A day in the life of a conservative...

[nyhuskyfan]

This e-mail is making the rounds, so some of you have probably gotten it before...



A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE CONSERVATIVE

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 water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure 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 the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fee 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 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 his temporary misfortune.

It is 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 do that.

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 conservatives 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."

[Habibi]

1. I haven't gotten this in email

though I have seen it posted on DU several times. I'm curious: has anyone who has emailed this to someone received any kind of rebuttal?

[WLKjr]

2. Yup

and it recieves instant.....silence. :D ;)

[Habibi]

3. Good!

[Scout]

5. yup

it elicited a request to stop "sending propaganda" ... I've gotten that before, usually when there is no factual rebuttal!

[ArkDem]

4. Liberals are responsible for all that is good in life.

[progressivejazz]

6. I've never seen this before. It's great.

Since there may be others here who've never seen it---Kick.

[greekspeak]

7. Seen it here before, but a good message

No way most of the Joe and Jane Repukes would stand for a lot of what liberals have given America. But Libruls are still the godless antichrists who want to tax poor hard working WASPs into the poor house.

Liberals know you cannot make an omelet without breaking some eggs.

Conservatives want the omelet AND the eggs, so they bomb foreign countries and take their eggs. So to speak.

[Mountainman]

8. When ever some conservative gripes to me about paying taxes I tell them

OK, don't pay taxes, but be sure you don't use or take advantage of anything paid for by taxes.

Highways
Air traffic control
schools
police protection
fire protection
national defense
libraries
and the beat goes on

Oh and lest we forget, this government is controled by conservatives and goverment spending is at an all time high. It's just that the money is going to other conservatives and not for social programs.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

9. Great Piece

I had to forward it on.

[mrbassman03]

10. This is great!

E-mailed it to family and friends, as most people should.

[Torvid]

11. Libertarian Point of View

I saw this email on a libertarian website.

http://www.watchblog.com/thirdparty/archives/001505.html

some of the responses make good points, about a mix between government involvement and efficiency.