HK wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:43:06 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:16:54 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:56:24 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:47:19 -0800, "Calif Bill"

wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:33 am, HK wrote:
JG2U wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:01:10 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:
If you read all the way to the bottom of the item, you'll
see that
your link actually validates my point about some Christians
who
describe themselvs as "evangelical" (including the
Methodist preacher
quoted)
having difficulty with Romney's Mormon faith.
From your link:
Evangelicals are hugely influential in the Iowa caucuses,
making up by
some estimates some 40 percent of Republican caucus-goers.
Many of
them, however, have profound reservations about Mr.
Romney's Mormon
faith.
Mr. Hurd, the pastor of West Hill United Methodist Church
here who
identified himself as an evangelical, said he wrestled with
that issue
himself but decided in the end it should not matter in his
decision.
"Although they have a theology vastly different from mine,
Mormons
generally are good citizens," he said.
Mr. Hurd also offered some insight into where his fellow
Alliance
board members are leaning. He said they are mainly divided
between Mr.
Romney and Mr. Huckabee, with the latter probably holding
the edge.
"A lot of them are troubled by his Mormon religion," he
said. "That's
probably the difference."
*******
So there's a statement, by an Iowa pastor describing
himself as
"evangelical", confirming that many Christians of his
acquaintance are
"troubled by (Romney's) Mormon religion."
Not quite... there are no quotes around evangelical in the
article. So
it didn't come out of his mouth, but probably went something
like
this:
"Do you evangelize as part of your faith?"
"Yes."
"So would you consider yourself an evangelical Christian?"
"I suppose."
My whole point continues to be that it is the *media* who
seems to
find the labels "evangelical" and "fundamentalist" (which *you*
improperly used) important, not Christians themselves.
And also that there are Christians who do not have a problem
with the
Mormon faith. Sure some do, but there are groups who are
opposed to
Romney for other reasons as well. So? Weird people
everywhere.
twisted logic deleted
Huckabee is a perfect match for the GOP base.- Hide quoted
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No he is not... you just want him in because your candidates
are so
weak...

Are you on consciousness-altering drugs?

In the recently concluded Iowa caucuses, the Democratic
candidates brought more than twice as many voters out on a cold
night than the Republicans. I don't recall the exact count, but
I believe the Dems had about 240,000 Iowans show up for caucus,
while the Repugs had only about 115,000. And it was much more
difficult and took much more time to vote in the Democratic
caucuses.

If the Democratic candidates were so weak, they wouldn't be
outpolling the Republicans by such a substantial number.

The only *decent* candidate on the GOP side is John McCain.
Your hero, Huckabee the Evangelical, is a foreign policy
numnutz. We've already had seven years of that with Bush. It
isn't going to happen again.

Most of that is how the Dem's set up their caucuses.

What? Twice as many dems as repugs showed up because they were
motivated, not because they had to. Are you drinking from Zell
Miller's cup again?
You drunk or all the lead from yesterdays shooting got to you?
They run their caucuses different.
A bunch of young folks showed up from other states hoping to get
laid.l

So, you are saying that Young Republicans are Asexual?
They don't have to hop on a bus and go to Iowa in hopes of getting laid.
They do quite well at home.

So, you are saying they are "stick in the muds" with no drive or
curiosity about the outside world?




Young Republicans in search of sex "do quite well at home."

:}


Vice is nice, but incest is best?


Well, for Republicans, I suppose it beats hanging out at the men's room.

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of parole?

BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?



--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

"HK" wrote in message
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BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?



--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

And Harry's so clever he slithered away from military service altogether.

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.


Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are some
lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a few that
are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there on
Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice piece of
property in an uncongested area near the Bay.

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.


Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are some
lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a few that
are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there on
Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice piece of
property in an uncongested area near the Bay.


If I sold my house on Peckerwood Lane I could buy property on the water
with a dock near where you live. But, for now we will just stay on
Peckerwood Lane until the wife stops working or when I retire in 10
years and move to my retirement location.

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:03:34 -0500, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.


Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are some
lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a few that
are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there on
Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice piece of
property in an uncongested area near the Bay.


If I sold my house on Peckerwood Lane I could buy property on the water
with a dock near where you live. But, for now we will just stay on
Peckerwood Lane until the wife stops working or when I retire in 10
years and move to my retirement location.

Man! Picking a retirement location is difficult.

I'd been thinking about Wake Forest, NC, until I checked the water level.
It's downj 9 feet, and there's only one ramp useable now. However, there
are lots of golf courses and homes are cheap (compared to here).

My son-in-law wants me to move to the Williamsburg area. Lots of golf,
although not cheap, great access to a lot of water, and the price of homes
isn't bad. Not bad at all, I thought.

Then I find out about NC's income tax laws. Neither the wife nor I would
pay state income taxes on our federal pensions. Hell, that would be a
savings of about $8000 per year. That in itself would pay for a lot of golf
and boat gas!

What to do, what to do.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:03:34 -0500, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?

And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?



Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.

Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are some
lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a few that
are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there on
Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice piece of
property in an uncongested area near the Bay.

If I sold my house on Peckerwood Lane I could buy property on the water
with a dock near where you live. But, for now we will just stay on
Peckerwood Lane until the wife stops working or when I retire in 10
years and move to my retirement location.

Man! Picking a retirement location is difficult.

I'd been thinking about Wake Forest, NC, until I checked the water level.
It's downj 9 feet, and there's only one ramp useable now. However, there
are lots of golf courses and homes are cheap (compared to here).

My son-in-law wants me to move to the Williamsburg area. Lots of golf,
although not cheap, great access to a lot of water, and the price of homes
isn't bad. Not bad at all, I thought.

Then I find out about NC's income tax laws. Neither the wife nor I would
pay state income taxes on our federal pensions. Hell, that would be a
savings of about $8000 per year. That in itself would pay for a lot of golf
and boat gas!

What to do, what to do.

We are stuck here in the DC area due to my wife's high paying job in the
Space & Military Industrial Complex. There are only about three or four
other locations she could get a job in her highly specialized field. And
most of them are with her company in areas with the same or higher cost
of living as we are in now. If the wife didn't have this particular job
we would already be living in Central NC, most likely somewhere around
Raleigh.

May 15th 2017 is when The Bert stops working. It will have been 40 years
and I will not ever receive a retirement check from a government or
private organization. It will be funded from my own pocket and will be
at or above my current standard of living. And I will be in my mid-50's
to boot.

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.


Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are
some lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a
few that are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there
on Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice
piece of property in an uncongested area near the Bay.


If I sold my house on Peckerwood Lane I could buy property on the water
with a dock near where you live. But, for now we will just stay on
Peckerwood Lane until the wife stops working or when I retire in 10
years and move to my retirement location.



Here's a nice starter house, a bit old, with nice "riv vu." Only a few
acres, though.

http://tinyurl.com/2t2rdq

Here's another, a bit closer, also with a nice "riv vu."

Pretty house, but close to the power station.

http://tinyurl.com/3xzhwt

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:

Did they make you take the medical sterilization as a condition of
parole?


And you're so clever you quit high school to join the Marines, eh?




Sure, whatever you wan to think Harry.

But, you know where I live. It is not in a trailer off of Route 2 in
Calvert county.


Well, gosh, I don't live in a trailer off Route 2 in Calvert County,
either. By the way, Route 2 is Old Solomons Island Road. There are
some lovely farms and farmette estates along that road, including a
few that are for sale. You could sell that subdivision house up there
on Peckerwood Lane and use the proceeds as a downpayment on a nice
piece of property in an uncongested area near the Bay.


If I sold my house on Peckerwood Lane I could buy property on the
water with a dock near where you live. But, for now we will just stay
on Peckerwood Lane until the wife stops working or when I retire in 10
years and move to my retirement location.



Here's a nice starter house, a bit old, with nice "riv vu." Only a few
acres, though.

http://tinyurl.com/2t2rdq

Not enough bedrooms.

Here's another, a bit closer, also with a nice "riv vu."

Pretty house, but close to the power station.

http://tinyurl.com/3xzhwt

This one has the needed number of bedrooms but, I really don't want a
house that old. I rather have one that was build within the last 10 to
15 years.