Seeking gift ideas for my Bush adoring parents in Kansas

[tridim]

I want to get them "What's the matter with Kansas?", but I don't think that's subtle enough.. and I'm fairly sure they'd just throw it in the trash and never read it. I kind of wish the author wouldn't have used that title.

I might go the other extreme at get them a book on Fascism or the fall of Rome/Soviet Union. Are there any good classic novels that deal with this type of subject matter?

[judge_smales]

1. .

No GWB toilet paper?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Zolyenitzin's Gulag

dO me a favor, buy it at a local USED bookstore, or local store... DO NOT go to borders for this one.

Oh and add to this a copy of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights... speak about subtle

THen again, you really want to send a message, GIVE NOTHING

[rndmprsn]

3. What's the Matter with Kansas?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805073396/102-9245814-0789722?v=glance

What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The largely blue collar citizens of Kansas can be counted upon to be a "red" state in any election, voting solidly Republican and possessing a deep animosity toward the left. This, according to author Thomas Frank, is a pretty self-defeating phenomenon, given that the policies of the Republican Party benefit the wealthy and powerful at the great expense of the average worker. According to Frank, the conservative establishment has tricked Kansans, playing up the emotional touchstones of conservatism and perpetuating a sense of a vast liberal empire out to crush traditional values while barely ever discussing the Republicans' actual economic policies and what they mean to the working class. Thus the pro-life Kansas factory worker who listens to Rush Limbaugh will repeatedly vote for the party that is less likely to protect his safety, less likely to protect his job, and less likely to benefit him economically. To much of America, Kansas is an abstract, "where Dorothy wants to return. Where Superman grew up." But Frank, a native Kansan, separates reality from myth in What's the Matter with Kansas and tells the state's socio-political history from its early days as a hotbed of leftist activism to a state so entrenched in conservatism that the only political division remaining is between the moderate and more-extreme right wings of the same party. Frank, the founding editor of The Baffler and a contributor to Harper's and The Nation, knows the state and its people. He even includes his own history as a young conservative idealist turned disenchanted college Republican, and his first-hand experience, combined with a sharp wit and thorough reasoning, makes his book more credible than the elites of either the left and right who claim to understand Kansas. --John Moe

..its geographically appropriate

[tk2kewl]

18. this is a very powerful book

Being from the sewer of society myself (NYC), I was amazed at how things work in "real-America"

[tyne]

4. I woulda

Give them an ounce of Gold along with a detailed explanation.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. A gift-wrapped Euro bill

With note: "In a few years you'll be able to buy Kansas with this!"

[tridim]

7. That's a killer idea

They'd probably kick me out and make me sleep in a hotel.

[tk2kewl]

6. Donate to a group like "Save the Children" on their behalf

and make it clear your intention is to help children who are victims of the U.S. war in Iraq

https://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/iraq/index.asp

[tridim]

9. My aunt used to send gifts like that

and I remember my parents calling her a kook. It's one of the many reasons I broke away from their polital beliefs.

[The Straight Story]

8. Hmmm here is an idea!

You can Download Mein Kampf off the net. Go through and use a program to replace all instances of Germany with the U.S., and replace other key words with more US centric ones. Have it printed out at a kinkos or somewhere with a new cover called "My plan for America, together we can make it better".

Once it is all cleaned up so they cannot tell it was from hitler and sounds more modern, send it to them. Ask them later how they liked it :)

OR maybe send them a coffee mug with a Picture of Bush saying "2004" but then they fill it wil hot liquid it says "2004 Stolen, Bush sucks"

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Get'em a battery-operated

"Pull My Finger" doll of Bush. Everytime you pull his middle finger he farts and tells a lie.

WHAT?!?!?! There's no such doll??? Dang! There should be!

[bkcc]

11. How about a nice edition of "1984"?

Or, if that's too subtle, a t-shirt that says BUCK FUSH.

[matcom]

12. donate to Planned Parenthood in THEIR name

take a stand

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. WTG! Classic and classy!

Good call, marcom! :headbang: :yourock: :headbang:

[tridim]

14. They're not fundies

Just typical Kansas conservatives who would never vote for a Democrat in a million years. They're both pro-choice.

Edit: Maybe I could donate to BBV in their name. :evilgrin:

[matcom]

16. do it anyway

PP is gonna need ALL the help it can get these next 4 years.

they get MY money this season

[acmavm]

15. Have someone go out in a field and get you a nice cowpie. Let it dry

out real good. Then shellac the damn thing real GOOD. Glue on a few colored rhinestones for effect. And then tell then this is the future that they chose for themselves and everyone else.

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. Adding a shredded dollar bill

would be an additional nice touch. Perhaps you could have some Weebles labeled "Future Generations" surrounding it and holding it up,with one Weeble holding a miniature electric fan. Be sure to place it all under glass, because when the glass breaks when they throw the art form of our surrealistic future in the trash, the shit's gonna hit the fan.

[spinbaby]

19. Bush family nativity set

All you have to do is to buy this tasteful Thomase Kinkade nativity set:

http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-49033.jsp?cm_ven=Search&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Performics&cm_ite=Keyword

And paste Bush family faces on the figurines.

[L84TEA]

20. Gas masks

And a "how to build your own Bomb shelter in your backyard' Book!

[rvgwinn]

23. a six hour session with a doctor

[Whoa_Nelly]

28. ummm...would that be Dr. Phil?

LMAO

[Village Idiot]

21. get them "Crossing the Rubicon"

by Michael C. Ruppert...

[Radical Activist]

22. Maybe 1984

the parallels with Bush are hard to ignore.

[TeddyKGB]

24. Their very own "Mission Accomplished" banner?

:evilgrin:

[lojasmo]

25. my father in law gets a copy of f9-11 this year

because he refused to watch it before the election because Michael Moore "doesn't like Bush"

[amazona]

26. do they actually read?

I don't believe in self-improvement gifts for somebody else. It isn't really Christma-y to imply that your loved ones need to pry open his or her teeny tiny mind with a crowbar. Even if it's true. :-)

The classic book on fascism/Stalinism is 1984 but if they are readers, they've already read it, and if they're not, they probably aren't going to read anything that isn't "fluff."

[Ron Green]

27. Get 'em a shovel and a bucket of asphalt....

so they can fill the potholes in their own street, because government shouldn't be taking their own money from them.

[cliss]

29. Go to the 'search' function here at the DU,

look for 'Photo of Bush with halo around his head', or 'Photo of Bush below 'Jesus'.

Print, frame. Wrap up. They will love it. There are literally hundreds of photos like that here in the archives.

[neebob]

30. Socks!

Seriously.