Vast Write Wing - June 2008

[lwoolley]

We are both getting older. Good show.

Could you do another interview with Bob Barr closer to the election? What a shame he has no chance.

Ron

[lwoolley]

Dear Lynn,

I was on the phone with a client and could not call in; I also did not hear if someone else called in with the correct answer to your inquiry as to the name of the actor who portrayed Beauregard “Beau” Maverick!

Roger Moore had the distinction of playing Beau Maverick!

Another little known Maverick relation that was on the series was the character, Brent Maverick (cousin) played by Robert Colbert. Mr. Colbert was also the scientist that invented “The Time Tunnel”.

Russell A. Krumnow
Temple

And Colbert was in "The YOung and the Restless." But who played "Pappy" Maverick?

Lynn

[lwoolley]

Hi Lynn, Please, please please stay mad. All of us that love this country had better get mad. The liberals are working hard to bring the country down and unless we stop them we are all going to be in big trouble. It is very troubling!!

Stephanie

[lwoolley]

Hey Lynn;

I have great concern about the forthcoming ruling concerning citizens gun rights and state rights.

A ruling either way that is applied to the rest of the citizens of the states would be flawed for the simple reason that Washington DC is not a state, it is a territory,like perto -rico. Citizens there do not have the same rights as they do in a state, or should I say, their rights do not carry the same weight.

To apply the same ruling to the state citizens further erodes the rights of the states. I have fear that gun owners are going to come out on the short end of a very short stick. along with the states. just like the "income tax" is valid in the territories of the U. S., but violate the rights of the citizens of the states

Joe in Nolanville

[lwoolley]

We'll see if the lame-stream media has the dangly-bits to report the decrease in crime which most certainly will occu....
- i.e. murders and robberies for those folks in Rio Linda.

Cheers to the Conservative Judiciary!

Cliff in Odessa, Tx

[lwoolley]

When the supreme court continually breaks down into 5-4 decisions,
in 4 straight decisions, then the court itself should be nullified & designated a strictly political body & previous 4 decisions should revert to the perview of a vote from the Congress or a vote of the people.

we are absolutely in the stoneage c. the objectivity of the supreme Court
and it's a crime that we have to be subjected to the tyranny of these
pretenders who're mostly out of touch w/ society.Many of you may be pleased
by the 5-4 decision in favor of gun posession. i don't see it that way.

I see it as a continuing tragedy where the court should be stripped of it's authority when it demonstrates an enduring bias that shows no objectivity.

we've got to agree on ways to limit the rolling of the dice that we endure
on every vote of these inebriated pretenders and we've got to demonstrate at the court to show we're serious.we've got to set rules based on objectivity.It's clear we have none

Al, Lemon Grove

[lwoolley]

You're espousing the "be logical" route, Mr. Woolley. It is NOT logical to assume that because you are willing and ABLE to pay $5 a head for lettuce, the rest of us are. Sad to say, we don't earn your salary/ies or fees/payments.

Lover of Peace and Harmony

[lwoolley]

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I can't pay $500,000 for a house, either. So what is your point?
Lynn



What does a $500,000 house have to do with the price of lettuce? I just bought a condo for $99,000 a year ago. I can't pay $500,000 for a house, either. I couldn't afford a house, period! Houses? Lettuce? Please explain the connection.
Lover of Peace and Harmony

The consequences of paying market wages for farm labor are less dire than the consequences of destroying our country with a foreign invasion. If you have to do without lettuce, so be it. My statement was silly to show how silly your statement was.

Lynn

Lover of peace and harmony. Are you serious?

[lwoolley]

I wish that people like you really knew what you were talking about before you write your articles. Just for starters, farm labor is not cheap labor. I am so tired of listening to the talking heads continue to talk and talk and talk. I am extending an invitation to you to visit my farm in California. I would like you to leave your cushy air conditioned office and see what the real farm world is all about.
By the way, you say that food could be produced in other countries where the labor is cheap. Well, just look at the mess we are in now because of people like you.
We now have oil at $4.00 a gallon and rising. We have oil here, but we have allowed the drilling to go overseas. Oh, well can’t get too upset about that can we; they don’t have to put up with our asinine environmental laws. Out of the other sides of the mouths of people like you is the hue and cry about sending the manufacture of military parts and supplies. That should be ok with people like you because after all it’s cheaper.
In World War II both Germany and Japan lost the war because they ran out of raw materials and food. The Japanese were starving by the time the war was over as were the Germans to a lesser extent.
Farmers have always asked for a solution to our labor supply. But, politicians and talking heads who have no idea what they are talking about but loudly proclaim they have the solution. At one time we had a very good labor solution. We had the Bracero program and it worked. Since you are such an authority on farm labor, I’m sure you know what the Bracero program was. I’m also sure you know what happened to the Bracero program.
I would really like to have you accept my invitation now because we are in full harvest production. You will then be able to really know what you are talking about.
Cordially
Sherry Langrock
dslangrock@earthlink.net

[lwoolley]

On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Larry Shannon wrote:

I think one can safely say that our allies DID support us in Iraq. They're just smarter than our Bushies -- they got tired of their sons and daughter dying in an occupation and got out.

By the way, why don't you sign up for a trip to Iraq to report firsthand on how secure it is. And, don't forget your flack jacket.

LS


I have a standing request in with my Congressman to accompany him or Iraq on a trip. So far, no luck.

I agree with you totally on Iraq. They had the brains; not us. But we now know NOT to go into Iran. Let them do it. Them, we can get ticked at them. Payback is hell.

Lynn

[lwoolley]

SOL,
Two oped columns that you must vet over your airwaves:
1. WSJ 06-26-08 by Daniel Henninger, and,
2. Temple Telegram 06-27-08 by Cal Thomas.
Both columns hugely support the belogical.com philosophical base.

USL particularly likes Henninger's declaration that support for Obama's
change philosophy is a mile wide and a quarter-inch deep. We right wing
extremists (aka Logicians) should have a satanic, diabolical smile on our
faces if Obama wins and the Dems increase their majority in '08. The 2010
election cycle will soon thereafter be upon us and the '08 tidal wave that
swept Obama and self-appointed enlightened absolutists (SAEA) to victory
will recede into the sea from whence it came carrying said SAEAs with it.

Smile,
USL

[lwoolley]

Please encourage listeners to contact their USA congresspersons, Harry Reid
and Nancy Pelosi to bring and up/down vote on the ban on drilling in the
US and offshore.

Thank you for keeping us informed.

K. J.
Cameron, TX

[lwoolley]

.O.L,

There is an old saying I live by, it is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it. Personally, I have a 110 lb dog and a 70lb dog as my first defense and if a burglar should get passed them, he or she will find themselves looking down the barrel of a 357 magnum. Oh and by the way, that little red dot suddenly appearing on there forehead has nothing to do with the Hindu religion. Gods speed,


MOE(Temple)

Kevin Morris

CTVHCS

[lwoolley]

Like you, I have been a staunch critic of President Bush for most of his second term. It seems like he could be Democrat of days gone by. However, thank God for him and his wisdom to put Alito and Roberts on the Supreme Court. Can you imagine if Gore or Kerry had won? Think of the justices that would be sitting on the Court now. Ginsburg would be Chief Justice and we would now be on the road to losing our right to own guns. These two justices might be President Bush's greatest legacy. Thank God for answered prayer.


Unsigned

[lwoolley]

Do I have any other questions? Yes I do have more questions. You’re living in the middle of Texas, what does that have to do with the farm labor problem that you have all the answers? My invitation is still offered to you to see exactly what you are trying to talk about. I always thought that knowing both sides of the story made for a better informed conversation.
We also have “little Mexico” in our small farming community. But another thing is also occurring here at the same time. The second generation Mexicans who were born here all speaks very good English with no accent whatsoever. Many are going on to higher education, and their parents are so proud of them. I think the problems in cities wherever there are large populations of both illegal and legal immigrants has a lot to do with the mind set of the political make up of those cities.
What to me is amazing is that the political make up of those cities are largely white! It seems to me that the problem is the pursuit of power by the white politicians.
My husband was a Marine aviator during Vietnam, and the girls and I lived in Japan after he was transferred from Vietnam. While in Japan, he flew back into Vietnam as a transport pilot. Quite a difference from the A4s that he flew in Vietnam. When we lived in Japan, the girls learned Japanese just from playing with the Japanese children. My husband and I had a passable grasped of the language, but we could not speak the language. That seems to be the same as it is here in the U.S. with the Mexican population. My husband’s parents were from Germany and he was first born here. They, too, never lost their accent. But he not only could speak German but also spoke English with no accent. I think this is all called assimilation which has always made this country great. When he left the Marine Corps and started flying for the airlines, our first base was Buffalo, NY. Talk about a lack of assimilation even after several generations, the people in Buffalo all had their little enclaves. My Girls had to live the first parochial school because they were told to leave because they were not Polish. They told us to put them in school in the German community because we were German! Never mind that my family, who were German descent, had been in the U.S. from the very early 19th century.
Those people also celebrated all the Old World holidays of their respective countries. I have a hard time finding that any different than what you are describing.
The big difference between when my family migrated to the U.S. and what has and is happening now is the lack of the so called safety net. Put blame where the blame really is. The white politicians who initiated the safety net in the first place. It had very little to do with helping the needy. It had everything to do with power. We now have a political system with people making a very lucrative career out of their elective office.
You did not mention whether you knew about the Bracero program. If that program was re-established we would not have the drain on medical, educational and law enforcement agencies that we do now.
Instead of ranting and raving about the system as it is now, why not offer some solutions that are workable. All of the hard core conservatives are unhappy with the bill that John McCain offered to try and straighten out the mess that our politicians with the aid of the people who elected them produced. His bill was very close to the bill that President Reagan actually got passed. No one on the right cried at that time about the amnesty that was a part of the bill. It was even called amnesty.
Why the difference?
I have always considered myself a very conservative Republican. I’m afraid that part of the party has left me. I see little difference between the two parties as far as economics is concerned. I grew up in a very loyal conservative Republican family. They and I believe that the key to a sound economy is not spending more than is taken in. I do believe in tax reductions but at the same time spending must be curtailed. Just tell me when that has occurred when the Republican party is in power? Even when President Reagan was in office that did not happen. After his first big tax break, he actually initiated increases and the deficient increased. I really believe the hard core right of the Republican Party has lost it mind.
Cordially
Sherry Langrock

Dear Sherry,

Seriously, I feel your pain. You are looking at it from a certain point of view; I look at it from another. We probably have a lot of the same political views on other issues. Your thoughts about assimilation may be true, but the conversion to Spanish here in Texas is rapid. Dallas is a Mexican city now with 650,000 Mexican nationals living in a city of 1.3 million. The school district there has literally gone to hell. I assume a similar fate has claimed Los Angeles.
But look. If your theories are correct, then in 1 generation, there will be assimilation of the migrant offspring -- then what? We keep on bringing Mexico's poor into the US to work on the farms? How does this all come to some type of acceptable conclusion? And President Reagan's amnesty failed, because we didn't control the border. I have no idea where we are going to get enough food, water and landfills (we generate tons of garbage a day in this country) to deal with the rapid influx of poor people from south of the border.
The only answer I see is to bring Mexico (and the Mexicans themselves have to do this) to first world status. As a compassionate human being, I do not wish to see the people of Mexico mired in poverty and political corruption forever. But if that ever happens, there goes your source of people who want to pick strawberries and peaches. Your answer, at some point, is likely a new technology to do that.
In the meantime, I will still buy produce at market prices based on what it would cost to have American workers do the job. But nobody in America will work for the prices paid.
It's kind of like oil. Some day, we won;t need it anymore. Right now, we need to drill. In your case, you need labor. The two ways to that are to keep the immigrant magnet going or pay the price to get Americans to do it.
Neither answer is perfect.
I don't have time to come to California right now -- but here's another idea. I will offer you a couple of segments to discuss this on my radio show. It runs on 6 Texas stations, but is also streamed over the internet.
Lynn