My Commie Cab Ride

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Sometimes, because my wife is six months pregnant, I must take a cab to work. Today, I had the "pleasure" of having a commie taxi driver. Our conversation started with my referring to the fact that the bank I work for is closing. He told me that you'll see more of that with a Republican administration in office. He told me how Highway 436 was filled with vacant shops during the Reagan Eighties.

I asked him: "Doesn't that fall on the role of the Governor?"

He said: "Ok. Nationally we were left with the biggest deficit ever under Reagan."

I told him: "Only because the Democratic Congress went back on their word to cut spending to balance the tax cuts."

He went on to blame talk radio because "It is easy to push the hot buttons of people."

I replied: "Talk radio is 'right wing' is because left wing shows fail every time."

He changes the subject: "It's like Iraq. We have no business being there."

I said: "He has nuclear and chemical weapons."

He said: "So do twenty-five other countries."

I said: "He's used them on his own people."

He said: "That's their own business."

I said: "With that kind of attitude, there would be no Jews in Europe."

He said: "If Irag attacks Tel Aviv, Israel will take care of it. Besides, that's not why we attacked the Germans."

I said: "Yes, I know that. We joined World War Two because they attacked our allies. Israel is one of our allies."

He said: "It was a different world then . . ."

I said: "It's the same world."

I couldn't look at his face. He had nostril hair long enough to braid. He also had lots of crusties, so that his nose hairs looked like stalagmites (or are those stalagtites?)

He said: "America of today is like Germany of 1930. Our civil rights are being eaten away with Homeland Security."

I asked angrily: "Are you comparing our President to Hitler?"

He worriedly shot back: "Uh no, Hitler was nuts."

I asked angrily: "Are you going to comapre the World Trade Center attack to the Reichtag fires?"

He worriedly shot back: "Uh no . . ."

He says: "I am just worried about my civil liberties. There was a case in Florida were a family were held in handcuffs and their dog shot just for being suspected of a crime."

I asked: "Would you rather that a cop gets shot?"

He said: "If it protects my civil liberties, yes."

I asked: "Aren't police officers there to protect you from crime?"

He trailed off: "Yes, but . . ."

He started to praise Clinton and how he was attacked by a "vast right campaign" started by right wing radio, while Reagan was given two presidential honeymoons because he was shot.

I asked: "Are you blaming him for that?"

He said: "No, It wasn't Reagan's fault. But he left this country a mess and Bush Jr. is taking away the rest of our civil liberties . . . "

We got to my destination. He is ranting on about his civil liberties and how Bush is taking them away. I really need to get to work. I pay him. (Yes, I did give him a tip even though he's a commie.)

I asked: "Do you like Lincon? Do you think he was a good President?"

He said: "Yes, He was pretty good."

I asked: "Did you know that during the civil war he suspended Habeus Corpus?"

He had no answer but kept on his Bush bashing rant. I told him: "Save your arguments, I've heard them all before." I got out of the cab and wished him a good day.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Sorry, I had to rant.

[martin_fierro]

No tip for him!

[martin_fierro]

I take that back. Here's a tip for him:

VOTE REPUBLICAN!

[Fred Mertz]

You had an English speaking cabbie?

[happygrl]

That's OK Big Guy; that' what we're here for.

Another working stiff brainwashed by the RATS.

[areafiftyone]

LOL - Here is NYC the only English is the recording that is played when you get in the cab about buckling up.

[KC_Conspirator]

Thats a pretty good one. I recently got into an argument with a magician at a bar (Yes, you heard me right, a magician). He was convinced that the "October Surprise" was ture.

[Fiddlstix]

Sorry, I had to rant.

Understood J
(You're among friends)

[jimt]

There was a case in Florida were a family were held in handcuffs and their dog shot just for being suspected of a crime.

Of all his statements, I have to agree with his concern for civil liberties. They are being eroded, and have been for many years. The "no knock" raids by ninja suited drug warriors come to mind, certainly.

[Restorer]

We joined World War Two because they attacked our allies.

Not true.

We went to war with Japan because they attacked us. Then we went to war with Germany because Hitler was stupid enough to declare war on us.

The Germans had been merrily attacking Britain for more than two years without getting us into war.

[gopwhit]

I have these kind of exchanges all the time---good for you for trying to engage in thoughtful dialogue with an idiot. Just the other day someone said to me "What's the difference between 10 or 20 million dollars....once you've earned 10 isn't that enough for you?"--implying that taxing the rich to death is fine because they want too much anyway. I realized he was so far gone it was worthless to argue, and since he was the father of a friend of mine I decided to keep clam and talk about the weather....

[Restorer]

their dog shot just for being suspected of a crime

Shouldn't shoot the dog until after he's been convicted.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Ask the WTC dead and those killed by drug cartels about their civil rights.

[narby]

Our conversation started with my referring to the fact that the bank I work for is closing. He told me that you'll see more of that with a Republican administration in office.

I thought the 80's were the decade of greed?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Keep fighting the good fight; and for future reference, stalactites hang on tight to the ceiling, stalagmites, on the other hand, might just make it up there.

[inquest]

I do think you need to work on your history a bit. We didn't join WWII because the Axis attacked "our allies", but because they attacked us. You might have heard about that little Pearl Harbor thing. And if we're going to war with Iraq, as you say, for the sake of Israel, then I'd have to agree with the cabbie that Israel is perfectly capable of fending for herself and should be left to do exactly that.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I do the same among friends and family. In my family, The Republicans number Myself and my wife, My FBI uncle and his wife, and my Uncle who is an investment baker. The rest are are all dims. Of course, I'm from Boston originally.

[DoughtyOne]

You handled it just right bud. You gave him a number of things to think about, not the least of which was the fact that a conservative had the class to give him a tip even if he disagreed with him. That alone is going to eat away at him for the rest of the Bush administration.

[Richard Axtell]

Standard Democrat Parrot script stuff. I'll bet that cab driver couldn't name any of the civil liberties he felt were threatened. He certainly didn't care that his first, second, and fourth ammendment rights were clearly threatened by the Clinton regime. I run into this kind of mindless regurgitation of leftist nonsense almost daily. No indication of thought going on inside that skull.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Ok, I simplified things for him because he was a dummycrat, but Al-Queda attacked us and their ally is Iraq.