On Apr 20, 8:09*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:52:44 -0400, bpuharic wrote:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:09:51 -0700, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"bpuharic" wrote in message
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everything.

guess you didn't read about his stripping of the SEC of the capability
to regulate derivatives

guess what a major cause of the financial m eltdown was?

And they want the derivatives traded on an exchange. *That is good. *But the
Chris Dodd's sponsored bill says the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and New
York Merchantile Exchange are good for that. *Sen. Dodd neglects to mention
his wife is a director of the company that owns the CME, NYME.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...dodds-wife-and....

it's hard to tell what dodd believes unless you know what day of the
week it is.

He appears to be among the least honest of Senators, who as a group, I
am sad to say, I can put no trust in.
With a few exceptions among them, as a whole they remind me of a time
a group of carnival barkers who were attending a nearby convention
entered my store just before closing one evening.
There were at least a dozen of them.
One of them had scuffed his patent leather shoe, and purchased a black
liquid polish with applicator.
I offered him a soft tissue and suggested he go to the Dollar store
next door and buy a small bottle of mineral oil to remove the scuff,
but he actually took umbrage at this, and said, "Who are you to tell
me how to take care of my shoes?"
I noted during this interchange that he had used liquid polish on his
shoe previously. *They looked terrible.
I held my tongue throughout, not wanting a scene in the store.
The entire group sported pompaded hair and strong colognes.
All were spiffily dressed, if a bit loudly on ties, and I was
surprised they *wore such decent suits. *That I will admit.
I suspect a woman was behind their clothing selection.
I heard enough of their conversation to know they were headed to a
nearby "Gentlemen's Club" which features topless and lap dancing.
The stench from their colognes lingered in the store for 3 days.
Since then when I see Senators in a group, that evening is what comes
to mind.
False people, posturing, milling about, speaking inanities, and
looking for an angle.
The one with the scuffed shoe actually tried to bargain down the $1.39
price of the shoe polish by digging through the rack until he found a
package with a small nick in the label, and claimied it was damaged
goods.
That didn't work with me, as it would be unethical.
The inanities spoken by them are all the worse being that one half of
them are lies, and the other half more lies to justify the first lie.
Very sad really, that this sort of person should represent us in
Congress.
Dodd seems to fit in very well with them.
What is even more sad is this sort of dishonesty seems to be
institutional and difficult to change.
But I do see more transparency into their conduct then ever before.
That is why Dodd had to throw in the towel. *Caught lying.
We can only hope that all their scheming is brought to the light of
day.
Though I am no particular fan of the Tea Party, what they are doing
may at least increase the demand for truth in politics.
The only powerful response to lies is truth.
So many of these politicians are weasels sneaking around looking for
something to pilfer, and making them stand up straight and talk
straight with the truth can only be good.
As an example I previously mentioned the contentious $50 billion fund
in the financial reform bill was inserted there *Republicans.
That was from a report that stated Dodd and Warner said that.
Yet I don't see the Democrats tossing that allegation back.
Which makes me wonder what the real truth of that is.
Very sad that the truth is so difficult to find, and that I may have
been enlisted into the Liars Club when I posted that.
If so, I apologize.
Okay, enough musing. *I'm off to sell some shoes.
And thinking of that, I am happy again, and rarin to go.

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Great to see you back, Vic. I was just thinking about you. The wife
and I were in Edwardsville last week.

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:27:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



Great to see you back, Vic. I was just thinking about you. The wife
and I were in Edwardsville last week.

I drop in here now and then.
Looks like nothing has changed much.
Haven't been down there since I last talked to you, but I have your
number and plan to give you a call when I do.
I want to see that pontoon boat.

--Vic.