Can a nation remain a superpower if its internal politics are incorrigibly stupid?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by noonereal

My neighbor, a longtime friend of the family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Sturr

Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards

won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards

if anyone needs some polka music shoot me a pm

Jimmy Sturr is the best!

I'll listen to this later. Coltrane now.

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Yeah, ArcelorMittal. In my mind it'll always be the Republic plant, but at union end it was LTV. Kills me every time I see their old office building off the highway. I used to get their smelly soot on my car when it rained! boohoohoohoo lol.

The court had a choice - the public could pay a portion, or they could get nothing because the company was broke.

Pete

PS Cleveland Trivia - local TV personality Big Chuck worked at Republic before his 'big break' Love this guy, a truly nice man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9zOpQSSl_E

BIG CHUCK AND HOOLIHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the memories, Pete!

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

BIG CHUCK AND HOOLIHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the memories, Pete!

Turns out there are quite a few Big Chuck videos online.

John

[piece-itpete]

You're welcome Blue. I met him a couple times, he really was a great guy, easy to talk to.

He retired recently. And yep, a guy named Schodowski usually has polka around somewhere

Pete