well, you taught me something. i was under the
impression that he had the wyoming residence back in
bush ones time and the birdman was the VP.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Since my bachelor's degree was in political science,
> it's bothered me
> that Cheney used a "paper" residence to skirt the
> Constitutional
> requirement that the president and vice president be
> from different
> states.  It was, however, a brilliant piece of
> political gamesmanship.
> Dick Cheney came into the 2000 campaign with little
> verifiable political
> baggage from the Republican viewpoint, and a
> truckload of experience in
> Washington that George W. didn't have.  Also, if
> something of import was
> found, he could have been dumped with little
> political consequence. =20
>
> That being said, if the vice presidential candidate
> had come from a
> state with more electoral clout than Wyoming (and a
> different state than
> the standard bearer), the whole "contested election"
> mess might have
> been avoided.=20
>
> The no-bid contract issue seemed to be an
> ill-advised political move,
> which surprised me coming out of Cheney's office.
> I've always viewed
> him as the consummate political professional.  If
> the Republican ticket
> had been reversed in 2000, I would have had no
> problems voting for it.
> I have more in common with Dick Cheney than the
> liberals on the list
> (myself included)=20
> ;-{)} would be comfortable with.  I graduated from
> the same high school
> he did 14 years after his graduation.  We were both
> student body
> presidents of that school, too.
>
> Kendall
> An unreasonable man.  (But my wife says all men are)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Politics
>
> Kendall, i was unaware of the american company.
> thanks
> for bringing them to my attention.
> i helped administer a big contract for the
> government
> for the 1981-1991 part of my career. no bid
> contracts
> are not unusual, but, i never liked them becouse of
> the appearance of the whole thing. usually the
> justifcation is that one company is out and out
> better
> qualified to do the job. i would think that the bush
> admin would have at least let the other company bid
> if
> for no other reason than appearances. it would have
> been the politically smart thing to do.
>    i care not where bush or chany wants to call
> home.
> just as i mined not that the clintons moved to new
> york so she could run for the senate. if it does not
> bother the new yorkers it certainly don't bother me
> and if the people of wyoming have no problem with
> chany, then i do not either. it is a non-issue to
> me.
>
> --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Bobby, et al,
> >
> > I'm somewhat surprised to see you so clearly
> stating
> > the true reason for
> > our presence in Iraq, since Bush and Cheney are
> both
> > from Texas. ;-{)}
> > Cheney has maintained an "official" residence in
> > Wyoming, but I don't
> > think he's lived here full-time since he was in
> > college in the '60's. =3D20
> >
> > I haven't seen Moore's movie, and I probably
> won't,
> > but from what I've
> > read about it, he raises some interesting points.
> > The thing that I've
> > heard from several sources that concerns me most
> is
> > the awarding of a $4
> > billion NO-BID contract to Halliburton, when
> another
> > US company
> > (Schlumberger) is one of the leading competitors
> in
> > the market.  Here's
> > a link to Schlumberger's web site.
> >
> > http://www.slb.com
> >
> > Another competitor to Halliburton is BJ Services,
> > out of Canada, but
> > founded in the US, and with US subsidiaries.
> >
> > http://www.bjservices.com/
> >
> >
> > Kendall Corbett
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the
> > unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=3D20
> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:02 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Politics
> >
> > Kat,
> >
> >
> >     I wonder why we went to Iraq, which in my
> > opinion diverted resources
> > from
> > them hunt for bin Laden. The reason we went there
> is
> > spelled O I L!
> > Haliburton is getting the lion's share of
> contracts.
> > Now it is a
> > guerrilla war and is
> > very ugly. I despise Michael Moore and wouldn't
> pay
> > to see that movie.
> >
> > Bobby
> > As much as I loathe Michael Moore, I do plan
> > > to go to Greensboro to see his film, Farhenheit
> > > 9/11.  Anyone else going to see that film?
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
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