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<p>civility and the end of “corruption” what did that last, a day? </p>

<p>Says Charlie Rangel about the state of Mississippi and kicking Cheney out of his office space (boy is he a font of pleasantries)</p>

<p>“Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?” Mr. Rangel said.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/nyregion/09delegation.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1163100724-WXuBDOPv798t2KcRUkDTRg[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/nyregion/09delegation.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1163100724-WXuBDOPv798t2KcRUkDTRg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And don’t we all think Alcee Hastings is the man for chairman of the intelligence committee?</p>

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<p>“san francisco values” yeah, that was the mantra for months</p>

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<p>Yes! Speaker Pe<em>Lo</em>Si! Cheney doesn’t need the space anyway; he’s gonna spend a lot of time hunting. </p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>So you two are ok with Rangel’s comments and with Alcee Hastings as chair of the intelligence committee?</p>

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<p>Yeah. Here. Here. Let’s hear what Trent Lott has to say about these Rangel-ing statements. Just be sure to remind him the mike is on this time. Ouch!</p>

<p>I hear Trent’s ready for leadership again. He has been “cured”. </p>

<p>But I still think there is a Strom blowing in.;)</p>

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<p>“So you two are ok with Rangel’s comments and with Alcee Hastings as chair of the intelligence committee?”</p>

<p>Not being a Democrat, I don’t have a dog in this race. But, in its context, I am MORE than okay with Rangel’s comments. But since you earn 4.5X times as much as the median NYC family, I can imagine how his comment could rankle.</p>

<p>As for Hastings, I think it is wonderful that DEMOCRATS impeached Hastings, and removed him from his post. More than could be said of Republicans with Tom Delay, Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney. Now when the Abramoff dozen comes up, it will be left to the Dems again.</p>

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<p>“Not being a Democrat, I don’t have a dog in this race. But, in its context, I am MORE than okay with Rangel’s comments. But since you earn 4.5X times as much as the median NYC family, I can imagine how his comment could rankle.”</p>

<p>Ok, I’m obviously not nearly as smart as you are, but how does my income have anything to do with Rangel’s comments about living in MIssissippi?</p>

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<p>Quite simple - where are the largest number of people in need of services? It has EVERYTHING do with Rangel’s comment, had you read it in context.</p>

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<p>Mini, I apologize. I posted the quote with offense at the “who the hell wants to live in Mississippi” part of the comment because I found that unnecessarily rude. I do see what you mean about the content of the statement, though, but I didn’t even notice that before.</p>

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<p>Rangel’s comments are typically “out in left field”.</p>

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<p>don’t like the comments…and I am proud of San Francisco Values…takes more than that to insult my great city…</p>

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<p>ZM~</p>

<p>You got it right the first time. The Rangel comment was inappropriate, no matter which way you slice it or dice it or smother it with “context.”<br>
The only apology that need be offered is <em>FROM</em> mini <em>TO</em> you for this:

Have you recently sent mini a copy of your 1040 for his perusing pleasure?</p>

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<p>Sorry, but Zoos choose to reveal the numbers herself. While she didn’t send me her 1040, I am willing to take her at her word. All I did was look up the NYC median family income. </p>

<p>I doubt she will be the recipient of much in the way of government services anytime soon (though, given illness, I really think she should be.)</p>

<p>By the way, anyone want my 1040 can PM me.</p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>b - I think she mentioned her family income and their occupations in another thread.</p>

<p>(Cross-posted with mini. Sorry I was late. ;)) </p>

<p>Now b, do you have anything to say to mini?</p>

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<p>well, the comment, not the best, but after Katrina what a mess, judt wish the Republicans had taken care of that area </p>

<p>sigh</p>

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<p>ok…well, let’s put it THIS way then…</p>

<p>Knowing someone’s income does not mean one automatically knows what would make said person “rankle.” This is called stereotyping.</p>

<p>And all of that notwithstanding, the Rangel comment was unnecessarily rude.</p>

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<p>I think it is common Knowledge that New Yorkers hold a low opinion of the South. Rangel just said it aloud. And whatis it with ‘San Francisco’ values anyway?</p>

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<p>I didn’t like the dissing Mississippi comment either b. I agree it showed bad form and a truly unfortunate sense of timing.</p>

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<p>that was the Republicans way of trying to strike fear into people about Nancy Pelosi…who just became Speaker of the House…see, our values apparently are supposed to be scary</p>

<p>maybe its the smoking ban…or the families that live and work here…or the service work we do…or the fact that we are one of the most popular tourist cities in the world</p>

<p>maybe it is because we some of them homosexuals here…and not that we have churches everywhere, that couldn’t be it</p>

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<p>double posts</p>