If Rev. Al Sharpton Were A Photographer

"Robert Coe" <bob.DeleteThis@1776.COM> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:10:50 -0400, "Neil Harrington" <not.DeleteThis@home.today>
> wrote:
> :
> : "Robert Coe" <bob.DeleteThis@1776.COM> wrote in message
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> : > : >
> : > : > Don't be fooled, Al lives pretty high on the hog. He just has no
> : > money
> : > : > "on record". He's a first class con man.
> : > :
> : > : True. And that's all he is.
> : > : ----------------------------
> : > : Besides being a boob.
> : >
> : > Well, he's a lot smarter than George W. Bush.
> :
> : If that's really what you think, he's sure a lot smarter than you.
>
> Well, that's really what I think. Me and most of the population of the
> world.
> George Bush is a moron, in the original clinical sense.

Morons don't get to be president, or even elected to any political office
for that matter. Even Bubba, the worst president of the last century, is no
moron. Neither is Jimmy Carter, the second worst.
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> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:07:52 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:
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>> Neither. The biggest TV camera at the scene is the one he chooses to
>> parade
>> in front of. He has no interest in pictures of anyone else.
>
> Hmm. Then you probably wouldn't care much for Rudy Giuliani.

I don't, and that's a fact. But not because he's a self-promoter. (What
ambitious politician isn't?)


> He's known for that, and even got rid of one of the city's most
> effective police commissioners because Bill Bratton was getting too
> much good press, pushing Der Rudy to the back pages.

That seems unlikely, but I'll admit to not knowing anything about Bill
Bratton. How does a mayor "get rid of one of the city's most effective
police commissioners"?

>
> [ Notice the subtle reference to Der Bush? ]

No, I missed it.

Neil
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"Rita Ä Berkowitz" <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> wrote in message
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> Which camera would he choose, a 40D or D200?

How about Martin Luther King or someone else with real character. If you
really meant that dork then a Polaroid would be beyond his
comprehension. he is one of the few that makes Bush look good.
-D
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> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:40:06 -0400, Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
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>> Which camera would he choose, a 40D or D200?
>
> Ingenious! I wouldn't have thought such a simple question would
> have attracted so many potential and dues paying Klan members so
> quickly. I hope that's not all. Surely, this is part of a sting?

Now really, making fun of a race-card-playing, self-promoting buffoon like
Al Sharpton makes one a potential Klan member?

The Klan would be delighted if only that were true, as it would swell their
potential membership to the tens of millions (instead of the current thirty
or whatever it is).

Neil
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"Doug Freese" <dfreese DeleteThis @hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Rita Ä Berkowitz" <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> wrote in message
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>> Which camera would he choose, a 40D or D200?
>
> How about Martin Luther King or someone else with real character.

While King would be a modest improvement on Sharpton, if what's wanted is a
black man "with real character" there are far better choices: Clarence
Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Ward Connerly, Roy Innis (who
endeared himself to me forever by pushing Al Sharpton on his ass, live on
TV) and many others.

Neil
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:37:22 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

>> George Bush is a moron, in the original clinical sense.
>
> Morons don't get to be president, or even elected to any political office
> for that matter. Even Bubba, the worst president of the last century, is no
> moron. Neither is Jimmy Carter, the second worst.

View his performance during the presidential debates and it's hard
to escape the conclusion that a moron squeaked by, by gaining the
sympathy vote from millions of morons. Et tu, Brute?
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:52:43 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

>>> Which camera would he choose, a 40D or D200?
>>
>> Ingenious! I wouldn't have thought such a simple question would
>> have attracted so many potential and dues paying Klan members so
>> quickly. I hope that's not all. Surely, this is part of a sting?
>
> Now really, making fun of a race-card-playing, self-promoting
> buffoon like Al Sharpton makes one a potential Klan member?

They're not the only ones that have commented, but unlike more
reasonable folk, found it harder to resist replying.


> The Klan would be delighted if only that were true, as it would swell their
> potential membership to the tens of millions (instead of the current thirty
> or whatever it is).

If that were only true. Do you really believe that there are so
few? I'll bet that the number of actual members plus sympathizers
in every state is far greater than thirty. And that's not counting
those like Sen. Byrd, who some virulent Republicans still number
among Klan members. FWIW, I don't particularly like Sharpton, but
I'm sure that he's a good deal brighter than most rpd'ers, and that
includes those that like him, detest him, and pay him little mind.
Consider what several (including at least one that you know) say
about Der Bush, that he couldn't have gotten where he is if he was a
dim bulb. That's also true of Sharpton, the difference being that
Sharpton did it by himself, where Shrub had a huge amount of support
of all kinds. Money, experts who wrote his words for him and
coached him as to how to speak them, etc. Ever notice how
inarticulate he becomes when he doesn't have prepared words to
regurgitate and how he desperately avoids such occasions?
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:44:05 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

>> Hmm. Then you probably wouldn't care much for Rudy Giuliani.
>
> I don't, and that's a fact. But not because he's a self-promoter. (What
> ambitious politician isn't?)
>
>
>> He's known for that, and even got rid of one of the city's most
>> effective police commissioners because Bill Bratton was getting too
>> much good press, pushing Der Rudy to the back pages.
>
> That seems unlikely, but I'll admit to not knowing anything about Bill
> Bratton. How does a mayor "get rid of one of the city's most effective
> police commissioners"?

Look it up, it's not very hard to find many newspaper and other
accounts of this via google. A recent news item is about how
Giuliani has suddenly taken to praising Bratton, hoping that this
would immunize him from being haunted by that part of his past. The
still popular Bratton, AFAIK, didn't bite.
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"ASAAR" <caught DeleteThis @22.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:37:22 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:
>
>>> George Bush is a moron, in the original clinical sense.
>>
>> Morons don't get to be president, or even elected to any political office
>> for that matter. Even Bubba, the worst president of the last century, is
>> no
>> moron. Neither is Jimmy Carter, the second worst.
>
> View his performance during the presidential debates and it's hard
> to escape the conclusion that a moron squeaked by, by gaining the
> sympathy vote from millions of morons. Et tu, Brute?

Then what must you think of Al Gore in those "debates"? Remember his goofy
walking over to stare at Bush -- and Bush dismissing him with a nod?

The presidential "debates" are something of a farce anyway. They aren't run
as real debates, and haven't been at least in recent memory. They are
mini-performances, rehearsed and practiced for as such.

Neil
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"Phil Stripling" <philip.TakeThisOut@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote in message
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> In article <i280d31uukd7tl9kk6hvtijrvj4u9n9o49.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, Robert Coe
> <bob.TakeThisOut@1776.COM> wrote:
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< snip >
> The best left-handed camera I've ever used was the old Nikonos I, II,
> and III model. In fact, I think it was the most ergonomic camera I've
> ever used. I used to buy them second, third, or fourth hand (they were
> old and outdated) and use them not only for snorkeling, but for my
> carry-around camera for snapshots. And the film advance lever cum
> shutter release was on the front of the camera under my right index
> finger. No having to move the camera to advance the film and take the
> next photo - just two quick presses: one to take the photo, the next to
> wind the film. Absolutely wonderful after using winders on the back of
> the camera.
>
> They were made for hyperfocal focusing, and with the f/16 rule, getting
> acceptable exposures was generally no problem, so it was very close to
> automatic operation but taking some thought, which made me slow down
> enough to make a picture instead of taking one.
>
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Hello folks.

Anyone recall using the Werra range of cameras. The wind-on was a ring
around the lens (at the body end).
Always seemed awkward to me - I had to take the camera away from my eye to
wind on without hitting my face with the camera.
Anyone find the wind-on easy to use?

Regards, Ian
Nottingham, England.
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"ASAAR" <caught.RemoveThis@22.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:52:43 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:
>
>>>> Which camera would he choose, a 40D or D200?
>>>
>>> Ingenious! I wouldn't have thought such a simple question would
>>> have attracted so many potential and dues paying Klan members so
>>> quickly. I hope that's not all. Surely, this is part of a sting?
>>
>> Now really, making fun of a race-card-playing, self-promoting
>> buffoon like Al Sharpton makes one a potential Klan member?
>
> They're not the only ones that have commented, but unlike more
> reasonable folk, found it harder to resist replying.
>
>
>> The Klan would be delighted if only that were true, as it would swell
>> their
>> potential membership to the tens of millions (instead of the current
>> thirty
>> or whatever it is).
>
> If that were only true. Do you really believe that there are so
> few?

I was being facetious. I have no idea how many there are, but the Klan is
not anything remotely like the political power it was in the '20s and '30s.


> I'll bet that the number of actual members plus sympathizers
> in every state is far greater than thirty. And that's not counting
> those like Sen. Byrd, who some virulent Republicans still number
> among Klan members.

Well, a few do like to tweak him about it, but after all he *was* a high
official in the KKK, Grand Wizard or Grand Dragon or whatever.


> FWIW, I don't particularly like Sharpton, but
> I'm sure that he's a good deal brighter than most rpd'ers,

What are rpd'ers?

Sharpton is a glib and adroit demagogue, the results of a lifetime
practicing being a glib and adroit demagogue. In that sense you could call
him bright, yes.


> and that
> includes those that like him, detest him, and pay him little mind.
> Consider what several (including at least one that you know) say
> about Der Bush, that he couldn't have gotten where he is if he was a
> dim bulb. That's also true of Sharpton, the difference being that
> Sharpton did it by himself, where Shrub had a huge amount of support
> of all kinds. Money, experts who wrote his words for him and
> coached him as to how to speak them, etc. Ever notice how
> inarticulate he becomes when he doesn't have prepared words to
> regurgitate and how he desperately avoids such occasions?

Bush certainly isn't a good speaker or orator, never has been, doesn't have
a particularly good TV presence and tends to screw up what he's trying to
say. Note though that he's gotten better at these things in recent years
(but still isn't any Ronald Reagan).

However, with the exception of Iraq -- which clearly was a mistake from the
start and seems to have been badly managed by the people responsible for
doing that -- and the pesky and persistent problem of illegal immigration,
Bush has been a good president. That counts for a lot more than being a good
speaker, even if it's less persuasive to people who grade their politicians
by how likable they are on TV.

The economy has been moving ahead strongly. The stock market is way up.
Unemployment is low. Inflation has been very low. Interest rates are low.
Honest, non-activist Supreme Court justices have been confirmed. And we have
not had another terrorist attack on our homeland for six years, though
attempts have been made. These things are important.

Neil
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:04:59 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

>> View his performance during the presidential debates and it's hard
>> to escape the conclusion that a moron squeaked by, by gaining the
>> sympathy vote from millions of morons. Et tu, Brute?
>
> Then what must you think of Al Gore in those "debates"? Remember his goofy
> walking over to stare at Bush -- and Bush dismissing him with a nod?

One's a better actor than the other. Good actors aren't
necessarily bright. Historians and family members acknowledge
Shrub's dismissive nature, so he only remained in character.


> The presidential "debates" are something of a farce anyway. They aren't
> run as real debates, and haven't been at least in recent memory. They are
> mini-performances, rehearsed and practiced for as such.

Aw shucks, who spilled the beans?




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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:32:54 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

>> FWIW, I don't particularly like Sharpton, but
>> I'm sure that he's a good deal brighter than most rpd'ers,
>
> What are rpd'ers?

You, yourself and me make three,
In rec.photo.digital, rpd


> Sharpton is a glib and adroit demagogue, the results of a lifetime
> practicing being a glib and adroit demagogue. In that sense you
> could call him bright, yes.

I don't disagree, but in addition to being bright, he can also be
very funny when not performing his day job.


> However, with the exception of Iraq -- which clearly was a mistake from the
> start and seems to have been badly managed by the people responsible for
> doing that -- and the pesky and persistent problem of illegal immigration,
> Bush has been a good president.

If subverting the Constitution, among other things is considered
to be the hallmark of a good president.


> Honest, non-activist Supreme Court justices have been confirmed.

But that was many years ago. Or is this an attempt at humor?


> And we have not had another terrorist attack on our homeland for six
> years, though attempts have been made. These things are important.

It's important for the White House to make us believe this if its
plan to create a new Hundred Years' War is to succeed.
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