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On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:20:25 GMT, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote:

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>bo_dacious@mactan.org wrote:
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>> On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:20:29 GMT, Grumpy AuContraire
>> <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote:
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>>>tom spillman wrote:
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>>>>Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
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>>>>>> Apparently, they don't remember the Carter administration's results 
>>>>>>during the Arab boycott of the 1970's. Remember the gasoline 
>>>>>>shortages and long lines at the service stations?
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>>>>>The Arab boycott occurred during the Nixon administration shortly 
>>>>>after the Six Day War (I believe in 1973).
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>>>>>I believe the shortage you are describing was the result of Iranian 
>>>>>cut off of supplies following the Islamic revolution in 1978 which was 
>>>>>during the Carter administration which I consider by far the worst in 
>>>>>modern history.
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>>>>You're correct.  I shouldn't have been careless on my time line. 
>>>>However, it doesn't change my comment that price controls and excess 
>>>>profits taxes are counter productive.
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>>>>>Oh, I do find the possibly of one bright face on the horizon in the 
>>>>>persona of Fred Thompson...
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>>>>Certainly a possibility.  However, I'll need to know more about *actual* 
>>>>proposed policies and *accomplishments* than I know now.  His senate 
>>>>record was unspectacular.  If he decides to run, you can be sure between 
>>>>the media and his opponents we'll learn much more...
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>>>A six year stint in the Senate could not be more than mediocre and you 
>>>might recall his reason for not running for reelection was "boredom."
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>> Do Obama and Clinton have six years between them? They're both
>> considered "viable" by the left.
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>Sure, they're professional politicians and have practiced little else.
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>BTW, after Thompson, my choice would be -->Hillary<--...
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>JT
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Go see your doctor. You have something seriously wrong with your
brain. Could be an aneurysm or cancer.

Mike Smith