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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:22 AM
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My Thanksgiving at my trailer trash red state repuke moralist bro-in-laws
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 12:54 AM by SF Bay Area Dem
I happened to spend the Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas. The first half of the week was at the swanky hotel Venetian; the second half was at my conservative trailer trash faux news loving brother in laws place. This guy “T” is stationed in Vegas at Nellis AFB as some kind of “ATM fixer” (his words). Anyway, this guy is one of those hardcore * loving, Timothy McVeigh types who also likes Jerry Falwell on Sunday mornings. The problem with this clown is he is a total degenerate and likes to brag about the one terabyte plus of porn he has stored on his computer (a terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes).

The last time I was at his place (he lives off base) he said my words “were fighting words” after I criticized * the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. I cheerfully told him that if he wanted to take me out in the parking lot and make me “take it back” he was welcome… hell I even told him he could bring his little boyfriend along Jim, who is another USAF “ATM fixer”… they declined and my wife was thoroughly pissed that I riled up her brother the way I did. Anyway, during the conversation Jim told me that I was a suicidal maniac for questioning the upcoming invasion and that I was also a coward for not “supporting the troops”. I should have beat the snot out of the little motherfucker then and there but I controlled my temper and simply informed him that it was real easy sitting stateside in the rear with the gear and ripping off the government in some cushy billet (these guys do absolutely nothing and should be paying the taxpayers back thousands of dollars for their laziness) and that since he is such a tough guy he should transfer to the Army or Marines and stand post in some fighting hole in the middle of the desert. He did not like this. Anyway the little puke did not realize my credentials which were eight years in the USMC (Capt), Operation Just Cause, and Desert Storm, plus eight years as a civilian firefighter/ arson investigator for a major department. I am no coward.

The latest trip was no exception. Ten minutes after arriving T started in on me about the election and how * is such a great leader. I then asked him why there was such a disparity between the voting machines and the traditional voting methods and why did all of the errors (fraud) seem to be in * favor? I told him to enjoy his alleged victory while he can as the pendulum always swings the other way. I also said that since the trailer trash moralists in the red states are obviously to stupid to see what is going on they can have *. They broke it they bought it. For the next hour we went back and forth over his statement that the red states are better than blues in every social category. I happened to have my laptop and showed him a spreadsheet that I had been working on that showed clearly that crime rates, divorce rates, teen pregnancy rates, SAT/ACT scores, IQ’s, incomes, education, wealth etc… clearly and convincingly favored the blues. I then asked him why the stock markets, financial markets, banking, technology, telecom, major shipping ports, insurance industry, aerospace, entertainment, etc… are all based in the blue states? His mouth dropped open (the moron), he knew I was right. I then pointed out that the blues states pay more in taxes than we get back and are the major underwriters of the current fiasco in Iraq with our hard earned tax dollars and more importantly our kids blood is being spilled at much greater rates than the red states. He finally backed off and we called a truce.

On the day of Thanksgiving T could not control himself and started in on women and called NOW the “Nazi Organization of Women”, I asked him why? He mumbled some ditto-head answer. I then told him that “it” is called a vagina and it won’t bite him and not to be afraid. I followed up the question asking him why corrupt conservatives are so afraid of successful woman. He then brought up a bunch of loony conservative pundits like Coulter to try and show the inclusiveness of the Republican Party. After I stopped laughing he looked dejected and I actually felt sorry for the asshole for a quick minute. Now keep in mind this dude is 31 years old, never has had a girlfriend that I have seen, and looks a little bit like the goofy/scary Neil Cavuto on Faux News (except with shorter hair and no glasses). He asked if I would set him up with a very attractive, classy and smart blond that I know (trust me she is a looker with no boyfriend). For a 31 year old woman she can put the younger gals to shame in a bikini; the stereotypical California hard-body (except with a MBA). I replied that she is just to much woman for him to handle and besides she does not date conservative Repukes like him and would kill him within the first week (she is a bay area democrat). This really made him mad and he told me to get out of his house as he does not allow unpatriotic democrats like me there in the first place! I asked him if this was the part where he was going to take me outside again for calling * an asshole? He continued screaming. I then asked him where his boyfriend Jim was. Guess what? Jim got his ass shipped out to Iraq and is huddled in the green zone! My wife told me later on that her brother did not want me to know this as Jim is shitting his pants everyday and is not cut out for that type of situation. I did not laugh at this as I want everyone to come home safe (including miserable conservative pricks like Jim).

My mission is to educate and irritate corrupt conservative Republicans and I sure did it last week. My pathetic brother in-law is still not talking to me (the bastard!). Thanks for letting me rant.

*** Does anyone else have any interesting Thanksgiving stories with their conservative relatives?
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:27 AM
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1. We're all kneejerk leftwingers..........
....... so we had a very good and calm holiday.

But, your post - well, all I can say, SF BAD, is:

Welcome to DU,

and,

I love you.
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Ducks In A Row Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:31 AM
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3. same here. we all had fun ripping ** apart
but I hope that this jim gets home in one piece, and becomes a liberal because of this experience.
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:29 AM
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2. Sounds like a freeper impersonation of a liberal
weird...

Spelling "too" as "to" is a tip off.
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Ducks In A Row Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:32 AM
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4. but it was a fun read
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:35 AM
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8. Must_B_Free - mellow out!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not trying to write a thesis here and only a chickenshit would bitch about grammar in a fast moving board like this... and why would you say that? You don't know me or anything about me except what I shared here. And why in the world, if I was Freeper (which I am not) choose to share something like this? What could that possibly gain for me?

Jesus H Christ! I can't even share my Thanksgiving experience without some critic putting their negative personal editorial in!
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:39 AM
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10. There are a lot of freepers baiting folks around here lately
Don't take it personally.

Keep posting, and make your mark, SF BAD.

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Winamericaback Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:39 AM
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11. Welcome to DU and its paranoia
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 12:40 AM by Winamericaback
Some here think that every new poster is a freeper.. I wonder how many true democrats they run off by doing it.
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lapauvre Donating Member (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:44 AM
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13. Sorry, love.
Just a bit too macho. However, if you are for real, do kick the snot out of that brother in law of yours. But you don't need to put them down quite so strongly in order for me to get the message. That's why your message sounded phoney.

You are a thinking person, if real. Noblesse Oblige and all that. You don't smash an infant because the infant poops in his diaper during supper time. It is the nature of the infant.

Your brother in law has the nature of the right wing hypocrites and you should understand that.
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 01:10 AM
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20. Just a bit too macho (meant to be)
My Thanksgiving experience and they way I wrote it was meant to be sarcastic in nature. The whole experience would be excruciatingly funny if not so sad at the same time. I know it was "macho" but what the hell it is late here... time for bed.
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:51 AM
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16. No offense
but you are the one whose demeanor is that of a ball of muscle carrying a sledgehammer, walking around looking for a head to bash in.

That's also the demeanor of freepers. But hey, it takes all types. I personally have joined Free Republic, so you can call me a Freeper if you like.

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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 01:15 AM
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21. No head bashing...
Must_b_free - That is certainly not the impression that I want to give. I outgrew all of that macho stuff long ago. I just enjoy harassing republicans as they do not expect a democrat with my type of background to go off on them the way I do.

No offense taken and we drive on!
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lapauvre Donating Member (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:40 AM
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Sounds to me like that, TOO.
Sounds to me like a wannabe writer trying to sound like my nineteen year old seventeen year old grandson, who likes to equate himself with those cartoon heroes. But, I could be mistaken. I probably just read too much about macho heroes, or wanna be macho heroes.
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:11 AM
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31. Holy God, give the guy a small break, ok?
the too/to thing gets at me as well sometimes, but I've done it befre when my 'o' key was hit too lightly while I was typing.

ROFL. Seems I did it in this very post. I'm leaving the typo in as an illustrative example of accidental misspelling. :)

Welcome to DU, SF Bay. Please forgive Must_B.... we've had an invasion here of late, and people with low post counts seem to be suspect. While this is occasionally true, there wasn't anything in your post that tipped me off.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:23 AM
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35. too as to ? ..
LMFAO ...

This 'sign' is too shallow .... to insignificant ....

Chuckles ...

ONE missed key and BAM: yer a freeper ...
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jdj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:32 AM
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5. that's rough
well, mine went alot better than expected.

I put my "Stolen election" bumper sticker on my car a few days after the election, and I have all the facts ready to go, so NO ONE is bringing it up at all ,they don't want to go there with me.

Bless your heart.

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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:33 AM
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6. I would have laughed my ASS off right in his damn face.
He deserves Iraq. I'm thrilled his ass was sent there. My G-d. How on earth can you spend holidays with someone like that? I would refuse to go and he would be banned from my house.

I have no TG stories. My entire family is Dem except for a sister-in-law and she's in Ohio. :bounce:
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:34 AM
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7. Excellent!!!
:-)
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:38 AM
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9. Great story!
Thank you for your years of service to this country. No I personally don't have any interesting Thanksgiving stories this year. Thankfully I stayed home and had my in-laws come over. They all happen to be staunch Democrats. But when I do go to my side of the family I'm sure I'll get a tirade similar to yours. I already was bombarded with emails from my freeper brother. He's still in the army having served in Desert Storm, but totally brainwashed by dittohead thinking. He believes that everything bad that's happened to him is somehow due to the evil liberals.

Welcome to DU!
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Thurston Howell IV Donating Member (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:40 AM
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12. A heartwarming story of families in America
Thanks for sharing -- a good read. Sorry, I don't have any good T-day story to share. I spent it with a bunch of democrats/liberals and we bashed Bush for an hour or so before turning to other subjects.

A few Thanksgivings ago, my sister (old time liberal/socialist) and niece's husband (capitalist gun-owner who I'll call Fred) got into it over Fred joining the NRA in order to get a discount on ammunition. My sister's jaw dropped in disbelief that a family member would join the NRA.

Fred justified it because it made monetary sense (he's completely driven by money), not because of any political implications. She replied, "Would you buy sheets from the Klu Klux Klan just because they were on sale?" Fred replied, "No, because they'd have holes in them."


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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:47 AM
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15. LOL!!! Fred may be a mercenary pig, but he does have a quick wit
I have to give him that :)
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:45 AM
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14. That was a very good story. Thanks for that.
You're cool, but you still should have kicked his butt.:-)
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:54 AM
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17. HAHAHAHA!
Just laughing at some of your sarcastic remarks... As I have family in combat, I feel sorry for the other guy Jim. Your brother-in-law is a coward who needs to go fight for Dumbya's oil since he supports him. Fucking armchair generals piss me off!

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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:59 AM
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18. Well, we pretty much checked our politics at the door.
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 01:00 AM by gauguin57
But I did spend all weekend telling my family about celebrating "National Don't Buy Anything Day" on Black Friday (fat chance in MY family -- some of them are lined up outside the fucking Wal-Mart at 5:45 a.m.). I also told them all about Repug-company boycotting, and told them what companies contribute a lot to the Pugs and to the Dems.

And I was the laughingstock of the family all weekend. (except when we showed home movies from the 1970s. then EVERYONE was fair game!). They mocked me for not wanting to support the Repug-supporting corporate beast. If they saw me even using the Target newspaper circular as a freaking COASTER under my teacup they hooted and screamed at me.

And then we all went to see "The Incredibles" and we all felt better afterward.



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lwin Donating Member (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 01:02 AM
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19. Good story
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 01:27 AM by lwin
I don't have any juicy Thanksgiving stories. In anticipation of some raging fights, everyone agreed to give it a rest for just the one day.

I do have a mildly funny story from this weekend. We were having a dish installed (couldn't take Adelphia's BS anymore). The installer needed to check something out on the neighbors property, so I asked the bf to go next door and ask the guy if he could have access. Well the bf says to me "Why don't you do it?", and I just about came unglued and screeched "I'M not talking to that man...he's a REPUBLICAN!!" (we had some serious sign wars going on during the campaign) Anyway, when I made the statement, evidently it was more than loud and venomous enough for the installer to hear downstairs, because I heard him burst out laughing. Turns out he was a Dem too, and did a really great job...even installed my Tivo for free, LOL.
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 01:19 AM
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22. Yep, that to/too/two really tipped it off
:eyes:

Nice story, thanks for sharing. And welcome to/too/two DU.
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hinachan Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 02:32 AM
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23. And...LOVING it!
<<Anyway, this guy is one of those hardcore * loving, Timothy McVeigh types who also likes Jerry Falwell on Sunday mornings. The problem with this clown is he is a total degenerate and likes to brag about the one terabyte plus of porn he has stored on his computer (a terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes).>>

How typical, a Bible thumper who gets off on porn!

<<For the next hour we went back and forth over his statement that the red states are better than blues in every social category. I happened to have my laptop and showed him a spreadsheet that I had been working on that showed clearly that crime rates, divorce rates, teen pregnancy rates, SAT/ACT scores, IQ’s, incomes, education, wealth etc… clearly and convincingly favored the blues. I then asked him why the stock markets, financial markets, banking, technology, telecom, major shipping ports, insurance industry, aerospace, entertainment, etc… are all based in the blue states? His mouth dropped open (the moron), he knew I was right. I then pointed out that the blues states pay more in taxes than we get back and are the major underwriters of the current fiasco in Iraq with our hard earned tax dollars and more importantly our kids blood is being spilled at much greater rates than the red states.>>

I love stories like this. Republicans always break out in a rash when confronted with facts. :D

<<On the day of Thanksgiving T could not control himself and started in on women and called NOW the “Nazi Organization of Women”, I asked him why? He mumbled some ditto-head answer. I then told him that “it” is called a vagina and it won’t bite him and not to be afraid. I followed up the question asking him why corrupt conservatives are so afraid of successful woman.>>

In a nutshell: Small penises. ;)

<<He then brought up a bunch of loony conservative pundits like Coulter to try and show the inclusiveness of the Republican Party.>>

Didn't you point out that "Man" Coulter is actually a cross-dressing man?

<<He asked if I would set him up with a very attractive, classy and smart blond that I know (trust me she is a looker with no boyfriend). For a 31 year old woman she can put the younger gals to shame in a bikini; the stereotypical California hard-body (except with a MBA). I replied that she is just to much woman for him to handle and besides she does not date conservative Repukes like him and would kill him within the first week (she is a bay area democrat).>>

You'd think a "macho" dude like him would have to beat off the women with a stick. Bwa-ha-haaa!

<<This really made him mad and he told me to get out of his house as he does not allow unpatriotic democrats like me there in the first place!>>

As opposed to "patriotic" descendants of Nazi supporters like Prescott Bush?

<<I then asked him where his boyfriend Jim was. Guess what? Jim got his ass shipped out to Iraq and is huddled in the green zone! My wife told me later on that her brother did not want me to know this as Jim is shitting his pants everyday and is not cut out for that type of situation. I did not laugh at this as I want everyone to come home safe (including miserable conservative pricks like Jim).>>

Screw him. He voted for the war, let him spill the blood for it. I love it when Re-pussy-cans have to fight the wars they love to instigate!
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 10:29 AM
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24. I did not have to exaggerate anything either...
This story was right on and factual. I left out many of the other arguments that we had. What is scary is that there are thousands more like T out there --- total dittoheads who are one step away from the brown-shirts of 1930's Germany.

What I have found is that when a right winger comes at me and I respond right back with his own tactics they run away like whipped dogs. I know we Dems are supposed to be better than this as it only lowers us to their disgusting levels but is fun to watch anyway.

I would love to go head to head with Hannity where he does not control the microphone or the agenda (and he does not have a ear-piece with some ditto-head telling him what to say)!!!
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Mike L Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 10:56 AM
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26. Interesting read. I don't take any shit either.
We need more Dems like you.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 10:49 AM
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25. Almost convincing, but not quite.
And what's with this "boyfriend" Jim? Are you implying that your brother-in-law's gay? What's wrong with that?

Also, there are educated Democrats even in the "Red" states--& Neanderthals in the "Blue" ones. Not that your post reveals any excessive education on your part.
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:05 AM
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29. For Bridget
Bridget --- Rumor has it they are gay (and there is nothing wrong with that all, I live in the Bay Area where just about anything goes over here --- a gay extreme right winger is a sight to see! They freak out over their own shadow they are so afraid of their GOP pals finding out)... don't take so much umbrage as I was simply trying to show the funny side of a sad situation... geeesh! Get a sense of humor! Oh... as far as education like I said above I am not trying to write a thesis here (this is a fast moving board --- try to keep up).
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:01 AM
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27. Excuse me, but I am offended by the term "trailer trash."
I live in a mobile home park. Most people who live in mobile homes are not conservative, faux news-loving, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling rednecks. I would appreciate it if you chose your words more carefully.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:04 AM
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28. I believe he did choose his words very carefully.
He's trying to be as offensive a "Liberal" as he can.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:22 AM
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34. Being liberal DOESNT mean becoming a floormat ....
Liberalism is a political philosophy, based on a rational and considerate personal philosophy .... it isnt a defense against stupidity .....

BTW: I am living in a trailer park this moment, and I did not believe Bay was referring to me in any way ....
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:15 AM
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33. Then obviously I am not talking about you
Rebel, RELAX!
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:05 AM
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30. I'd be glad to be banned from his house if I were you
I wouldn't be able to spend any time with someone like that, and I sure wouldn't ruin one of my holidays that way. I hope you'll balance it out by spending Christmas with nicer people.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:15 AM
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32. Ohhhh fuck .....
I am fucking ROLLING on this one ....

Unfucking believable ....

I spent MY T-Day with my RW family members: eating turkey and talking football ....

Why ? .. because we have the NO POLITICAL TALK rule ... enforced by the wives who want to KEEP having nice get-togethers on holidays ....

I must say: your BIL is typical big-mouthed, little dick right wing stock .... ALL hat and no cattle, like their fearful leader .... what a fuckin scum ! .... SUCKIN UP the government money while castigating the hard workin blue-state liberals who SUPPORT his fucking useless ass ...... I sometimes cannot believe the hypocritcal SHIT these people spew .....

Poor jim .... poor scrawny, mindless, robotic, echochambered, brainwashed jim ..... I almost feel sorry for the little turd ....

It IS poetic justice that he now shudder at every noise, fearing attacks by the less grateful iraqis who dislike jim even more than us .... wondering if the mortar shells will hit their mark ... wondering if the drive to a storehouse will result in personal carnage ....

But I am a pacificist ... I am a humanist .... I do not wish poor scrawny, weak-kneed jim any harm .... just as I wish no human being ANYWHERE any harm ..... sometimes wars must be fought, but the justification for the iraq action was flimsy at best, and criminal at worst ... jim is just too damned stupid to know the difference .... jim is a tool unable to do the job ...

poor jim .....

Anyways: Ill be chucklin all day thinking about this post .... it says so much to me about MY family .... MY BIL had only called me a communist (not even knowing the real definition of the word, of course) .... he never raged on and on like your BIL .....

Take care hombre ... and perhaps you need to find another, nicer family to spend xmas with ? ...

Good luck ...

jim ? ...... BOOM ! .... (jk) ....
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SF Bay Area Dem Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:29 AM
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37. My in-laws for NE Arkansas are traveling to Calif for XMAS
My in-laws are cool though. Father in-law spent 29 years in the USAF and retired a full bird colonel 10 years ago. He bought 500 acres of lake-front property in NE Arkansas, built his dream pad, and is now living the good life fishing, boating and hiking. He earned it. Anyway they are coming out to the bay area for Xmas and the holiday promises to be more peaceful as these two do not get into politics and do not even vote. They could care less.

I loved reading your reply! We all need a laugh once in a while!
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:28 AM
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36. Rockin' story, SF BAD!
Thanks for posting.

Some people you can convince with facts and figures and sincerity. And then there are those who have to be hit over the head repeatedly with a 2X4 before they start to pay attention. Your BIL sounds like he belongs to the latter category.

Welcome to DU, and this :toast: is for you!
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eissa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 12:17 PM
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38. Great story
I love people like you -- I usually just throw my hands up in frustration (of course with me, it's not just one family member, but the entire freakin gang!)

BTW, SF is best city in the US.
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