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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 AM Original message |
My highfalutin' redneck family rant: |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Forget them |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Proud celebration of ignorance and stupidity is apparently the new American way |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Anti-intellectualism is a Republican Party Plank these days |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. "When your entire worldview is supported by lies, racism & xenophobia, higher education is enemy #1" |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. At some point you have to decide if they are worth your trouble. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. For the most part I do ignore them. It is just difficult to see the same dynamics |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. As Dems, we have to keep forging ahead for the next generation. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mrs. Lib and I simply avoid family as much as we can |
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panAmerican (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Success is the best revenge, my dear. |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. We Must Be Related |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. no shit... |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Excellent contrast. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. Gladly the 5th...nt |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Damn it girl, let's go have a brew at the pub! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. OMG! You've become an ELITIST! |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. You did well in escaping their values & attitudes |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. wow |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:09 AM Original message |
Sort of close--Redding! |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. We MUST be distant relatives |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yep, sounds very familiar! You also just reminded me of another element I omitted: |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. oh, and see if your family includes this, too.... |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yes: |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. was awake till 4 pm, upset I could 't sleep. Have to have my blood pressure read |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm on the verge of cutting ties with my brother. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I have cut ties with my brother's wife over her persistent e-mailing |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I have a niece who sent me a link this morning telling me how Obama is related to Cheney... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm outraged too....... nice rant n/t |
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texanshatingbush (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. Also a black sheep, I have been excommunicated from my family..... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. We HAVE had this mindset running our country for 8 years. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. actually, we're your family |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thank you! Yes, DU is a place where I feel "at home" and now I live far from my family |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. not a black sheep, more like a grey sheep, but I know what you are talking about |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. I feel your pain.... |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. YOU and your family are the American Ideal before it got distorted. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. We can't choose the families we are born into, but at least you found a new one at DU :^) |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. I was on a house boat last week in Orroville. 20 old pals trying to convince me Obama was muslim. |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was awake at 3am too! |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No Way. This is just the horrible process whereby their hypocrisy is exposed-- |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. k&r |
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