John Gaquin wrote:

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message

....Maybe if we discuss
episodes of the Andy Griffith Show, we won't end up with flame wars!

Naw, that'll never work!

Someone will start screeching about that insensitive program from the dark
ages of the pre-enlightened era that made us chuckle at human foibles, rural
southern life, and non-macho males; supported the status-quo of keeping
women in the kitchen or the library; fed us an endless stream of simplistic
platitudes based on nothing more than ethical values and simple patriotism,
and glorified the mistreatment of children by making them adhere to
standards.

How could we have survived such fare?


JG


Ah, yes...extolling the virtues of the stupid and simple-minded...sort
of prepared the country for Dubya, eh?


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....Maybe if we discuss
episodes of the Andy Griffith Show, we won't end up with flame wars!

Naw, that'll never work!

Someone will start screeching about that insensitive program from the dark
ages of the pre-enlightened era that made us chuckle at human foibles,
rural
southern life, and non-macho males; supported the status-quo of keeping
women in the kitchen or the library; fed us an endless stream of simplistic
platitudes based on nothing more than ethical values and simple patriotism,
and glorified the mistreatment of children by making them adhere to
standards.

How could we have survived such fare?


JG


Ah, yes...extolling the virtues of the stupid and simple-minded...sort
of prepared the country for Dubya, eh?



Wait a minute, wait a minute..... Are you saying Floyd the barber was stupid?

Butch Ammon

Subject: OK you bald, bad tempered b*st*rds, speak up!
From: 123 (Butch Ammon)

Wait a minute, wait a minute..... Are you saying Floyd the barber was
stupid?

Trivia question: after a certain point in the run of the show you never saw
Floyd standing. Why?

Capt. Bill

"Harry Krause" wrote in message news:9-

Ah, yes...extolling the virtues of the stupid and simple-minded...

Actually, those _were_ big days for unions. :-)

JG

John Gaquin wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message news:9-

Ah, yes...extolling the virtues of the stupid and simple-minded...

Actually, those _were_ big days for unions. :-)

JG



Doesn't matter, John...even in those days, you needed some talent to get
into an apprenticeship program. You still would have been stuck sweeping
the floors and swabbing out the bathrooms.



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I think Noah has a great idea of trying to
"restore order among the ranks".

That's like rallying the troops at the Alamo for "one last stand." For
everyone Mexican shot while charging the fort, ten more will fill the hole...



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Rich Stern wrote:

I think Noah has a great idea of trying to
"restore order among the ranks".

That's like rallying the troops at the Alamo for "one last stand." For
everyone Mexican shot while charging the fort, ten more will fill the hole...


Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest of the Moslem tribal states will be the
Alamo of the United States in the 21st Century. At some point, enough
Americans will have come home in body bags so that the citizenry here
will send a clear message to the Smirking Chimp...get the hell out of
there...now.


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Subject: OK you bald, bad tempered b*st*rds, speak up!
From: (Rich Stern)

That's like rallying the troops at the Alamo for "one last stand." For
everyone Mexican shot while charging the fort, ten more will fill the hole...


Viva el revolution!!

Capt. Bill

"Harry Krause" wrote in message

Doesn't matter, John...even in those days, you needed some talent to get
into an apprenticeship program. You still would have been stuck sweeping
the floors and swabbing out the bathrooms.

Not so, Harry. It may shatter your perceptions but back in the sixties,
wallowing in my [relative] youth, I was a card-carrying member of the UB of
C & J of A. Built several large buildings. Well, a couple other guys
helped. :-)

Keep an eye on Isabel, Harry. Good Luck.

JG