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1. Steven Kurta

   

   2 posts
   
   4/18/2012 10:04 PM

   I wish it were as all as simple as that, Dennis. I really do.

   
   
   
   
2. Dennis Cook

   

   1 posts
   
   4/19/2012 5:04 AM

   I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   
   
3. Wahlin Scott B

   
   4/19/2012 8:04 AM

   Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   Who is "the government" and who tells them what to do?
   
   Newt wants to get the UN to provide guns to everyone as a human right (yet healthcare is not a human right) and severely limit government. Dennis that place already exists; it is called Somalia.

   
   
   
   
4. Ronald Conard

   

   4 posts
   
   4/19/2012 4:04 PM

   Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   Do you support, or even respect, our military?

   
   
   
   
5. Steven Kurta

   

   2 posts
   
   4/19/2012 7:04 PM

   Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   
   I think maybe you misconstrued the meaning of my statement. I meant, the answer isn't black or white -- government regulation baaaaad, un-regulated markets goooood.
   
   For every instance of a bloated government that overreaches and over-regulates, I can give you an equal, and as damaging, example of a private-sector-left-to-their-own-devices ruining local/regional economies and environments.
   
   If you're looking for the holy grail of economic truth I think you should pack a lunch. It's more complicated than simply saying "let the markets work". And is why my comment (I wish it were as easy as all that) was made.
   
   Furthermore, at the very least, government is voted into and out of control. You don't like someone and they do a crap job -- vote em' out. Simple.
   CEO's and CFO's are not. And I'd argue that of the biggest baddest most powerful companies/banks/industries in the world, that the men and women who run them and pull all the stings have more power than any government could hope to have. And you don't have a say in that at all.
   
   You just have to sit there and trust that you'll eventually get yours by the goodwill and sanctity of your fellow man. Except they're not your fellow man. They're millionaires who don't really give a rip what you think or do as long as you keep voting in politicians that will let them keep doing what makes them the most money. Environment be damned, small business to heck with them.
   
   This isn't a left or right thing, Dennis. It's not dem or repub. Both sides are guilty of cronyism.
   But it looks like we'll always have this kind of system. So, if we're going to have overlords, let's at least make them ones we can vote in and out of office and not CEO's who are appointed/hired/promoted and who are accountable to nobody but the bottom line.
   Why would you want to turn over the shop keys to someone who has no accountability to you?
   
   Come over to Syracuse sometime and I'll show what unregulated industry and corruption does to a city. It'll make you sick. Or possibly it won't.

   
   
   
   
6. Dennis Cook

   

   1 posts
   
   4/20/2012 6:04 AM

   Ronald Conard, CGCS said:

   Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   Do you support, or even respect, our military?

   
   
   Of course I do, that is one thing we have always done well. Protection of our citizens is one of the biggest responsibilities the government has. But, certain things in our government even screw that up. Our outlay of cash for entitlements is stripping our military of its funding and ability to sustain our current troop levels. The administration announced a while back that it will be cutting the military by 80,000 people. So when I say they screw stuff up, I mean it. When you hear democrat congressman saying we can afford to fight two wars and that we dont have the troop levels for it, why not? Military is one of their highest priorities. Well the reason is is because we are giving away so much money through entitlements that we can't afford to do some of the things government is originally meant to do. When we can't afford our military, we certainly screwed something up along the way to cause that situation. You dems can keep advocating for funding cuts to the military and ill keep advocating for funding the military first, infrastructure second and entitlements would be way down the list

   
   
   
   
7. James Schmid

   

   1 posts
   
   4/20/2012 12:04 PM

   Dennis Cook said:

   Ronald Conard, CGCS said:

   Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

   
   
   Do you support, or even respect, our military?

   
   
   Of course I do, that is one thing we have always done well.

   
   
   Don't you mean that's something that the government has done well?

   
   
   
   
8. Wahlin Scott B

   
   4/20/2012 12:04 PM

   Dennis Cook said: When you hear democrat(ic) congressman saying we can afford to fight two wars and that we dont have the troop levels for it, why not?

   
   
   You are saying you heard a Democratic Congressman say we could afford to fight two wars, but we do not have the troops to do it?

   
   
   
   
9. Steven Kurta

   

   2 posts
   
   4/20/2012 7:04 PM

   [quote">Our outlay of cash for entitlements is stripping our military of its funding and ability to sustain our current troop levels.
   
   just wanted to re-post that to let it sink in

   
   
   
   
10. Melvin Waldron

    

    43 posts
    
    4/21/2012 9:04 PM

    Talking about leaving businesses to their own devices, anyone catch the stories in the USA Today the last couple of days about lead smelters polluting all of these areas where kids were playing? It showed how important the EPA is, and also some incompetence on their part in some instances and just other instances they didn't have the resources.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
11. Steven Kurta

    

    2 posts
    
    4/21/2012 10:04 PM

    You can find it all over the country, Mel. It's really the heart of the argument.
    It's safety and environmental stewardship/sustainability vs. making as much profit as possible.
    They are mutually exclusive.
    I think any time you're relying on the goodwill of men vs. their interest in profit, profit will win the day. I don't have a history of "regulations" to quote but I'd think that's why they exist; to control people who otherwise would run amok at everyone else's expense just so they can make more profit. That's what life has been about since we started writing it down..
    Before government regulations, you had biblical regulations. Same deal. Written by men, or by men who heard voices in dreams they attributed to god, for the purpose of controlling other men from destroying themselves and others in the process as they pursue their monies. It's all the same. Not much new here.

    
    
    
    
12. Steven Kurta

    

    2 posts
    
    4/22/2012 10:04 AM

    If you want to really get into this, let's talk hydrofracking. I live on, own property, and drink the water around the watersheds' of the Marcellus Shales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_Formation.
    
    You want an earful, let's talk about "protecting" proprietary ingredients in fracking fluid and the 2005 revision of the clean air and water act that made that legal (thanks, Dick Cheney).
    I can do this all day.

    
    
    
    
13. Keith Lamb

    

    3 posts
    
    4/22/2012 10:04 AM

    Steven Kurta said: If you want to really get into this, let's talk hydrofracking. I live on, own property, and drink the water around the watersheds' of the Marcellus Shales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_Formation.
    
    You want an earful, let's talk about "protecting" proprietary ingredients in fracking fluid and the 2005 revision of the clean air and water act that made that legal (thanks, Dick Cheney).
    I can do this all day.

    
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg[/youtube">

    
    
    
    
14. Ronald Conard

    

    4 posts
    
    4/22/2012 2:04 PM

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/wyoming-groundwater-contamination-fracking-epa_n_1332710.html
    
    Fracking is a perfect example that continuing to think like a dullard and believe "drill baby drill!!" is healthy for our country, now and into the future, is short sighted. We are a creative bunch and many solutions have been developed over the years but we always take the easy way out.

    
    
    
    
15. Dennis Cook

    

    1 posts
    
    4/23/2012 5:04 AM

    James Schmid said:

    Dennis Cook said:

    Ronald Conard, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

    
    
    Do you support, or even respect, our military?

    
    
    Of course I do, that is one thing we have always done well.

    
    
    Don't you mean that's something that the government has done well?

    
    
    Are you getting that picky, we the people, our govt, our soldiers all have contributed to a great military. You have no argument about what I said so you have to pick on semantics.

    
    
    
    
16. Dennis Cook

    

    1 posts
    
    4/23/2012 5:04 AM

    Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: When you hear democrat(ic) congressman saying we can afford to fight two wars and that we dont have the troop levels for it, why not?

    
    
    You are saying you heard a Democratic Congressman say we could afford to fight two wars, but we do not have the troops to do it?

    
    
    Scott that was a typo, that was supposed to be can't afford to fight two wars. No it wasn't a democratic congressman, it was a democrat congressman. You know the ones with the (D) after their name

    
    
    
    
17. Larry Allan

    

    0 posts
    
    4/23/2012 5:04 AM

    Dennis Cook said:

    James Schmid said:

    Dennis Cook said:

    Ronald Conard, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

    
    
    Do you support, or even respect, our military?

    
    
    Of course I do, that is one thing we have always done well.

    
    
    Don't you mean that's something that the government has done well?

    
    
    Are you getting that picky, we the people, our govt, our soldiers all have contributed to a great military. You have no argument about what I said so you have to pick on semantics.

    
    {Message removed in conjunction with GCSAA's forum policies.}

    
    
    
    
18. McCallum David K

    
    4/23/2012 8:04 AM

    Now now children.......behave or you'll be put in timeout.

    
    
    
    
19. Wahlin Scott B

    
    4/23/2012 8:04 AM

    Dennis Cook said:

    Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: When you hear democrat(ic) congressman saying we can afford to fight two wars and that we dont have the troop levels for it, why not?

    
    
    You are saying you heard a Democratic Congressman say we could afford to fight two wars, but we do not have the troops to do it?

    
    
    Scott that was a typo, that was supposed to be can't afford to fight two wars. No it wasn't a democratic congressman, it was a democrat congressman. You know the ones with the (D) after their name

    
    
    It is Democratic Congressman. "Democrat Congressman" was something made up by AM talk show hosts and Fox News to show disrespect to Democrats.

    
    
    
    
20. McCallum David K

    
    4/23/2012 11:04 AM

    Jeff exactly as I said in the email this morning to you...........

    
    
    
    
21. Dennis Cook

    

    1 posts
    
    4/23/2012 1:04 PM

    Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said:

    Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: When you hear democrat(ic) congressman saying we can afford to fight two wars and that we dont have the troop levels for it, why not?

    
    
    You are saying you heard a Democratic Congressman say we could afford to fight two wars, but we do not have the troops to do it?

    
    
    Scott that was a typo, that was supposed to be can't afford to fight two wars. No it wasn't a democratic congressman, it was a democrat congressman. You know the ones with the (D) after their name

    
    
    It is Democratic Congressman. "Democrat Congressman" was something made up by AM talk show hosts and Fox News to show disrespect to Democrats.

    
    
    I know that Scott, it is the Democratic party, therefor, it would be deomocratic congressman. But they also refer to themselves as a democrat. They dont call themselves a democratic, they call themselves a democrat. And I was not using the term as a negative. When any news organization mentions the name of a democratic congressman, they say "Barney Frank, Democrat." It is perfectly acceptable to call someone a democrat and it has even been used by democrats for years with no negative connotations. In American history many parties were named by their opponents (Federalists, Loco-Focos, Know Nothings, Populists, Dixiecrats), including the Democrats themselves, as the Federalists in the 1790s used "Democratic Party" as a term of ridicule. So if democrat is negative, then democratic would be worse, because it was the first term of ridicule that was used. Democrat party was not used until 1890, according to the oxford english dictionary. So the term was not made up by fox news and AM talk show hosts to show disrespect, it has a long track record of use through the political spectrum of history. It has just been another way to keep political bantering going by arguing about something so ridiculous.

    
    
    
    
22. Dennis Cook

    

    1 posts
    
    4/23/2012 1:04 PM

    Larry Allan said:

    Dennis Cook said:

    James Schmid said:

    Dennis Cook said:

    Ronald Conard, CGCS said:

    Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

    
    
    Do you support, or even respect, our military?

    
    
    Of course I do, that is one thing we have always done well.

    
    
    Don't you mean that's something that the government has done well?

    
    
    Are you getting that picky, we the people, our govt, our soldiers all have contributed to a great military. You have no argument about what I said so you have to pick on semantics.

    
    
    {Quote removed in conjunction with GCSAA's forum policies.}
    
    Thanks Larry, I will take that as a compliment. I don't get offended very easily and I can stand up for what I believe in without calling people names. When a lib calls me a name, I know it means, they no longer have an argument that is supported by facts so they always resort to name calling and personal attacks. Its in your playbook

    
    
    
    
23. Robert Crockett

    

    4 posts
    
    4/23/2012 4:04 PM

    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
    >
    >
    > 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
    >
    >
    > 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
    >
    >
    > 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
    >
    >
    > 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
    >
    >
    > 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
    >
    >
    > 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this
    > in only fifteen years.
    >
    >
    > 8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
    >
    >
    > 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
    >
    >
    > 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
    >
    >
    > 11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
    >
    >
    > 12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
    >
    >
    > You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
    >
    >
    > This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
    >
    >
    > To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature
    >
    >
    > It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons:
    >
    >
    > a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years
    > to get it right and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it
    > right and it is broke.
    >
    > c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right
    > and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right;
    > $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the
    > poor" and they only want more..
    >
    >
    > e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years
    > to get it right and they are broke.
    >
    >
    > f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right
    > and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence
    > on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion
    > a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right
    > and it is an abysmal failure.
    >
    >
    > You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
    > throats while overspending our tax dollars.
    >
    >
    > AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
    > WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ??
    >
    >
    > Folks, keep this circulating.. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.
    >
    > AND
    >
    > I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    >
    >
    >
    > Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!
    > We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????
    > In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey .. And now Pakistan ......previous home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
    >
    >
    > Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour
    > Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries! We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
    >
    >
    > AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.
    >
    >
    > YET......................
    > They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.
    >
    >
    > Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it?
    >
    >

    
    
    
    
24. Wallace Jeffrey V

    
    4/23/2012 5:04 PM

    David McCallum said: Jeff exactly as I said in the email this morning to you...........

    
    
    I know. If he would just write "Bowman", instead of "you", I would feel much better. I feel like I'm personally being singled out, and that hurts. And Keith's cricket video should be more than 4 seconds. I'm trying to incorporate that into my new MTV video, but there's not enough time to hit the "incorporate" button. That button is in a room on the other side of the building. This studio sucks. Oops, you were talking about Scott's post, not Bobby's. My bad. Scott, behave yourself.

    
    
    
    
25. Wahlin Scott B

    
    4/23/2012 5:04 PM

    Dennis Cook said: I do to Steve, but the government tends to complicate and screw up everything it touches. The people built this country into what it is today, not the govt.

    
    
    [img">http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll284/scottcgcs/ihatetaxes.jpg[/img">

    
    
    
    
26. Peter Bowman

    

    11 posts
    
    4/23/2012 6:04 PM

    Robert Crockett said: >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
    >
    >
    > 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
    >
    >
    > 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
    >
    >
    > 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
    >
    >
    > 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
    >
    >
    > 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
    >
    >
    > 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this
    > in only fifteen years.
    >
    >
    > 8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
    >
    >
    > 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
    >
    >
    > 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
    >
    >
    > 11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
    >
    >
    > 12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
    >
    >
    > You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
    >
    >
    > This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
    >
    >
    > To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature
    >
    >
    > It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons:
    >
    >
    > a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years
    > to get it right and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it
    > right and it is broke.
    >
    > c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right
    > and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right;
    > $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the
    > poor" and they only want more..
    >
    >
    > e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years
    > to get it right and they are broke.
    >
    >
    > f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right
    > and it is broke.
    >
    >
    > g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence
    > on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion
    > a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right
    > and it is an abysmal failure.
    >
    >
    > You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
    > throats while overspending our tax dollars.
    >
    >
    > AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
    > WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ??
    >
    >
    > Folks, keep this circulating.. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.
    >
    > AND
    >
    > I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    >
    >
    >
    > Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!
    > We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????
    > In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey .. And now Pakistan ......previous home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
    >
    >
    > Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour
    > Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries! We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
    >
    >
    > AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.
    >
    >
    > YET......................
    > They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.
    >
    >
    > Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it?
    >
    >

    
    
    Robert,
    
    I hope you got your facts straight, because someone here will SNOPES all those entitlement program claims, and reply with a SNOPES link if you're wrong. If you're right they won't reply, even after SNOPSEING it.

    
    
    
    
27. Keith Lamb

    

    3 posts
    
    4/23/2012 7:04 PM

    Jeffrey Wallace, CGCS said:

    David McCallum said: Jeff exactly as I said in the email this morning to you...........

    
    
    I know. If he would just write "Bowman", instead of "you", I would feel much better. I feel like I'm personally being singled out, and that hurts. And Keith's cricket video should be more than 4 seconds. I'm trying to incorporate that into my new MTV video, but there's not enough time to hit the "incorporate" button. That button is in a room on the other side of the building. This studio sucks. Oops, you were talking about Scott's post, not Bobby's. My bad. Scott, behave yourself.

    
    
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA[/youtube">
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9peZ5WOtL0[/youtube">
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWFjhEYXbbU[/youtube">
    
    Take your pick.

    
    
    
    
28. Melvin Waldron

    

    43 posts
    
    4/23/2012 7:04 PM

    So what Robert, Mr. Glass bought the Royals and runs them with a Wal-Mart mentality, as a long suffering Royals fan, that mentality sucks, and doesn't produce a winner, well except for the family.
    
    While not a fan of some of the things Wal-Mart has done, just ask Rubbermaid, it supports some of my family members with some pretty good jobs, so I will not bash them too much. They have done well to build up their empire, just ask how much government had a part of that, not so much federal probably but certainly at the local level. Although I am wondering who paid for US 71 from I-44 to Bentonville, not much in between except for some beautiful country side, yet there is a nice 4-lane highway, bet you that their business certainly benefits just from fuel savings alone with no traffic.
    
    Of course hearing about what is happening in Mexico with the bribes, maybe Wal-Mart has learned from the government?
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
29. Wallace Jeffrey V

    
    4/23/2012 8:04 PM

    Keith Lamb said:

    Jeffrey Wallace, CGCS said:

    David McCallum said: Jeff exactly as I said in the email this morning to you...........

    
    
    I know. If he would just write "Bowman", instead of "you", I would feel much better. I feel like I'm personally being singled out, and that hurts. And Keith's cricket video should be more than 4 seconds. I'm trying to incorporate that into my new MTV video, but there's not enough time to hit the "incorporate" button. That button is in a room on the other side of the building. This studio sucks. Oops, you were talking about Scott's post, not Bobby's. My bad. Scott, behave yourself.

    
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWFjhEYXbbU[/youtube">
    
    Take your pick.

    
    
    
    What the heck? I'm in Antarctica and we only have dial-up. And it's friggin' cold, but you know that from the Discovery Channel.
    
    A 15 minute video? Are you kidding me? The ice shelf could melt from the heat coming from my laptop. Then the ocean level will rise, everyone living below 500 feet of elevation will die a horrible death, and some liquor stores may be inundated. Scary? Yup, but the blame is on you.
    
    Oh, I gave your address to some penguins. They're pretty angry, and they have guns. I probably shouldn't have told them about the Florida "stand your ground" law. I actually called it the "stand your ice" law, but they'll probably run into some American penguins and get the real story. Sorry.

    
    
    
    
30. Steven Kurta

    

    2 posts
    
    4/23/2012 8:04 PM

    Peter Bowman, CGCS said:

    Robert Crockett said: >
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    YET......................
    > They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.
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    >
    > Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it?
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    >

    
    
    Robert,
    
    I hope you got your facts straight, because someone here will SNOPES all those entitlement program claims, and reply with a SNOPES link if you're wrong. If you're right they won't reply, even after SNOPSEING it.

    
    
    
    Robert,
    
    you're new so you get a free pass, but what most of us prefer around here is when we copy and paste something, that we produce a link to the source so everyone can see what sort of balanced or unbalanced information source we're repeating.
    Thanks, Bubba