[AGL] Re: [FedUp] A bit more action-reaction kneejerkedness...

[Harry Edwards]

Price Daniels? Good lord, how could I have forgotten him? And Allen 
Shivers? O and Preston Smith. And then there was Dolph Brisco, 
affectionately known as Dwarf Biscuit. And ole Biff Clements. Man, what 
a tradition. And they say Kinky is a joke!          twisty

On Mar 20, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:

> Harry.
>
> You miss the (other big) point.
>
> No one is as smart as Jon.  No one.  Therefore, following from that 
> premise, all others are dim-witted, therefore, so is Kinky.
>
> There.  Wasn't that helpful?
>
> Furthermore.  Given the rather dismal record of recent Texas 
> governors, Kinky certainly couldn't be worse than either George or 
> Good Hair or perhaps, even Ann.
>
> I after all remember (watching and listening to...in person) .... 
> Price Daniels!  Whew!  Now there was an "intellect".....if a can of 
> cold chili could be said to have an "intellect".
>
> Naturally, those good folks in West Texas who can't distinguish their 
> foreskins from their forebrains will be upset if anyone who isn't a 
> Baptist or who fails to have some really good ole time Texas 
> name....such as Williamson, for instance....isn't elected.  Let them 
> eat oil, say I.
>
> wgJ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Edwards" 
> <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGL] Re: [FedUp] A bit more action-reaction 
> kneejerkedness...
>
>
>> Okay, I'll rise to the bait (gulp). Kinky may be a lot of things, but 
>> dim-witted ain't one of them. Try this one, Jon:
>>
>> Texas ranks rock-bottom in providing for the basic needs of its 
>> youngest and poorest residents. More than one fifth of Texas children 
>> have no health insurance at all.
>>
>> In 2003, Texas legislators slashed the Children's Health Insurance 
>> Program, pulling the rug out from under 170,000 kids. Not only did 
>> this put more of our children at risk, it ended up costing the state 
>> tens of thousands of health care jobs and $16 billion in lost 
>> productivity. Kinky believes this is reckless and short-sighted—no 
>> way to invest in the future of Texas.
>>
>> We're a state that prides itself on friendliness and responsibility, 
>> but the message we're sending our kids is that if you're going to be 
>> born poor, you'd better not be born in Texas.
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Jon Ford wrote:
>>
>>> Well, you can always count on Gerry to stir things up--now the 
>>> gloves are off all around! I'm backing Frances on this one, because 
>>> she spoke up to Harry and Gerry, and  had the nerve to call Kinky 
>>> "dimikinky." If that means dim-witted Kinky, I agree thoroughly, and 
>>> invite those supporting him  to cite anything intelligent he ever 
>>> said, aside from some jokes and a couple of song lyrics.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nah, I likes to tackle implications from the blindside.
>>>
>>> On Mar 19, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Frances Morey wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't jump to any implications...
>>>
>>> Harry Edwards <laughingwolf at ev1.net> wrote:The Dog not the Dogma. 
>>> Now Frances, I happen to agree with you from
>>> time to time. (Lemme see, when was the last time . . . ?) And
>>> substance is in the eye of the beholder. (Among other things) I only
>>> chimed in when you seemed to imply that organic produce was merely 
>>> the
>>> veggies without the external pesticides.
>>>
>>> On Mar 18, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Harry can also be counted on to oppose anything I say whether or not
>>>> he has anything substantive to add to the discussion. Maybe he is
>>>> offended by my previous reference to Dimikinky. Oops, that post 
>>>> didn't
>>>> make it. I may be able to resend it.
>>>>  Frances
>>>>
>>
>>
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