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To: jjsheridan5
It is 100% correct. And 100% deceptive.

Only to a liberal.

It's like the old analogy of the liberal balloonist and the conservative walk taker.

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below.

She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Conservative."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Liberal."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met but, somehow, now it's my fault."

71 posted on 05/25/2017 11:44:12 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: IYAS9YAS
Only to a liberal.

What in the world does politics have to do with this? I have known many liberals who were quite knowledgeable about nutrition-label gotchas, and an embarrassingly large number of conservatives who were utterly clueless. This has nothing to do with politics. If you think that they chose this phrase "evaporated cane juice" for any reason other than deceiving people (conservatives, independents, and liberals alike), then you are simply wrong. This shouldn't be handled via a lawsuit (in fact, attempting to do so seems like an abuse of the judicial system), but on the other hand, there is no question that these types of practices are blatantly deceptive.
77 posted on 05/25/2017 12:02:45 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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