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I AM JOE
instapundit ^ | Glenn Reynolds

Posted on 10/18/2008 4:17:40 PM PDT by flyfree

"I AM JOE." "I am a Wal Mart schlub in flyover country who changes my own oil and unclogs drains without a license. I smoke and drink beer and toss the football in the front yard with my kid, and I figure I can fend my way without handouts from some Magic Messiah's candy bags. Most everyone in my family and most everyone I grew up with is another Joe, and if you screw with them, you screw with me."

Related item here. Plus, Charles Martin and Tom Maguire issue complaints.

Anyway, the issue certainly seems to have some resonance out there.

 

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iamjoe; joe; joetheplumber; wurzelbacher
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1 posted on 10/18/2008 4:17:40 PM PDT by flyfree
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To: flyfree

Eat at Joe’s.


2 posted on 10/18/2008 4:18:34 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: flyfree

Joe’s Bar and Grill


3 posted on 10/18/2008 4:21:04 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: humblegunner
Eat at Joe’s.

Many years ago, there was a Gahan Wilson cartoon showing a huge fierce monster coming up over the crest of the hill. Down in the valley, there was a diner, which had several large signs outside saying, "Eat at Joes", "Eat here".

Two guys are standing in front of Joes and one says to the other, "I sure hope he can't read."

4 posted on 10/18/2008 4:23:26 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: flyfree

Tammy bruce was talking about this...call to arms. asking people to post to articles on webpages/media/news leaving only the comment: I am Joe


5 posted on 10/18/2008 4:23:53 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: flyfree

Reminds me of that great scene “I am Spartacus”.

“a Roman general stands before the captured surviving members of the slave army and demands that they turn over Spartacus, or else all of the former slaves will be executed. Upon hearing this and not wanting his friends to be executed, Spartacus stands up and says “I am Spartacus.” However, the loyalty of his friends is so great that each of them stands forward in succession, shouting “I am Spartacus!” until the shouts dissolve into a cacophony of thousands of former slaves each insisting “I am Spartacus!” Bewildered and still not knowing which of them is Spartacus, but impressed by the loyalty he inspires in his army, the Roman general has all of the slaves crucified in a miles-long display alongside the Appian Way leading back to Rome”

As they do to Sarah Palin and Joe W, they do to us, we are all Joe now.


6 posted on 10/18/2008 4:24:23 PM PDT by padre35 (Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
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To: humblegunner

Joe is soon to be Hussein’s serf along with the rest of the little people. We get rid of one Hussein on the other side of the planet only to have one emerge and be elected to be our own president. Go figure.


7 posted on 10/18/2008 4:24:41 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: Katya
...call to arms. asking people to post to articles on webpages/media/news leaving only the comment: I am Joe

Yes indeed....I am Joe, and I am watching.

8 posted on 10/18/2008 4:25:28 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: flyfree

I’m all for ya Joe, can you build, bait and run a trotline (not “make”, one BUILDS a trotline) also? I’ll bet you can, how ‘bout whitetail huntin’, dove huntin’ even MOOSE huntin’? You betcha! As long as there are Americans that can do these things, I know that there are still right-thinking Americans.


9 posted on 10/18/2008 4:26:53 PM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: Katya
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10 posted on 10/18/2008 4:28:11 PM PDT by Bush Revolution (Not all CHANGE is good and I HOPE America understands that...GEAUX TIGERS!!!!)
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To: flyfree
I am an American, Obama is not, not at heart anyway.

By the way has anyone seen his "white" grandmother?

11 posted on 10/18/2008 4:28:17 PM PDT by just me (JELLY BEANS AND WINKS AMD PLUMBERS)
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To: padre35
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12 posted on 10/18/2008 4:29:17 PM PDT by Bush Revolution (Not all CHANGE is good and I HOPE America understands that...GEAUX TIGERS!!!!)
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To: just me

Check out this little bit of info on Barrack....
CAN BARACK OBAMA LEGALLY BE PRESIDENT?

It seems that Barack Obama is not qualified to be president
after all for the following reason:

Barack Obama is not legally a U.S. natural-born citizen
according to the law on the books at the time of his birth,
which falls between ‘December 24, 1952 to November 13,
1986? Presidential office requires a natural-born citizen
if the child was not born to two (2) U.S. citizen parents,
which of course is what exempts John McCain though he was
born in the Panama Canal.

US Law very clearly stipulates: ‘If only one parent
was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent
must=2 0have resided in the United States for at least ten (10)
years, at least five (5) of which had to be after the age of
16.’ Barack Obama’s father was not a U.S. citizen
and Obama’s mother was only 18 when Obama was born,
which means though she had been a U.S. citizen for 10 years,
(or citizen perhaps because of Hawaii being a territory) the
mother fails the test for being so for at least 5 years
**prior to** Barack Obama’s birth, but *after* age 16.
It doesn’t matter *after*. In essence, she was not old
enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. citizenship.

At most, there were only 2 years elapsed since his mother
turned 16 at the time of Barack Obama’s birth when she
was 18 in Hawaii. His mother would have needed to have been
16 + 5 = 21 years old, at the time of Barack Obama’s
birth for him to have been a natural-born citizen. As
aforementioned, she was a young college student at the time
and was not. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at that
time his mother would have needed to have waited to have him
as the only U.S. Citizen parent. Obama instead should have
been naturalized, but even then, that would still disqualify
him from holding the office.

*** Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office
of President.

*** Though Barack Obama was sent back to Hawaii at age 10,
all the other info does not matter because his mother is the
one who needed to have been a U.S. citizen for 10 years
prior to his birth on August 4, 1961, with 5 of those years
being after age 16. Further, Obama may have had to have
remained in the country for some time to protect any
&nbs p;citizenship he would have had, rather than living in
Indonesia. Now, you can see why Obama’s aides stopped
his speech about how we technically have more than 50
states, because it would have led to this discovery. This
is very clear cut and a blaring violation of U.S. election
law.

I think the Gov. of California would be very interested in
knowing this if Obama were elected President without being a
natural-born U.S. citizen, and it would set precedence.
Stay tuned to your TV sets because I suspect some of this
information will be leaking through over the next several
days.

Thomas Sowell

Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow

The Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305


13 posted on 10/18/2008 4:30:59 PM PDT by pitbully (Hoping for the fog to lift .Standing by in So Cal !!)
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To: Katya

Great idea!


14 posted on 10/18/2008 4:33:30 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: flyfree

I’m going to change my business name to Joe CPA.


15 posted on 10/18/2008 4:34:11 PM PDT by PjhCPA (We Are Joe!!!)
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To: padre35

They also had some help from members on this forum in doing in Joe. I do not recall their screen names but I read several responses that parrotted the msm talking points.


16 posted on 10/18/2008 4:34:28 PM PDT by sport
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To: Bush Revolution

Wow! Way to go re the 2nd amendment sign!!
BTW..where is this?


17 posted on 10/18/2008 4:39:39 PM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Sarah...it's all up to you,girlfriend!)
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To: just me

“By the way has anyone seen his “white” grandmother?” As a matter of fact, no. She sure hasn’t been out stumpin’ for him! Poor thing, I guess there’s so many people under that bus, she can’t find her way out.


18 posted on 10/18/2008 4:39:49 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: Katya

I love that idea, I’m going to start emailing right now!


19 posted on 10/18/2008 4:40:55 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: Bush Revolution

I love the sign!!! D@mn right! God bless you, dear lady and your husband, for your service to our country! And GEAUX TIGERS, too!!


20 posted on 10/18/2008 4:43:50 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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