Unchallenged and happy idiots

[niallmac]

I live in one of the few states that still supports George Dubya in the polls.
I work with people who go to church weekly, watch Fox news and believe it all.
Suffice it to say; I don't.

I don't pester people with my daily outrage at what's happening in the world.
We all have an important job to do where I work and that's fine.
Those who know my politics will occasionally jab me like yesterday;

"They knocked 'em pretty good didn't they, 60 people killed."
I try to deflect saying "Yeah right. You're going to hell for saying that you know."

Then this co-worker sits down in my office to off handedly tell me how Israel needs to
defend itself. I try to explain the idea that there are two sides to a story and no matter
how you feel about it all, the deaths of children should be a sober moment not a gung ho
topic of speech.

My door was open and my voice got louder and once again it's crazy me ranting.
Later the same morning another co-worker mentions how unfair the inheritance tax is and hopes it is repealed.
She is not a millionaire. I try to explain. She doesn't get it.

It's a good thing.
I have caused two people to think.

[CrispyQ]

1. "I have caused two people to think."

That's what's needed!!! Get them out of their trance. Make them question the status quo. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

My mother has routinely responded with "Just get over it" when my sister & I talk about election fraud. I finally got through to her by conceding that maybe the '04 election wasn't stolen, but why should we wait until an election is outright stolen before we investigate election irregularities & voter disenfranchisement? She asked me what I was talking about & I sent her a book's worth of material on all the crap that's been going on all over the nation. Guess what? She is concerned about the issue now. :thumbsup:

Too bad she still thinks Iraq had WMDs & Hussein was linked to bin Laden. :eyes:

[Warpy]

2. The inheritance tax repeal is the Paris Hilton welfare program

Just explain it like that, that people at the bottom never had to pay it and that only people like Paris Hilton will benefit. Since she has a negative image as a pampered blonde airhead (she isn't really), dimwits will get the point.