I think I may have cheesed off my mom...(pic and letter included)

[WillParkinson]

Background:
I love my mom. Really. Since she got the Internet she gets mail from her wacky relatives (no relation to me since I can't stand them). This was one of them that Mom felt she needed to forward to me.

Look at the black patch under the U.S. flag...
You gotta love their humor.




This SHOULD be on the front cover of Time, Newsweek, etc. But it won't be.

Let's you and I "put it there" by forwarding this all around the world (so to speak)!

The flags are France, Germany, and Russia -- in case you don't know.


I think this is worth forwarding!

******************************************

And so, obviously, she forwarded it to me. Well, I have had enough of her relatives and this nonsense stuff I get from them through her. I replied such:

Um...how are they doing the work of those countries? Those countries said it was a mistake to invade Iraq in the first place. Were they wrong? How many have died? If anything they should have the picture of GW Bush on there since it's his dirty work they are doing.


So far I haven't seen a reply or gotten a phone call....Wonder if she's cheesed (yeah, cheesed, I'm from Wisconsin...)

[UdoKier]

1. Nice reply.

And I wonder how that troop feels about his photoshopped image being used to peddle right-wing malarkey?

[BlueEyedSon]

5. I would add that those "irresponsible" countries would have let

the UN inspectors, who already had reason to believe there were no WMDs in Iraq, finish their work.

We could have saved $300 billion and about 100k lives. There are many other costs in foreign relations, Iraqi infrastructure, battlefield pollution (like DU), etc.

They were right. Bush was overly impatient and bellicose, exactly the kind of immature qualities you DO NOT want in a statesman!

[WillParkinson]

6. You mean....

Like the backwards flag?

[BlueEyedSon]

7. It's correct. The stars go closest to your heart.

On the other sleeve, it will be oriented the other way.

[KurtNYC]

2. Doing the work of....

[hiley]

4. that is so funny !

:yourock:

[hiley]

3. you will get a reply

probably with bush talking points so be prepared !:hug:

I am so lucky that my adult kids agree with me...Fuck bush and his war mongering.

[KamaAina]

8. The U.S. flag image is backwards

Memo to FR Photoshop crew: The union (that's the blue thingie with all the pretty stars) goes on the upper left, you know, the opposite of the hand that Curt Schilling pitches with.

:dunce:

[BlueEyedSon]

10. It's correct. The stars go closest to your heart.

On the other sleeve, it will be oriented the other way.

[KamaAina]

15. Good thing Bush** and Cheney never got one, then

They don't have a heart to put it close to!

[Taxloss]

9. Debunked by Snopes. The picture is fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/patch.asp

[Gold Metal Flake]

25. Now THAT is funny!

Once again, the Wrong Wing Liar Brigade has defiled the image of the solder and attached a lie to one of our nations youth by taking a picture and making a lie out of it. The same evil bastards who will scream “support the troops” at you will just as easily desecrate the images of those troops.

Republicans are morally bankrupt.

[immoderate]

30. Glad to know it's fake.

My initial reaction was, "that can't be allowed in the US military." Glad to see my bullshit meter is still calibrated.

--IMM

[Ms Chicklet]

11. My aunt does the same thing

Forwards every piece of religious glurge, right-wing propoganda and "good luck" chain letter crap. I finally set up a filter in my e-mail where everything that comes from her that has "fw:" in the subject line gets sent straight to the junk mail folder. Stuff is deleted from there after a week.

I'll probably find this steaming pile of elephant dung in my junk mail folder tonight.

[Blue Gardener]

31. I got the "We need to pray for Bush" one today

Gag. I replied appropiately. I said I would only pray for his removal from office, and that I loathe and despise him. I don't think I'll be on this person's email list much longer.
Stupid wingnuts.

[zbdent]

12. Their idea of "Doing the work of ..." is this

When they post this as something to base their arguments, they are trying to claim that we are "bringing Freedom" to a country that the stated countries "couldn't do".

Personally, I think that the RWers truly hate the French because the masses overthrew the comfortable class in the Revolution, right? Didn't they break the yoke of the religious badpartners of the "royalty"?

[devilgrrl]

13. Here. Send this back to her!

[Menshevik]

14. lol

:thumbsup:

[SOS]

16. Or send her the real photo

[K-W]

20. No, someone needs to add a different message.

Doing the work of:
Halliburton
The Saudi Royal Family
Iran


You get the gist.

[MsTryska]

24. I think she should jsut send the picture of the

bush clown back.


and then a link to snopes with the real story on the picture.

[ArcRabbit]

19. Now that's a pic I can agree with!

nt

[bobbyboucher]

17. Did you "reply all"? Don't forget to piss off all of the K-drags

And copy all the e-mail addys that are attached from the start, then send them some real photos of Iraq, like that crying little girl with her parents blood on her.

[WillParkinson]

27. Oh hell no!

I don't want them having my address.

[geniph]

18. God, I got that stupid thing from a half-dozen people too

I mean, what the hell are they talking about? Are all nations required to follow lockstep in our lead, no matter how foolish what we're doing may be? That's insane - that makes us the world dictator. When did THAT happen?!

I just didn't respond to any of the people that sent it to me. Made me want to puke.

[ArkDem]

21. It's always a good idea to piss close relatives off. Makes life

so much more interesting.

[alfredo]

22. There were other reasons they didn't take part.

1st: Aggressive war is a crime, and unlike bush, they didn't have the money and clout to buy and bully the world court into granting immunity from war crimes.

2nd, The people of their countries were against the war. they have free and independent news media.

3rd, bush refused to let them have any contracts for reconstruction. Coalition partners are only allowed to sub contract.

[SuffragetteSal]

23. Doing the work of Bush!

I read your post with interest since I have asked to be removed from all my Bush loving relatives email lists. But my mom still receives it and sometimes can be fooled into thinking it makes sense, such as the above.

I am outraged at the lengths the conservative right will go to justify this war. It only proves they will stop at nothing. The responsibiilty lies only with the USA as far as taking on this Weapons of Mass Destruction or Axis of evil charge!

The photo most likely is doctored anyway...but nice try at alienating France, Germany and Russia.

[Gold Metal Flake]

26. You should also send that Snopes link to her...

...and let her know what her friends really think of the troops.

[Stirk]

28. You are destined to receive this reply:

The world is better off without Saddam Hussein. Freedom is on the march. We will never forget 9-11.

Slogans. The only people defending the right wing's imperialst push do so with a headful of nothing but slogans.

[otohara]

29. Let Us Know If She Writes Back

be sure to let her know it's a fake pic, propaganda put out there by the lunatics on the right