tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post3960202886183739898..comments2024-03-19T02:45:37.685-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: What people think about CongressScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-90554561230944169542010-03-30T13:14:24.201-07:002010-03-30T13:14:24.201-07:00Many thanks for your usual quick, eloquent, detail...Many thanks for your usual quick, eloquent, detailed and convincing answer Scott !Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-21641561889558666122010-03-28T11:23:59.315-07:002010-03-28T11:23:59.315-07:00Rob: the article you link to is long on empathy fo...Rob: the article you link to is long on empathy for the poor, the unfortunate, and the downtrodden, but very short on reasoned analysis. That's typical, it seems, of most liberals who rarely take the time to question whether their ends will be efficiently achieved by the means they propose.<br /><br />The glaring omission in this article is the failure to question the assumption inherent in Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-70778235833388131422010-03-28T05:53:37.160-07:002010-03-28T05:53:37.160-07:00Scott, I have found your comments on this subject ...Scott, I have found your comments on this subject as powerful and convincing as all of your economic comments. But still I read articles on this Healthcare Bill that leave me confused as to the rights and wrongs of it all. I wonder if you have time to have a quick look at this one, for example, and see if you can give me a a very brief response to it? Many thanks.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.ukRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-40613569478046608752010-03-26T18:45:29.008-07:002010-03-26T18:45:29.008-07:00Well, Ciro and Calvert ought to have a lovefest.
...Well, Ciro and Calvert ought to have a lovefest.<br /><br />From Ciro's website:<br /><br /> U.S. Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX-23) announced this week that the Military Spouse Education program – suspended in February – has been reinstated. Spouses of service members wanting assistance to pursue training and education will once again be able to access federal funding. “The Military Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-50855480844393628172010-03-26T16:05:33.367-07:002010-03-26T16:05:33.367-07:00"Can Ciro top that?"
Probably, he's..."Can Ciro top that?"<br /><br />Probably, he's a Congressman in the "Red State Socialist" state of Texas. Yet somehow, he's a Democrat. Gee, how do you explain that one, Benji?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-79198544817896846712010-03-26T15:01:10.404-07:002010-03-26T15:01:10.404-07:00Frankly, I think Ciro and Ran Calvert should run a...Frankly, I think Ciro and Ran Calvert should run as a team<br /><br />You see that list--on his own website--of government waste he says he ladled into his district?<br /><br />Can Ciro top that?<br /><br />Imagine people in flood plains getting me to pay for their hugely expensive dikes, berms, levies etc so they don't have to take sensible measures to protect themselves. What ever happenedBenjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6922257879849429562010-03-26T14:22:57.859-07:002010-03-26T14:22:57.859-07:00Benji,
I'm sure you'd vote for Ciro if he...Benji,<br /><br />I'm sure you'd vote for Ciro if he ever made the cover of People Magazine.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842065702455026249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-26956098389671665162010-03-26T08:12:39.507-07:002010-03-26T08:12:39.507-07:00Paul:
I am jealous. I thought you saved those cho...Paul:<br /><br />I am jealous. I thought you saved those choice nuggets for me.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-85982446392806265712010-03-25T17:03:00.739-07:002010-03-25T17:03:00.739-07:00"Would you say those things to him, and the o..."Would you say those things to him, and the other choice words you have in mind?"<br /><br />My Congressman is Ciro Rodriguez, a lying, thieving, tax-and-spend liberal just like Obama. <br /><br />I would say those things to him and more.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-48150964966449452332010-03-25T17:00:17.512-07:002010-03-25T17:00:17.512-07:00Well, maybe Calvert is a loser.
From his own web...Well, maybe Calvert is a loser. <br /><br />From his own website:<br /><br />"During his past eight terms, Calvert has focused on securing federal funds for critical projects in Riverside County including: C-17 operations at March Air Reserve Base; research into the grapevine killing Pierce's Disease scourging California's wine industry; expansion of the Janet Goeske Center for Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-74636295351646606532010-03-25T16:57:14.943-07:002010-03-25T16:57:14.943-07:00Benjamin said...
‘Scott G:
Or, is your Congress...Benjamin said... <br /><br />‘Scott G:<br /><br />Or, is your Congressman a "good one," but it is all those other Congressmen who are corrupt etc.?<br /><br /><br />If so, you views parallel that of many. All of us define Congress as second-rate, but the Congressman from our own district is usually "okay" to "pretty good." ‘<br /><br /><br />When your survey is in W.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-44140136792363561652010-03-25T14:24:12.909-07:002010-03-25T14:24:12.909-07:00Scoot G:
So is U.S. Congressman from the 44th Dis...Scoot G:<br /><br />So is U.S. Congressman from the 44th District Ken Calvert (R) a corrupt, incompetent, lazy, lousy crook? <br /><br />Would you say those things to him, and the other choice words you have in mind?<br /><br />Or, is your Congressman a "good one," but it is all those other Congressmen who are corrupt etc.?<br /><br /><br />If so, you views parallel that of many. All Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.com