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Posted on 06/01/2004 9:35:59 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
Time to hit the couch with my sweetie.
G'night all!
I've got some in my office (one especially in my department) that's a moveon.org sort of uber-liberal.
We don't talk politics anymore. Some months ago I wuz buyin' him a beer at da waterin' hole and he went totally non-linear on Bush, and in a surprisingly mouth-lathering shaking and shuddering sort of way.
He really, honestly, believes that Bush intends to suspend the constitution and set up some kind of religious taliban government (except Christian) with Ashcroft as a new ruler-Pope and end all elections. Anybody found to be non-christian will of course be jailed and beaten and tortured into submission. All of this of course is to further the hatred begun by right-wing bigots against muslims.
This is no joke. They really believe this stuff.
Nuts and weirdos abound on all edges of the political spectrum.
'Cause, you know, I don't know nuffin' 'bout prejudice and being black in America, seeing as how I'm twice his age and been black all that time.
He told me not too long ago that Fox News was rotting my brain, and that I need to listen to more NPR.
Sigh.
However, he and I do agree on some things. Homeschooling and vouchers, for one. And more modesty for young girls' clothing, for another.
I would agree that there are nutballs on all political spectrums... and yes, there were some pretty nutty ideas about His Highness, Clinton.
I would submit for your approval, however, that it really does appear that the left has gone way, way beyond any sensible boundary in their hatred of Bush. They would do *anything* to see him defeated, including the loss of any victory in Iraq and elsewhere. Makes one wonder if they would be for or against another strike on the U.S.
Oh jeez... you're BLACK??? Well, that changes... uh... uh... hmm... nothing at all. :-)
hehhehe... I am for some reason compelled to relay a story from my best friend on the Polar Sea so many years ago... His name was (OK, probly still is) also Dave. He grew up in a typical suburban middle class neighborhood outside of Chicago. He was the only black kid at his school.
One day one of his friends comes up to him and says: "Hey Dave... some of the guys have been talking smack about you... and hey, you're my friend... so I wanted to hear it from you first. Dave... people are talking about you... they're sayin'... they're sayin' that you're black."
Dave said he spent a good half hour rolling on the floor laughing.
He was (and I'm sure still is) a good conservative republican, and one of the best orators I've had the privelege to be around. Together we had a blast blowing away the libs on the ship. He had a clarity of speech that was astounding. I lost track of him after he left the Polar Sea, but now and then I keep trying to find him on the net, to no avail, so far. Of all of my lost friends I miss Dave the most.
Hey Dave... are you a freeper?
I'm up way too late, and am heading off to bed... but just wanted to remind you of the phrase "Broken-Glass Republicans", coined to refer to Republicans who "would crawl across broken glass" to see the Democrats defeated.
I've seen and heard a lot of extreme rhetoric on both sides. It makes me want to mentally step back and reassess where the truth might actually reside.
Good night!
Yeesh... see ya bear... that last message was meant for Rose as a freepmail. As usual... I fumblefingered it and got the admins to fix it for me.
Thanks, but we're doing ok. I was just complaining. When we arent on the road we pretty much stay inside. When we are on the road there is no solution, just misery. Appreciate the thoughts though.
It actually isnt up this far north. Near baghdad now is approaching 120-130 degrees. We are hanging in the low hundreds, but I think all the vegatation here gives us a higher humidity. G'nad is right, after 105 it just plain sucks no matter what.
Well, as usual, I was just bein' a smart@$$. But you remind me of all the crap you guys are enduring on our behalf..
We can't say "thank you" often and loudly enough.
Just had to switch off the Today Show cause they wuz pi$$in' me off. I usually switch to Fox right at 7:00 but missed it fer a few minutes.
Katie and Ann should just go ahead and put on the burkhas and get it over with.
Mornin' East Coast.
Got power? You guys okay?
Thursday's Funkle has Far to Go.
I just had my deadlines moved up on me by two weeks. EEEEEEEK! I could just cry.
Back to work....
Morning. About to head for work again. Least tomorrow won't be so bad. Looks like thunderstorms here.
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