What My Sister The Republican Sent Me Email

[Parche]

Subject: INTERESTING




An interesting parable.



I bought a bird feeder. I hung

it on my back porch and filled

it with seed What a beauty of

a bird feeder it is, as I filled it

lovingly with seed. Within a

week we had hundreds of birds

taking advantage of the

continuous flow of free and

easily accessible food.


But then the birds started

building nests in the boards

of the patio, above the table,

and next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was

everywhere: on the patio tile,

the chairs, the table ...

everywhere!

Then some of the birds

turned mean. They would

dive bomb me and try to

peck me even though I had

fed them out of my own

pocket.


And others birds were

boisterous and loud. They

sat on the feeder and

squawked and screamed at

all hours of the day and night

and demanded that I fill it

when it got low on food.


After a while, I couldn't even

sit on my own back porch

anymore. So I took down the

bird feeder and in three days

the birds were gone. I cleaned

up their mess and took down

the many nests they had built

all over the patio.


Soon, the back yard was like

it used to be .. quiet, serene

and no one demanding their

rights to a free meal.

Now let's see ....

Our government gives out

free food, subsidized housing,

free medical care, and free

education and allows anyone

born here to be an automatic

citizen.


Then the illegals came by the

tens of thousands. Suddenly

our taxes went up to pay for

free services; small apartments

are housing 5 families; you

have to wait 6 hours to be seen

by an emergency room doctor;

your child's 2nd grade class is

behind other schools because

over half the class doesn't speak

English.


Corn Flakes now come in a

bilingual box; I have to

"press one" to hear my bank

talk to me in English, and

people waving flags other

than the " Stars and Stripes " are

squawking and screaming

in the streets, demanding

more rights and free liberties.


Just my opinion, but maybe

it's time for the government

to take down the bird feeder.

If you agree, pass it on; if not,

continue cleaning up the poop!

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Typical right wing rant,

But they never rant about the $$$ billions of dollars being sent to Iraq
to fund this illegal invasion

That is what I emailed in return..............
:hi:

[zanne]

1. That sounds more like Libertarian garbage than Republica garbage. nt

[Connonym]

2. ...

:puke:

[unpossibles]

3. do they honestly think that the health care crisis is because of "illegals" in the waiting room

or that schools are failing because no one can speak English?

Jeez, we're in more trouble than I thought.

[SeattleGirl]

4. Unfortunately, they do.

Woe is us, they say. All those brown people are ruining it for the rest of us. :eyes:

[unpossibles]

7. will the hardships of straight white guys never end?!???

seriesly, this is a hugh problum.

;)

[DarkTirade]

15. Well I'd say the schools are failing because no one can speak english...

and I'm not talking about the people who grew up in another country. :P

[LynneSin]

5. Geez, what psychotic birds does she have in her part of the world

I feed birds and trust me, I never seem them go nutso like these birds

[KamaAina]

6. Our government provides free food and health care?

Is your sister in a civilized country, like maybe Norway? 'Cause that sure doesn't sound like the good ol' U.S. of A.!

[Heidi]

8. "Because I love you, I don't risk our relationship by sending you crap emails.

Please love me back by extending the same respect to me."

This is the text of an email I recently sent to my Republican sister, after she forwarded me a bunch of racist, nationalistic, crowing, alternately rightwing/libertarian crap. :grr:

[havocmom]

9. Tried that with a brother. The crap kept coming.

So I wrote an eloquent bit about knowing he was raised not be be bigoted, not to spread unfounded lies, not to go along with the herd, but to seek information to make intelligent decisions.... That fell on deaf ears too.

SO, the REPLY ALL button became my friend and I would blast both barrels at the whole chain of custody of the crappola. He fell silent and I figured we would never speak again. He returned and things were ok, until months later when he foolishly included me on the list of people he forwarded more garbage to. Happens about every 8 months. He seems to have memory problems

:rofl:

I hated to be rough on him, but I also figured I was not being honest if I cleaned the clocks of others who continued to spread propaganda then used kid gloves with him. Hey, I tried being nice. He wiped his feet on my feelings. When I came at him stronger, he did the Rush thing of trying to hide behind "It's a joke, what happened to your sense of humor?" That was when he bit off more than he could chew with me.

I won't take from him what I won't take from any other mindless winger. I KNOW he has a brain and I know he was raised better. Don't feel the least guilt for telling him so.

[Mad_Dem_X]

10. Yes, "Reply All" is a wonderful thing

I've used it a few times myself, and always gets the job done. :)

[Bennyboy]

12. Yeah me too......

I got really tired of the Obama is a muslim email.... Some of them sent by my Dem friends so I used it.

[havocmom]

13. Even if the person who sent you crap doesn't 'get it' many others will stop

sending him crap cuz they now know he doesn't have a clue how to hide their addresses AND they sure as hell don't wanna keep hearing from me! :rofl:

[Westegg]

11. In not using a flame-thrower to clear that patio...

...this "bird lover" showed more restraint than I tend to associate with right-wing neo-cons. Admirable. It is "interesting" to me how this parable seems so very different from those found in the Bible. When the Good Samaritan rescued the man who fell among robbers and was beaten, did he worry in advance that the man he saved might take his job? When Jesus miraculously provided loaves and fishes to the masses, did he concern himself with the lack of Porto-Potties in the near vicinity? Perhaps he wasn't quite so obsessed with shit.

[CBHagman]

14. Remind her that it was Eisenhower who warned us...

...about the dangers of the military industrial complex. Oh, and a story in today's Washington Post indicates that Pakistan can't account for $1 billion of the billions we've sent it for their military, and that at least one administration official regards checking that out as "nickel-and-diming" funding -- as if a billion dollars were chicken feed.

David Cay Johnston also has a book out, a best-seller, called Free Lunch, which concerns corporate handouts. My impression is that it debunks the myth (so cherished by right-wing types)that CEOs are busy working their little fingers to the bone and creating wealth out of nothing, instead of using their power to finagle tax breaks and the like -- all while making hundreds of times what average employees earn.