I am now officially a pinko, commie liberal!

[prolesunited]

I was going through a stack of junk mail. Because of my magazine subscriptions and causes I already donate too, I my name clearly being passed around. I toss most of the stuff before opening after reading the envelope.

Anyway, I had this one envelope with only a return address so I decided to open it. Inside was the published keynote address for the Communist Party USA. The title of it is "For Peace and Democracy: Vote Bush Out in 2004." I haven't had time to really read through it yet, but it's filled with protest photos.

So, when Ashcroft gets ahold of the Communist Party mailing list, am I going to Gitmo? :scared:

So, what kind of interesting mail do you get? What do you do with it?

[Girlfriday]

1. Bye Bye prolesunited

:cry: We'll send care packages...lol

[prolesunited]

8. Thanks!

That one made me giggle. :D

[mhr]

2. You Are Toast! Better Create a New Identity Quickly

eom

[youngred]

3. Well, I get that

and I get all sorts of ads for flag emblazoned mousepads, and other paraphenalia because I signed up for the TIPS thing to watch the watchers. So the government's been giving out my email address to marketing people...how nice of them :eyes:

[niyad]

6. ummm. just WHY did you sign up for that dreadful TIPS program?

[Rashind]

9. Like he said... to watch the watchers

[niyad]

12. sorry, I missed those words (not enough caffeine)

[youngred]

11. Watch the watchers

and it was amusing to read their news letters. There were several DUers who did it

[Mika]

4. Did you like the keynote address?

Welcome to the commie pinko liberal club. :party:

[prolesunited]

14. No, not yet

But I did notice a stunning picture of Castro. ;-)

[eauclaireliberal]

5. Uh...let's see now...

Advance for Health Information Professionals: It goes straight from the mailbox to the kitchen trash can.

Advance for Respiratory Care Pratitioners: Cindy pages through just the classifieds and fantasizes about living in places like Alaska. It then goes to the kitchen trash can.

Airwaves: You get this from making a mininum of a $15/month pledge to PBS. Not for long, though: after last week's, lame-assed FRONTLINE episode, I've told the Mrs. to keep the checkbook closed.

National Geographic: Just because. Really cool to read while on the crapper.

Archeology: When Cindy is "bored" with the way things are going over a period of time, she takes up classes in archeology for "fun." Or even better: Calculus. Yes, I am married to a very smart woman.

Shambala Sun: My Mrs. has been interested in the wisdom of Bhuddism. But marriage is pretty much the only thing that at the moment she has fully committed herself to.

Of course, there is the usual crap: Newsletters composed of nothing but coupons for shit that is overpriced and serves no genuine purpose. The neverending offers for credit cards that weren't being sent to me years ago when I could have actually used them (I guess "terraist" attacks make me less of a financial risk). "Health Weekly" CVTC's latest gripes, and updates from Ron Kind's office.

[niyad]

7. one of my all-time favourite pieces of mail was an invitation

to a fund-raising dinner for ronald reagan, because I was "such a staunch supporter" and would get to meet him and nancy in person. oh yeayyyyyyy-- and the cost was a mere $500

I had that one framed for years.

[starroute]

10. Yeah, we used to get "Dear Fellow Republican" mail for a while

I never did figure that out.

I can understand that ordering from catalogs gets you a million more catalogs.

I can even understand how being a woman with a first name that is more common among men would get me sent clothing catalogs for gays and transvestites. (*Dainty, feminine fashions in EXTRA-LARGE sizes*)

And I can understand that my husband having a Russian-sounding name would pull in occasional incomprehensible solicitations in Russian.

But "Deal Fellow Republican"??? Those kept coming for years and only stopped when we moved. I still don't have a clue.

[niyad]

13. in college, somebody gave me a subscription to that right-wing

screed "human events"-- put me on so many nut case mailing lists it was pathetic (only way to stop them was to NOT do a change of address through the PO)

but I still have no idea about that invitation.