[veronica]

I had to sit at a party two weeks ago and listen to a small cadre of mush-brained ex-hippie leftwingnuts on the other side of the room extol the virtues of Cuba. It was all I could do to restrain myself, but I managed to do so, out of respect to the hostess. Idjits!

[Northern Yankee]

Isn't that just stunning?

A few weeks after the 9/11 attacks we attended a cookout at a professor's house. They basically said we were to blame for these attacks, and many were sympathetic to the Islam nation, blaming Christianity for the attacks.

I did what I could to restrain myself. We finally just left in disgust.

We've never been back.

[romanesq]

If I was with you you could count on me to cover your back. And with those hippies it wouldn't take much.

In the least, you should have laughed in their faces and just say they are showing exactly what they are all about in supporting a murderous totalitarian bastard.

And then you could tell them, since you know what they are all about, you would do whatever it takes to stop them from ever succeeding here.

And I would be with you then too.

[Hildy]

Next time you go, wear this T-Shirt:

[sam_paine]

It was all I could do to restrain myself, but I managed to do so, out of respect to the hostess.

Is this really the right thing for us to do?

It's really nothing different than high-school "cool kids" doing the drug of liberal self-gratification, isn't it? We're invited to the cool-kid party and asked, "wanna take a hit?"

These aged hippies are simply mouthing the "cool" or "hip" thing (Bash Bush) as their drug of choice.

We have all been in this situation. When it was pot, I just said, truthfully, I don't smoke, but I will have a beer, thanks. When it's Bush, I say I like Bush but I dislike a federal govt that attacks free speech with CFR.

The hosts of the party invited us for our company, so why not give it to them in shining fashion? Don't sink to their level and call Castro names as they call Bush names, just simple things, like, "Yes, well, of course, your house is so beautiful, it'd be a shame to have to surrender it in a raid by Castro's state police if you were to try to criticize the Maximum Leader for Life's policies as we are free to do of Bush here." Something simple like that.

We ARE NEEDED to remind them of how great this country is, first and foremost. And if we politely highlight their hypocrisy in the process, then more the better.

Don't clam up! Smile and keep you powder dry until you can offer a simple counterpoint. These hippies are not stupid, they're just intellectually lazy. Cheers!