have stolen the entire
> 'Help is on the Way' platform from 'Busch 2000' -
> which, incidently, Mr.
> Busch has followed to the letter), I urge my
> neighbors to vote for me
> because I'm not Busch!  Anybody but Busch!!! 
> ANYBODY BUT BUSCH!!!

stole??  Um..  Help from what?  Clinton left office
with a pretty high approval rating.  If he ran again,
I bet he would have won.

> I hope that helps y'all see things more clearly.

It helps me see clearly that you don't understand my
position on these issues..  Maybe my fault, maybe
yours.. Either way I return to my first statement:

The country is now more divided than it has been since
the civil war...  Under good leadership, there would
not be such a polarization of the sides.

 
> -Dave
> 

Marc



            
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