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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:38 AM
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My response to a right winger former friend
Here is my response to a right wing friend who told me that if I sign Conyers petition that I was high uneducated and to move to Canada, I had sent him the petition,
----- Original Message -----
From: RJ
To: Michael Barclay
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Proof that Bush lied -- demand an explanation



In fact, as with The Post's poll, the AP poll shows

there is no longer a single area in which the public approves of the job Bush is doing
.
(emphasis added)

In the just-out Associated Press/Ipsos poll , Bush's job approval ratings and the public's confidence in the direction he's taking the nation are both at their lowest levels ever.

A whopping 55 percent of those polled actually disapprove of the job he's doing, compared to 43 percent who approve.

Bush's "favorability" ratings have consistently been higher than his "approval" ratings, but even there, for the first time, there is trouble. This week's Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that 51 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable impression of the president.

And the more you dig into the results, the worse it gets.

http://www.washingtonpost.co

Apparently according to you 60% of Americans should move to Canada, Who the hell are you to tell us who have the right to ask questions of this administration where we should go live. As Native people it is us who should be telling you where to go, I signed the petition along with both my parents and most of my family and friends. The Bush crime family needs to come clean with the American people. what have they got to hide? I have lost a relative in this illegal war and I dont see you signing up for the military since you are so pro Bush, another chicken hawk like your president who send other people's kids to die. Why hasnt he even been to ONE funeral of a serviceman who he sent to die????? Why hasnt he ever been to an Indian reservation?You republican right wing hate mongers have your heads up your ass because you cant see the damage and lies being done to this country by Bush. from the growing deficit,the now dead social security issue, torture scandals, gay hookers in the white house, republicans lobbyist rip off of Indian tribes, the assault on the environment of which we hold very sacred, Tom Delay,I could on and on, You and anybody who voted for Bush have the deaths of over 1600 soldiers, 4 more today, and over 100,000 innocent men women and children on your shoulders. So much for your Christian values. Is it a Christian value to lie, cheat, steal, kill??? As was done to us the Native peoples of this land it is now being done to the Iraqi people.
from an uneducated person
Ron
P.S. Iraq is east of here whenever you decide to go fight Bush's war
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:44 AM
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1. ,,,
:thumbsup:
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:44 AM
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2. Here, here Azndndude
I just hope your friend read it.
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LightningFlash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:46 AM
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3. Nicely done!!
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org Make him read it all
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goddess40 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:46 AM
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4. one modification I would make to your letter
instead of saying "You republican right wing hate mongers have your heads up your ass because you cant see the damage and lies being done to this country by Bush." I wouldn't let them off the hook so easily - They can see the damage but the problem is they won't acknowledge it. therefore they neither have to accept their share of the blame or event thing about a solution.

I think it's time to really take off the gloves and speak the whole truth and not try and smooth out the rough spots. This right wingers have been given all the latitude to come clean and attempt to make up for the damage they've allowed to happen.
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beyurslf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:33 AM
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15. They acknowledge it on some level I believe. They just don't care
because it doesn't directly affect their lives.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:49 AM
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5. not to metion all those adulterous christans
who trid to impeach clinton.

btw by way of disclaimer -- i'm no clinton fan.
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:49 AM
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6. Oh, he has read it alright, too chicken too respond
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:52 AM
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7. Send him THIS! An enlistment form! It REALLY pisses them off!
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 12:10 PM
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17. Love the enlistment form! will send it to him, thanks!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 12:13 PM
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18. hehe
sometimes I go on the Yahoo boards to screw with right wingers, and I always post that form :D
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converted_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 01:53 PM
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24. Do you mind if I send it to a few of my friends?
Would you mind if I borrowed your link?
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 03:36 PM
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25. It's all yours! Save the link so you will always have it.
:hi:
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 12:16 PM
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26. No, go for it !!
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:56 AM
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8. Tell us how you REALLY feel
That rocked. I cannot be friends with republicans anymore. My right wing family is rapidly becoming my left wing family. I actually had one brother call me up and tell me, you were right all along, and I am reregistering as a Democrat.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:08 AM
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11. Yahoo, Warrens!
You really converted a brother - that's good work.

I'm proud of you.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:04 AM
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9. Recommended Topic for Greatest.
As was done to us the Native peoples of this land it is now being done to the Iraqi people.


This species haven't learn enough from the mistakes of its past.
Those who ignore mankind's history are doomed to repeat it.

:thumbsup:

Great Post! Thanks.
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Kindigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:06 AM
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10. Here's my encounter yesterday
I went to the convenience store, and put in $5.00 worth of gas. I went inside to find a young man standing at the counter. Turns out he was on his lunchbreak, driving an ice cream truck (company to remain unnamed).

He asked the clerk how much his cup of water was going to cost. She replied, "twenty one cents." I was having a smart a** kind of day so I looked at him, and said, "oh my, maybe you better go back to the cooler, and get some of that $1.69 bottled water." He asked me why. I asked him if he understood sarcasm, and he gave me a stupid look.

It was my turn, as he gathered his items. Joking with the cashier, I said, "I'm only putting gas in $5.00 at a time. I figure God is going to smite * , and perform a miracle. Gas will then be 49 cents." He was walking away, but turned around and said, "Why? God didn't smite Clinton for lying." I replied, "Clinton didn't kill people." The clerk muttered that she agreed. He replied that lying, and murders are all the same in the sight of God.

I said, "hey, I hear the military pays alot more than your ice cream company. Why don't you put your money where your Bible thumping mouth is, and go sign up?"

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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:10 AM
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12. You were pretty courageous to say that.
This 46-year-old ma probably wouldn't have said that. He probably would have "gone nuts" on me or something.
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Kindigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:21 AM
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14. Well
this 47 year old woman wouldn't have wanted to mess up his crisply pressed, plaid, dress shirt with a 21 cent cup of water. :)
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:33 AM
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16. HeeHeeHee.
n/t
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 11:12 AM
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13. By the way, I love the response, azndndude.
These are my favorite threads - the kind in which we let the other side know how we feel.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 12:17 PM
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19. More than likely your right wing friend didn't read all of it.
Heads in the sand is what they do best.:-)
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 12:36 PM
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20. Nice, and thanks for the work sending
the petition around.

P.S. I loved your "P.S." :patriot:
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 01:36 PM
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21. Yeah , that was for "Canada is north of here"
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 01:52 PM
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23. Teehee! n/t
:rofl:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 01:48 PM
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22. Way to go. You told that a-hole off.
It must have been satisfying to hit the "send" button on that one!
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 12:21 PM
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28. It sure was, I feel like sending to my other repug friends
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 12:18 PM
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27. anyone who wouldn't investigate DSM
is a traitor to their country.
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R. A. Fuqua Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 12:28 PM
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29. great letter!
it tells it like it is and doesn't pull any punches. You should send it to everyone on your e-mail list.

I am nomnating this for the greatest page!
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