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Help...I have a Kool-Aid drinking Mind Numb Liberal Cousin! (My cousin's Christmas letter)
My Cousin's Annual Christmas Letter to the Family | 12-9-01 | Norm Klimek

Posted on 12/09/2001 5:36:43 PM PST by Rash32

It's that time of year again, when I send out the latest updates for the year. And what a year indeed! First, I must get in my "told you so!" Yep, Bush is flushing 10 years of prosperity down the toilet faster than you can say Hail Mary! Fortunately the devastation has not yet hit us too hard in Colorado. Matthew is in kindergarten, Sean in second grade. Marsha is working at home with an Internet based order entry job. My work is going well, the economy has not yet hit us. We went to Montana to see Aunt Lisa this summer. We put a TV and VCR in the Caravan and it actually went fairly well. So travel is now becoming more possible. Lucy has chewed up everything and is now bigger than Matthew. She is a Golden Retriever and we hope to breed her next year. We want to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and that next year will bring better times for us all.

OK, so I lost a lot of investment money this year, but Mr. Bush got us a 600.00 rebate check! I would have rather seen it go to a prescription drug benefit for the elderly. Yes, the Grinch stole our prosperity and gave it to the rich. I would bet my salvation that Jesus does not approve of the Republican economic policy, especially right around the holidays. Of course, there is the convenient excuse of September 11th. As we return to the memories of the 80's, let us consider the 241 unarmed marines who died in Lebanon. The cargo planes full of weapons sent to Iran in exchange for hostages, to Bin Laden to fight the Soviets and to Saddam to fight Iran. I believe Dubya is doing a good job of cleaning up the mess his Dad left, but the economy was tanking long before 9-11. Don't insult this country by having a draft dodger use terrorism created from his dad's mistakes to give money to the rich. It turns out the anthrax was domestic with the culprit (like Oklahoma City) having Right wing Politics. The FBI reached that conclusion as only Liberals have been targeted. Surely Mr. Ashcroft will solve the case. Let's hope the war on terrorism will focus on the American Taliban next, our own right wing.

I have a holiday recipe for fundamentalist soufflé - mix a heavy dose of fundamentalism with government, with easy access to guns. Mix in some religion based education with low tax rates and school vouchers. Skin away all investment in infrastructure, diverting all resources to the military. Strip away social programs with a clever, then beat the women until they are tender. Remove all intellectuals and then sprinkle with school prayer. Bake for 10 years and then simmer until buildings start blowing up. Any intolerant religion works nicely!


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To: Rash32
My sincere condolences! Unfortunatly, nothing you can say will have any effect. He is a liberal and as such will not respond to logic. He believe ,totally, that you as a consevative want to pollute the air your children breathe, poison the water they drink, destroy the ozone layer so they get skin cancer and put their lives in danger by driving one of those godless SUVs. Why? Because his heros, fat teddy, sleazy bill and phlandering jesse tol' him so!
81 posted on 12/09/2001 7:43:35 PM PST by gc4nra
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To: Rash32
My advice is to not even bother with a response. Trying to pound common sense into a collectivist (mis-called liberal) is like trying to teach a fence-post to do tricks.
82 posted on 12/09/2001 7:50:45 PM PST by Aarchaeus
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To: Rash32
Well, at least your problem makes my cousin look like a walk in th park.

Gator Girl has the winning entry by a mile! (How the heck did she DO that so fast?)Did your cousin list the email addresses the letter was going to?

Just send Gators letter to them too, along with a note explaing that you are just having a bit of fun. Responding with logic and facts is a wasted effort. Laughing at your cousins letter, and inviting others to laugh with you will be the most effective way to put an end to the annual grilling.

83 posted on 12/09/2001 7:53:57 PM PST by Balding_Eagle
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To: Rash32
OK, I have the perfect response...This will REALLY piss him off....Tell him that you're sorry he's so unhappy and that you'll pray for him every day. HEE HEE HEE.
84 posted on 12/09/2001 7:58:03 PM PST by Hildy
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To: Rash32
If I wrote at all, I would send a nice Christian card, and remind him that Jesus suffered and died for our sins. Then add a line that you are certain that Jesus was grateful for the extra sufferring he endured to forgive your cousin for his unbelievable stupidty and veniality. Make sure to ask him which poor family received his $600 refund check.

Since the checks went only to the rich, you might ask him to give you some money, since he was rich enough to get money returned.

OR

You could put the letter back in an envelope with some Tide detergent powder, and a note that there was so much sh*t in his letter, you thought he should launder it before sending it out again.

85 posted on 12/09/2001 8:05:43 PM PST by womanvet
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To: Jolly Green
If I read later posts correctly, you received this in an email. I would write up one of those letters about a computer virus calling it "THE VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY" and warn that reading the email they received could cause them to lose all common sense or memory of recent history. Then do a reply to all and send it to all unfortunate recipients of that drivel.
86 posted on 12/09/2001 8:07:07 PM PST by falfa
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To: Rash32
Mix and match as you will. Here is my go at it:

Thanks for the note. You should really turn over to the FBI the information you have about the source of the anthrax, since you appear to have information to which no one else is privy. I won't probe too deeply and inquire as to why.

I appreciate that you are hard wiring as to your hostility to certain forms of religious belief, but one thought for you. A religiously tinged education is perhaps better than no real education at all, too which so many kids are now subjected in the current version of secular nirvana. If you have a plan that realistically addresses this tragic failure that does not involve vouchers, I would love to hear it.

Regarding your elliptical slam on the stimulus package, I agree it should be interred, although not for the same reasons as you. It appears that the recession which your party is counting on is going to have a very short half life. This we can skip the pork out the bill has become with equanimity. Just like with a diet, less is more, and good for you too. I do regret your investment loses though. You should diversify more, both financially and intellectually. Stay well.

87 posted on 12/09/2001 8:17:10 PM PST by Torie
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To: GatorGirl
The poster asked for a short response, and yours is well, perhaps too in your face for a relative. But I did enjoy it, you troglodytic right winger you! The puppy stuff was priceless. I am still giggling uncontrollably.
88 posted on 12/09/2001 8:26:22 PM PST by Torie
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To: Rash32
Please post his email address. I am a senior citizen in need of prescription medicine help.
90 posted on 12/09/2001 8:38:47 PM PST by chnsmok
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To: Rash32
...Yep, Bush is flushing 10 years of prosperity down the toilet faster than you can say Hail Mary!...

Remind him that his apparent hero, the rapist x42 served only eight years. Thank him for recognizing that the recovery actually started under George W's father and for having the strength to ignore the loudmouth partisans who still blame Bush41 for a poor economy that was a fantastic invention of clinton/carville.

91 posted on 12/09/2001 8:54:43 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Rash32
After reading all of the posts I think you should just post his email address and ask for a Freep. ;-)
92 posted on 12/09/2001 9:07:12 PM PST by PA Engineer
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To: Rash32
I'd simply ignore the cousin----it would be the most punishing thing you could do. Someone like that needs attention, so don't give it to him. It'll drive him crazy!
93 posted on 12/09/2001 10:00:26 PM PST by brat
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To: Rash32
Truly, Rash32, this really is your cousin's Christmas letter? Is it a form letter? The kind that is copied and goes out to everyone?

If so, this person is manic, immature and not very well informed. Whew!

ps - Will you be spending the Holiday Season with this person? If so, bop him on the top of the head, a la Three Stooges Style, for the FREEPERS!

94 posted on 12/09/2001 10:06:48 PM PST by zeaal
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To: Rash32
How about that experts agree that the recession started long before the election of 2000. Ask him why he thinks Sept 11 is alright? He didn't even mention the attack...
95 posted on 12/09/2001 10:14:29 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Rash32
What would Miss Manners say? She would say that it is never appropriate to use a holy day (or even a holiday for the non-religious) to espouse one's political beliefs, as it makes the recipients uncomfortable (and embarrassed, but surely the Gentle Reader realizes that one would never say that). It is akin to forcible prosetelyzing (sp?), and therefore, unwelcome.

This is a holiday letter that displays bad taste in the extreme.

And besides, Cuz is a bitter, left-wing loony weenie.

96 posted on 12/09/2001 10:15:08 PM PST by bootless
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To: Rash32
Your cousin sounds like a real idiot. I agree with whoever said, avoid him at the family dinner.
97 posted on 12/09/2001 10:15:48 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: Rash32
write your own christmas letter ! =o)
98 posted on 12/09/2001 10:15:53 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Rash32
This was hillarious...LMFAO. I would just say Merry Christmas and if you don't like it this year just wait! You have 7 more to go!
99 posted on 12/09/2001 10:17:17 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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To: GeronL
maybe the kool aid guy will come crashing through his wall with some GOP Punch for the lib
100 posted on 12/09/2001 10:19:04 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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