Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

What smart guy living in New Haven, CT would go
to the Univ. of Kansas so he could get a quality Liberal Arts degree?

Lawrence Kansas is a very nice town. I happen to think Kansas is a
pretty decent school. I had an uncle on the faculty there. Dean of the
law school, actually. Someone in CT might find it a bit distant.

Casady

Richard,
If you lived in Kansas, and wanted a college education at a very
reasonable price, Univ. of Kansas would be an option, but it would never
be considered a Liberal Arts college. It is a State University. When
you live in the NE, and you have some of the best liberal art colleges
in the US within 150 miles, it is foolish to go to Univ. of Kansas and
pay out of state tuition. While Univ. of Kansas has made great progress
in the last 30 yrs in improving their University System, it still is not
rated as a good Liberal Arts School. US News and World reports does not
include Univ. of Kansas in their ranking of Top, 2nd tier, 3rd tier or
4th tier Liberal Art Schools. If your objective was to get a quality
Liberal Arts education, you would never pick Univ. of Kansas, unless you
lived in Kansas.

Here are the listing according to US News

Best Liberal Arts Schools:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandre...al-arts-search

Best Value in Liberal Arts:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandre...ts-best-values

you can see the other rankings by clicking on the links in the left hand
column.

hk wrote:


Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.

Wow, you do have a very interesting value system.

hk wrote:
wrote:

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Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...
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Gatoraid? If you were a honorable man I would make a wager with you.
There are still guys doing time for killing a scab on his front porch
in front of his kids because he crossed a pickett line... But I know
you are not up to an honest discussion so I will let the readers
decide who they will believe here...


Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.






And here is a website dedicated to honest reporting of union affairs. I
think you will find some interesting reading. You might even find a
familiar name or two if you look in the right places.
Also, there must be moles inside the unions reporting things such as
salary histories that should be company confidential. You should tell
your union friends to be more careful with employees private information.

On Jan 6, 11:28*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
hk wrote:

Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.

Wow, you do have a very interesting value system.

Yeah, the guy was knifed on his front porch in front of his wife and
two small children... He was not hired after the strike, he crossed
the line during a unsanctioned "wildcat" strike and was followed home
by union "persuaders"...

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

What smart guy living in New Haven, CT would go to the Univ. of
Kansas so he could get a quality Liberal Arts degree?

Lawrence Kansas is a very nice town. I happen to think Kansas is a
pretty decent school. I had an uncle on the faculty there. Dean of the
law school, actually. Someone in CT might find it a bit distant.

Casady


I looked to see what Univ. of Kansas was ranked, and it is ranked 89th
among National Universities with a score of 41 out of a 100. 92% of
everyone who applied to Univ. Of Kansas were accepted.

As a comparison, Columbia and the other Ivy League schools, who are
known to be extremely selective, accept about 10% of their applicants.
Since these schools are known to be very selective, only the best of the
best even bother to apply and pay the $85 application fee.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

What smart guy living in New Haven, CT would go to the Univ. of
Kansas so he could get a quality Liberal Arts degree?

Lawrence Kansas is a very nice town. I happen to think Kansas is a
pretty decent school. I had an uncle on the faculty there. Dean of the
law school, actually. Someone in CT might find it a bit distant.

Casady


I looked to see what Univ. of Kansas was ranked, and it is ranked 89th
among National Universities with a score of 41 out of a 100. 92% of
everyone who applied to Univ. Of Kansas were accepted.

As a comparison, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia, who are known to
be extremely selective, accept about 10% of their applicants. Since
these schools are known to be very selective, only the best of the best
even bother to apply and pay the $85 application fee.

wrote:
On Jan 6, 11:28 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
hk wrote:

Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.
Wow, you do have a very interesting value system.

Yeah, the guy was knifed on his front porch in front of his wife and
two small children... He was not hired after the strike, he crossed
the line during a unsanctioned "wildcat" strike and was followed home
by union "persuaders"...


He wasn't a scab.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:46:46 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
om...


Why should I have to walk down the street for "atmospheric relief" because
some inconsiderate fool is smoking like a chimney, stinking up the
environment and exposing me to second-hand smoke? I've gotten off
elevators because someone who had been smoking recently got on and made
the elevator stink.

I've gagged and had sneezing fits when I inhale certain perfumes.

Hai Karate does it for me.

My nose wrinkles a bit when I or someone else farts in a room.

Well, that's not a problem I share. When I have a little flatulence,
it smells like roses on a summer morning.

I wither in disgust at some forms of music I hear blasting from cars.

Rap - scrouge of the universe. I should ban rap in my official
capacity as Universal Galactic Overlord.

I find some posts in rec.boats to be disgustingly repulsive.

It's a good damn thing we don't have any psychiatrists in here - we'd
all be comitted eventually.

I've learned to live with it.

Here here.

--

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that
a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes
that it will also make better soup."

H.L. Mencken

On Jan 6, 10:54*am, hk wrote:
wrote:

Nothing that exotic.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...
What were you drinking at the time?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Gatoraid? *If you were a honorable man I would make a wager with you.
There are still guys doing time for killing a scab on his front porch
in front of his kids because he crossed a pickett line... But I know
you are not up to an honest discussion so I will let the readers
decide who they will believe here...

Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And yet WAFA doesn't believe in the death penalty.....go figure..

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:58:28 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...

Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago with some of the
officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I said,
"Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll puke in
your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."




That must have been quite a few years ago. Smoking at meetings, dinners, in
public places went out by the 1990's either by law or by social pressure.

I used to smoke like a chimney, but have cut back significantly in an
attempt to stay healthy as long as I can. Hopefully this is the year I give
it up entirely.

I still smoke occasionally, but only in designated places even at my own
house. If I have an itch for a butt on the boat, I go out in the cockpit
area. If people are visiting that I know don't smoke, I don't smoke. We
don't allow smoking in our house, but we don't forbid anyone from smoking
anywhere outside.

I think it should be a personal choice, not legislated. Long term smoking
is a tough habit to kick and I admire people who have successfully done so
completely. Success is gained by encouragement, not by condemnation or
punishment.

Eisboch

When you get ready, let us know. I can tell you what helped me through.

Which reminds me:

This is to CERTIFY that:

JOHN L. HERRING

Has neither smoked nor puffed a single cigarette for: Seven years, one
week, five days, 14 hours, 10 minutes and 15 seconds. This means he has not
lit 128479 cigarettes, and has saved $20,877.92. The additional time he has
to spend his daughters' inheritance is about: 1 year, 11 weeks, 5 days, 2
hours, and 35 minutes.
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