Posted on 09/21/2006 10:35:02 AM PDT by Kelly_2000
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.
All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays to these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of a temporary misfortune.
It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.
Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
come on help me out, I want to send a rebutal to this guy :-)
How about "Bob the Liberal's goats don't get violated because of Joe's son, who joined the Marines to fight terrorism"?
"He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. "
And the money to provide for Dad's SS check is a gift from on high? I think Joe is paying taxes to support his dad, rather than paying him directly, as would be the case had not liberals decided citizens couldn't be trusted with such a duty.
Take that tack with every one of this person's allegations and you'll do fine, I think.
For starters, the EPA was signed by Nixon.
The author talks like all these things are created and provided free by the liberals.
great list thanks
We're *all* "classic" liberals now, in that sense. We all want minimum clean water standards. We *all* want food to have labels with their ingredients. Etc, etc.
Now, modern day Ls (actually they preferred to be called 'progressives') run the D party. They aren't fighting for these kinds of things at all. If they were, they would be winning elections.
Or to put it much more pointedly -- modern Ds can't take credit for better car safety standards when the guy who fought for them -- Ralph Nader -- opposses the modern day D party!!!!
All these things are courtesy of ERISA '74 (Employee Retirement, Insurance, and Security Act of 1974). Signed into law by a Republican President.
The cost of these mandated benefits have also been what have fueled the exporting of American Manufacturing Jobs to the turd world, the "Wal-Mart" effect of having part-time employees (which are not covered under ERISA), and Corporate Downsizing. In short, the unions and then the federal government ensured that American Labor would be too expensive to use, so you could pin a partial credit for the illegal immigration problem on ERISA while you're at it. Plus the inflation shocks of the '73 - '82 were a partial effect of the artificial pricing of US labor, which is still seen today in devalued currency.
Thanks, Liberals
His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to Joe's Dad would'nt have to be responsible and save or be nice to Joe and Joe's Mom so that Joe's Dad could take care of himself; or if something happened, Joe and the rest of Joe's Dad's family would be willing and able to take care of him if he were unable to take care of himself.
Fixed it! Never underestimate what liberal policies have done to people's sense of personal responsibility and community.
Wow! Liberals taking credit for things they had nothing to do with. Go figure!
There was a British article where some woman wrote that she wanted be be euthenized so she wouldn't become a burden on others the way her mom was a burden on her.
Mom never asked to be put to death but the selfish "me" generation can't be asked to do for others, especially family (parents and kids). Kill them if they are an inconvenience. It is all about the quality of YOUR OWN life. < /sarc >
Joe lives in the country. His water comes from a well. As he takes his first sip of coffee, he thinks how glad he is he doesn't have to pay for his water and yet it's cleaner and fresher than the water that comes out of the tap at his job in the city. Joe pays part of his medical care. He can attest to that because of the amount taken out of his paycheck every 2 weeks. Joe works for a hi-tech firm and there is no union.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
Joe doesn't have time for bacon and eggs, he eats a bowl of cereal with skim milk or grabs a breakfast bar and a piece of fruit on the way out the door.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.
Joe's parents and grandparents are perfectly healthy (his grandparents are in their late 80's and going strong) and they grew up before the days of liberal lawsuits for stupid people that only line the pockets of the lawyers. But in Joe's case, he lives on a small farm which his wife and homeschooling children manage. His wife makes the family's soap and shampoo using goat's milk, herbs and other quality ingredients. No need to label.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks out into the quiet where there used to be the humming of others also going off to work in this quiet little community. A bunch of environmentalist wackos who had no clue what they were talking about got the timber industry shut down in order to "save" a spotted owl. Years later they would discover that it wasn't the timber industry harming the owl habitat...a larger owl, originally from the environmental paradise of Canada, had been encroaching on the spotted owl's habitat, pushing it deeper and deeper into the forest. The irony, of course, is that the timber industry might have actually saved the owl if these pseudo-intellectual city environmentalists who have less knowledge of the delicate balance than the lumber jack who spends 12 hours a day in it would've kept their nose out of something they didn't understand. You see, owls live on the edges of the forest. They hunt in the fields and other open spaces, but need to forests as a safe place to raise their young. The closer they can be to their feeding ground (especially for a small owl like the spotted owl), the better they thrive. Modern timber practices insure there's always plenty of nesting places for this small native owl. The environmentalists wackos probably insured the spotted owls extinction, but the owl from Canada seems to be thriving.
He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
There is no subway where he lives, but he and all the other citizens in small towns all across this nation are taxed so the "government" can subsidize some liberal's ride to work. Affordable transportation is paid for by everyone whether they're able to avail themselves of those services or not. His company has a large parking lot where he and his fellow employees park, but at least the fancy-pants uber-metro-sexual liberal lawyer making six figures has his ride to work subsidized.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards.
He belongs to NO union. He works in the hi-tech field, it's very competitive and a skilled, dependable worker gets all of the above as well as bonuses and merit raises. Joe has worked in this field for over 25 years and never belonged to a union and has no intention of ever joining one. Joe believes that unions once served a useful purpose (about 100 years ago), but now their whining demands just put a drain on society and artificially inflate the cost of living.
Joe's employer pays to these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of a temporary misfortune.
Joe had surgery a couple years ago. He thought as long as he paid into this "worker compensation" plan he might as well avail himself of it while he was recovering from his surgery. The restrictions were so ridiculous and the amount was barely enough to pay his electric bill and buy groceries. Joe was glad he thought to apply for his vacation which of course paid him his full salary so he could pay his other bills.
It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.
Okay, thanks for the FSLIC, but Joe doesn't have a Fannie Mae mortgage. He did take advantage of low interest rates and refinance at a lower rate and got some extra money to pay off his car loan, do some remodeling and put some more cross fencing on his property.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
Joe drives into the city for work so he drives an economy car, but his family has a farm truck and his wife drives an SUV since she has to drive their 6 children around to various activities. His family does have a farm (Joe's cousin lives there), but it's several states away in Kansas and has never been subsidized by the government. It was paid off by Joe's great, great grandfather. Now, the family, keeping up with current trends, made it into a bed and breakfast working ranch so America-hating liberals can come out to the country for a week and pretend to be cowboys, then go back and tell all their snot-nosed pansy-assed friends how "quaint" and "simple" life in the country is.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Sorry, Joe's father never worked for a union either. He worked for a nonunion steel mill (one of his grandson's works there now) and diligently put money into a 401K. He enjoys a comfortable retirement and he and his wife, Josephine are currently away on a world cruise. They'll be in the Holy Land for Christmas. It's something his wife has wanted to do her whole life. She raised 10 kids and made a wonderful home for him and their children and Joe's father's thrilled to be able to help her make one of her dreams come true (without government help or intervention).
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.
Joe laughs when Rush asks the blowhard liberal for proof of his assertions. The liberal just blubbers because he can't come up with any specific examples that the radio host can't refute.
Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
Then Joe pulls into the Walmart parking lot to pick up a few things on the way home, happy that he's spent his life in the country, away from the elitist condescending snobs that people living in the city have to put up with everyday. He's grateful that Bush is our president and his administration has eased logging restrictions. There's even a few small mills reopening around the county. They're nonunion too, but being small they develop personal relationships with each other. No need for special "laws" when someone's wife has a baby. They pat the lucky husband on the back, pass the cigars and send him home for a few days.
Cindie
*hi fives Cindy*
this one is a keeper lol
This Blue Collar Joe:
Wakes up at 0500. After spending time in the bathroom, he walks downstairs,looking for the cat who is plotting Joe's demise.
After feeding the cat, he turns on the TV.He see's the new report another rash of killing in the city. He sighs when he remembers when it used to be a great city.
As he walks to his truck, he notices used Hypo needles on the sidewalk and look , an used condom. Nice.
He drives thru a part of town he knew all his life. It was a blue collar area with three Catholic Churches, two banks and a big food market and department store. Now it is poplutated with drugs dealer and hookers who eye him with hard looks.He makes sure his doors are locked and his billy club is handy.
He gets to work at 0600. He loads his truck and makes up his route. He hits the road at 0730.
He gets done at 1630. He drives home thru the same area he drove thru in the AM. This time the drunks are out full force, as are the druggies and hookers. This used to be a nice town.
He parks his truck, gathers up all the debris from the morning and puts it in the can. He unlocks his door, deactivates the alarm and locks the door behind him. He grew up in ths house. He rememebers when you didnt need all this.But then drugs hit, and the police were overwhelmed. he rememembers his bed ridden mother upstairs when three youth broke in and would have killed her but for the fact she was on the phone to the cops.
After he showers, he looks outside thru locked doors. then he looks at his paystub. Between Fed, local and state, he lost 27%of his pay. He works 50 hrs a weeks for this. He hears a loayd car radio outside. the local drug dealer is making a deal. He is driving a BMW, brand new. Call the cops, nah beacuse they dont come anyways anymore because they can only do so much. Joe respects the police when they come. the cops are polite when they took the report when his truck was keyed. It was brand new, but Joe was stupid enough to have a BUSH sticker on the back window. The cops advised him to remove the sticker because they have been getting a lot of this.
Joes goes to bed early. He makes sure the alarm is set and his handgun is easy to get to.
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