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tek79: Jun 16, 2008

Last night, at a family gathering, my Father in-law went on his normally scheduled whine-fest about Obama's plot to destroy America and strip him of his wealth for the benefit of "lazy blacks". I normally just let him run, but when he specifically began quoting poo poo I had seen in bogus chain emails, I decided to call him out on it. My words were "Wait a minute, did you by chance see that in one of those chain emails? You know those are total bullshit right?". He replied "I took you off my list didn't I? Don't worry about it, I deleted you from my e-mail list! I said "Thank you for taking me off your list, but I'm just saying your whole argument is nonsense and you're completely discrediting yourself by quoting those. Half those emails are written by liberals just to see how much they can gently caress with you [probably not true, but strategically this might work with him]." He actually got out of his seat, stormed out of the room with his last words being "WELL YOU'RE JUST A LIBERAL SOCIALIST!"

edit: For some added info, I've never personally discussed my own political views with him. The very fact I was calling him out on bullshit was enough to label me a "Liberal Socialist!"

tek79 fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Dec 18, 2009

# ? Dec 18, 2009 16:47

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# ? May 13, 2024 01:07

walrusonthehill: Mar 18, 2008; yes durians

I got this from my dad...there's a picture included of a gravestone that says:
"United States of America
Born July 4, 1776
Died Nov 4, 2008
Suicide"

---
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline
University School of Law,
St. Paul, Minnesota,
points out some interesting facts concerning
the last Presidential election:

* Number of States won by:
* Democrats: 19
* Republicans: 29

* Square miles of land won by:
* Democrats: 80,000
* Republicans: 2,427,000

o Population of counties won by:
o Democrats: 127 million
o Republicans: 143 million

o Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
o Democrats: 13.2
o Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate,
the map of the territory Republicans won,
was mostly the land owned by
the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens
living in government-owned tenements
and living off various forms of
government welfare..."

Olson believes
the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of
Professor Tyler's definition of democracy,
with some forty percent of the nation's population
already having reached the
"governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship
to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals
and they vote,
then we can say goodbye to the USA
in fewer than five years.
If you are in favor of this,
then by all means,
delete this message.

If you are not,
then pass this along to help everyone realize
just how much is at stake,
knowing that

apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
---

Basically what I get from this is that the Republicans won more land area than the Democrats, so clearly they should have won. However, they didn't, so we're all becoming dependent on welfare. If we let the illegals vote, America will be gone in five years.

Impeccable logic.

# ? Dec 18, 2009 18:29

Zwabu: Aug 7, 2006

walrusonthehill posted:

I got this from my dad...there's a picture included of a gravestone that says:
"United States of America
Born July 4, 1776
Died Nov 4, 2008
Suicide"

---
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline
University School of Law,
St. Paul, Minnesota,
points out some interesting facts concerning
the last Presidential election:

* Number of States won by:
* Democrats: 19
* Republicans: 29

* Square miles of land won by:
* Democrats: 80,000
* Republicans: 2,427,000

o Population of counties won by:
o Democrats: 127 million
o Republicans: 143 million

o Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
o Democrats: 13.2
o Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate,
the map of the territory Republicans won,
was mostly the land owned by
the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens
living in government-owned tenements
and living off various forms of
government welfare..."

Olson believes
the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of
Professor Tyler's definition of democracy,
with some forty percent of the nation's population
already having reached the
"governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship
to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals
and they vote,
then we can say goodbye to the USA
in fewer than five years.
If you are in favor of this,
then by all means,
delete this message.

If you are not,
then pass this along to help everyone realize
just how much is at stake,
knowing that

apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
---

Basically what I get from this is that the Republicans won more land area than the Democrats, so clearly they should have won. However, they didn't, so we're all becoming dependent on welfare. If we let the illegals vote, America will be gone in five years.

Impeccable logic.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp

This was debunked earlier. The guy who is attributed as the author did NOT write this.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

You should point out that the "facts" in the email aren't even right, he can count states at the link above, the Democrats actually won more states this time.

Not only is the thing basically made up out of whole cloth, but it was actually made up out of whole cloth in 2000 and then recycled in 2004 and 2008 without even changing the "facts" to reflect 2008 reality, and then a fake stamp of authenticity was attached to it by attaching a professor's name to it who had nothing to do with it.

This is so easily debunked just on the "number of states" alone (it seems to come from 2004) that you should strongly consider replying all with the snopes link and just pointing out one or two of the obvious mistakes (fake attribution, number of states).

The snopes link on this one (above) is definitely taking a quick minute to read.

It's bad enough that people send these lies around, but it's beyond insulting for them to be easily debunked in 2 seconds flat, and that they hide behind some professor and university who have nothing to do with it, that's despicable.

Oh, and, land doesn't vote.

# ? Dec 18, 2009 18:39

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

walrusonthehill posted:

I got this from my dad...there's a picture included of a gravestone that says:

* Number of States won by:
* Democrats: 19
* Republicans: 29

Ask him when he'll stop living in the 50's and recognize Alaska and Hawaii.

# ? Dec 18, 2009 19:49

Luckyellow: Sep 25, 2007; Pillbug

Here's an forward I just got from my dad.

quote:

fw:fw:fw; Health Survey
A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a
survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%

I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare" comparable to England or Canada .

Moreover, it was Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of old age."

SHIP HIS rear end TO CANADA OR ENGLAND !

This poo poo is the reason why we can't achieve any progressive movement in USA.

# ? Dec 19, 2009 04:43

T Zero: Sep 26, 2005; When the enemy is in range, so are you

Luckyellow posted:

Here's an forward I just got from my dad.
This poo poo is the reason why we can't achieve any progressive movement in USA.

Without verifying that any of the numbers are accurate (which I doubt), one can still refute this argument with reason. The simple answer is that 40-50 million people are excluded from our system. This includes mostly the poor, which often happen to be the most sick. This drives up the outcome numbers because the people receiving healthcare are often wealthier and in better health.

Also, insurance companies will only pay for treatment that has a fairly high likelihood of working. People who receive late diagnoses of diseases like cancer often have a much lower incidence of treatment effectiveness, which allows insurance companies to deny them treatment for this very reason (also the reason why it insurance companies are reluctant to cover screenings and preventative treatment in some cases, since late diagnoses of advanced disease can allow them to refuse treatment altogether). Meanwhile, countries with universal healthcare try to treat everyone, even patients that don't have much hope for treatment. As a result, outcomes go down.

quote:

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Seniors in the US receive their own exclusive health program, whereas other countries have a shared pool of resources for all citizens.

quote:

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%

This does not take into account urgency and triage.

quote:

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18

More MRIs are not necessarily good: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=anaZbOvJquNs

The putative source for these statistics is IBD, which claimed Stephen Hawking would have died under the NHS, so I don't have much faith in their fact-checking.

T Zero fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Dec 19, 2009

# ? Dec 19, 2009 05:28

freebooter: Jul 7, 2009

T Zero posted:

The putative source for these statistics is IBD, which claimed Stephen Hawking would have died under the NHS.

I challenge anyone to name a more hilarious backfire.

# ? Dec 19, 2009 07:42

Ortsacras: Feb 11, 2008; 12/17/00 Never Forget

I'd like to see statistics comparing the number of medical bill-related bankruptcies in the U.S., England, and Canada. I wonder if that might show something Mr. Email Writer wouldn't like?!?!

# ? Dec 19, 2009 15:56

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

Ortsacras posted:

I'd like to see statistics comparing the number of medical bill-related bankruptcies in the U.S., England, and Canada. I wonder if that might show something Mr. Email Writer wouldn't like?!?!

I don't have the numbers to back this up but here's a good video that illustrates the concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA

# ? Dec 19, 2009 16:02

brucie boner: Nov 6, 2009; by Ozma

Just had this CRAZY exchange with my Uncle Albert. Ol' Uncle Al's kinda a loon, as you can probably tell just by reading this

We're talking about the latest concession to anti-choicer Ben Nelson on the Senate health bill.

Me: Nope, both the right and the left hate it that means it's centrist and that means it's good. :downs:

Uncle Al: On the issue of abortion, that's pretty much the case.

Me: How do you figure?

Uncle Al: Abortion is not a policy issue. It's not like anyone will oppose this because it's good or bad in some "good for the country" measurement, it's solely an issue of "does this favor the pro-choice or pro-life agenda more". If both sides are somewhat unhappy, it's probably a decent compromise, because neither side like compromises.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 06:32

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

brucie boner posted:

Just had this CRAZY exchange with my Uncle Albert. Ol' Uncle Al's kinda a loon, as you can probably tell just by reading this We're talking about the latest concession to anti-choicer Ben Nelson on the Senate health bill.

Me: Nope, both the right and the left hate it that means it's centrist and that means it's good.

Uncle Al: On the issue of abortion, that's pretty much the case.

Me: How do you figure?

Uncle Al: Abortion is not a policy issue. It's not like anyone will oppose this because it's good or bad in some "good for the country" measurement, it's solely an issue of "does this favor the pro-choice or pro-life agenda more". If both sides are somewhat unhappy, it's probably a decent compromise, because neither side like compromises.

Your uncle would appear to be a fairly even-minded, insightful guy. You Uncle also appears to be a moderator on a popular internet forum. Small world.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 07:02

brucie boner: Nov 6, 2009; by Ozma

Deteriorata posted:

Your uncle would appear to be a fairly even-minded, insightful guy. You Uncle also appears to be a moderator on a popular internet forum. Small world.

My uncle also defending shooting white phosphorus into Palestinian refuge camps because the IDF needed it to cover troop movements and when I showed him photographic evidence that they were doing it 7 days before the invasion he got real mad and left in a huff.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 07:09

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

brucie boner posted:

My uncle also defending shooting white phosphorus into Palestinian refuge camps because the IDF needed it to cover troop movements and when I showed him photographic evidence that they were doing it 7 days before the invasion he got real mad and left in a huff.

Seeing as this is a deliberate derail of a thread to other purposes, I suggest you take your whining elsewhere.

In further defense of EvilWeasel, I have seen photographs of a shell-burst that looks in many ways similar to a white-phosphorus bomb, but the flaming material could have been any one of a dozen different materials. I've yet to see any evidence that it specifically was white phosphorus, as in a chemical analysis of the residue. It remains an unproved allegation from all I've seen.

I have no interest in this argument beyond this. Please don't poo poo up this thread with your own personal vendetta against a mod. This thread is for actual emails received by posters and responses to them.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 07:15

brucie boner: Nov 6, 2009; by Ozma

Deteriorata posted:

Seeing as this is a deliberate derail of a thread to other purposes, I suggest you take your whining elsewhere.

In further defense of EvilWeasel, I have seen photographs of a shell-burst that looks in many ways similar to a white-phosphorus bomb, but the flaming material could have been any one of a dozen different materials. I've yet to see any evidence that it specifically was white phosphorus, as in a chemical analysis of the residue. It remains an unproved allegation from all I've seen.

I have no interest in this argument beyond this. Please don't poo poo up this thread with your own personal vendetta against a mod. This thread is for actual emails received by posters and responses to them.

Sorry. I will leave this thread and allow you guys to post your ZANY and WACKY chain emails and plan another invasion of free republic that fails hilariously.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Dec 20, 2009 07:22

brucie boner: Nov 6, 2009; by Ozma

And apologism for Israeli war crimes, apparently.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 07:23

TheElectronicOne: Oct 17, 2007; Are you the fullfiller?

Wow, Brucie, your uncle sounds like a horrible person. I feel so sorry for you. Everyone, stop the thread, Brucie needs a hug. :glomp:

Seriously, this is the email thread, not the Israeli war crimes thread.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 12:34

Vilerat: May 11, 2002

Stop posting like god drat retards. Thanks!

# ? Dec 20, 2009 17:06

Douginc: Mar 25, 2009

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

I don't have the numbers to back this up but here's a good video that illustrates the concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA

drat, this video was awesome, thanks for posting it. I've already shown it to six people I know.

I love how so many people here in Minnesota that I've talked to (all morons) have said that we're going to be seen as a joke for a state for having Franken as a senator. He's making me proud as hell over and over again. Keep taking no poo poo Franken.

[EDIT] Have any of you received the Black Belt Patriotism mass email going around by Chuck Norris himself?

"Washington certainly has reached a new low by forcing American citizens who oppose abortion to pay for abortions via their taxes in this massively comprehensive way. Is it intentionally trying to spark the next Boston Tea Party? When our greatest values are thrown under the omnibus, how do they expect us to respond? (Washington's wild spending and abandonment of traditional values and our Founders' vision is what prompted me to add a 64-page expansion to the new paperback version of my New York Times best-seller Black Belt Patriotism, being released in January through Fidelis Books. See the new Web site at http://www.blackbeltpatriotism...

...[A]s we near the eve of another Christmas, I wonder: What would have happened if Mother Mary had been covered by Obamacare? What if that young, poor and uninsured teenage woman had been provided the federal funds (via Obamacare) and facilities (via Planned Parenthood, etc.) to avoid the ridicule, ostracizing, persecution and possible stoning because of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy? Imagine all the great souls who could have been erased from history and the influence of mankind if their parents had been as progressive as Washington's wise men and women! Will Obamacare morph into Herodcare for the unborn?"

Yes, liberals will not be happy until abortions are MANDATORY. There's no choice for the women involved, plus, with abortion being completely covered by the government, how could she not take up the offer? Free abortion? How could she say no? Also, the evil people in this hypothetical are clearly those who provide the covered medical procedure, NOT the people who ridicule/persecute/possibly stone/etc. That's just to be expected!

Douginc fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Dec 20, 2009

# ? Dec 20, 2009 23:13

tek79: Jun 16, 2008

Just for the record. I will NOT STOP UNTIL ALL ABORTIONS ARE MANDATORY!

# ? Dec 20, 2009 23:38

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

tek79 posted:

Just for the record. I will NOT STOP UNTIL ALL ABORTIONS ARE MANDATORY!

Mandatory abortion and mandatory gay marriage.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 23:44

Grifter: Jul 24, 2003; I do this technique called a suplex. You probably haven't heard of it, it's pretty obscure.

walrusonthehill posted:

I got this from my dad...there's a picture included of a gravestone that says:
"United States of America
Born July 4, 1776
Died Nov 4, 2008
Suicide"

---
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline
University School of Law,
St. Paul, Minnesota,
points out some interesting facts concerning
the last Presidential election:

I'm just glad the repost got my school's name right.

# ? Dec 21, 2009 00:12

Walter: Jul 3, 2003; We think they're great. In a grand, mystical, neopolitical sense, these guys have a real message in their music. They don't, however, have neat names like me and Bono.

Chuck Norris posted:

"Washington certainly has reached a new low by forcing American citizens who oppose abortion to pay for abortions via their taxes in this massively comprehensive way.

Well, Chuck, don't worry, their taxes aren't paying for abortions. They're paying for the hilariously over-inflated defense spending in this country.

My taxes are paying for abortions. So, it's okay.

# ? Dec 21, 2009 21:57

CapMoron: Nov 20, 2000; Forum Veteran

I only rarely visit this forum, so I haven't seen this thread until now. My dad is an absolute hypocritical conservative nutcase. He has his own mailing list which he uses to disseminate the "truth". Possibly some of the mails you guys have gotten forwarded from relatives have come from him, it wouldn't surprise me. Of course he is also a pretty bad alcoholic who is pretty much living on government assistance from his "disability".

Here's the last one he sent out in late November. He tends to go in spurts due to the fact that he gets very "depressed" about the state of the country and can't bring himself to do much of anything (except drink).

Delusional Father posted:

Obama Orders 1 Million US Troops To �Prepare For Civil War�

American Resistance Radio

Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued orders to his Northern Command�s (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to �begin immediately� increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter.

According to these reports, Obama has had over these past weeks �numerous� meetings with his war council about how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nations banking system while at the same time attempting to keep the United States military hegemony over the World in what Russian Military Analysts state is a �last ditch gambit� whose success is �far from certain�.

And to Obama�s �last ditch gambit�, these reports continue, he is to announce in a nationwide address to his people this coming week that he is going to expand the level of US Military Forces in Afghanistan by tens of thousands of troops, while at the same time using the deployment of these soldiers as a �cover� for returning to the United States over 200,000 additional American soldiers from the over 800 bases in over 39 countries they have stationed around the Globe bringing the level of these forces in America to over 1 million, a number the US Military believes will be able to contain the �explosion of violence� expected to roil these peoples when they learn their economy has been bankrupted.

These reports further state that at the same time Obama will be attempting to keep his Nation from violent disintegration, the tens of thousands of additional troops he will send to Afghanistan are to be ordered to Kandahar where the Americans and their NATO allies will begin their final attempt to secure their TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) pipeline, which without the Western Nations, due to their grave lack of alternative energy resources, and being cut off from these vast Central Asian supplies (which both Russia and China are seeking to insure), are warned will totally collapse.

Making the American�s (and by extension the West�s) situation even worse are new reports coming from the International Energy Agency stating that �under pressure� from the US government they have been �deliberately underplaying� a looming Global oil shortage for fear of triggering panic buying and raising the Americans fear over the end of oil supremacy because it would threaten their power over access to our World�s last remaining oil resources.

To the scariest �end game� maneuvers being made by Obama, in his attempt to protect Americas Global hegemony, is his record shattering move in plunging the United States $3.5 Trillion further into debt, and which raises the total amount owed by the United States, to its citizens and the World, to the unprecedented height of over $106 Trillion.

So alarming has Obama�s actions become (especially since they are being imitated by all of the Western powers) that the managing-director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warned this past week that the �stimulus actions� of the West (which in essence is nothing more than the printing of money with nothing to back it up) has now become a �threat to democracy� as millions of people are expected to erupt in violence against their governments over the theft of their money and their futures.

Most unfortunately for the American people though is that this IMF warning fell on �deaf ears� in the United States with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President, James Bullard, saying this week that the US would continue its �stimulus actions� because they �would give more flexibility to US policymakers�, a most absurd statement especially when viewed in the light of the unprecedented debt payments currently looming over the American economy they have no ability whatsoever to pay.

To the ability of the West�s banking giants to save their Nation�s economies, even worse news came this week with the US ratings giant Standards & Poors issuing a warning that �every single bank in Japan, the US, Germany, Spain, and Italy included in S&P�s list of 45 Global lenders remain unsafe�, a warning which then lead to one of Europe�s largest banks, Soci�t� G�n�rale, warning its clients to prepare for a �total Global Economic Collapse�.

To the fears of Obama over the United States erupting into civil war once the full extent of the rape and pillaging of these peoples by their banks and government becomes known to them, grim evidence now shows the likelihood of this occurring much sooner than later, especially in new poll figures showing that Obama�s approval rating among white Americans has now fallen to 39%. A number made more significant when one realizes that the white population of the United States comprises 74% of their estimated 398 million citizens, or put more ominously in these reports as �over 220 million American people armed to the teeth and ready to explode�.

And so fearful has the white population of the United States become that upon the election of Obama to the Presidency he was named as the �Gun Salesman of the Year� by the Outdoor Wire, the US�s largest daily electronic news service for the outdoor industry, who report �panic buying� of weapons and ammunition by those fearful of the destruction of their country at the hands of man they believe is not even an American citizen and had been foisted upon them by their elite classes seeking to enslave them.

Though the coming civil war in the United States is being virtually ignored by their propaganda media, the same cannot be said of Russia, where leading Russian political analyst, Professor Igor Panarin has long warned that the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the US is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts.

Professor Igor Panarin further stated in his warning that �the US Dollar is not secured by anything. The country�s foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998, when I first made my prediction, it had exceeded $2 trillion. Now it is more than 11 trillion. This is a pyramid that can only collapse.�

What remains to be seen, and these reports do not speculate upon, is if the citizen-soldiers of the United States will fire upon and kill their fellow countrymen during the coming conflict, but if history is to be our guide clearly shows this will be the case as the once great American Nation continues its headlong plunge into the abyss of history. May God have mercy upon all of them.

# ? Dec 22, 2009 19:07

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

the abyss posted:

Professor Igor Panarin further stated in his warning that �the US Dollar is not secured by anything. The country�s foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt.

I supposed 1.4 trillion is no debt eh

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5467519/US-National-Debt-19292008

I don't know why but it's blatant lies like this that are supposed to say "SEE HOW MUCH BETTER IT WAS THEN" when it really wasn't that pisses me off the most. This whole spiel is the most unfounded pos I've read in this thread yet.

# ? Dec 22, 2009 19:24

Plinkey: Aug 4, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Haha, that reads like the intro to some crazy rear end Tom Clancy novel.

# ? Dec 22, 2009 19:25

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

Plinkey posted:

Haha, that reads like the intro to some crazy rear end Tom Clancy novel.

I read a short story in high school where stuff like this basically happened. The gov't completly collapsed, the east coast shut itself in and left the midwest and west to fend for itself. Small town militias started rising up and all sorts of nasty poo poo in the matter of weeks.

# ? Dec 22, 2009 19:28

Fly: Nov 3, 2002; moral compass

CapMoron posted:

I only rarely visit this forum, so I haven't seen this thread until now. My dad is an absolute hypocritical conservative nutcase. He has his own mailing list which he uses to disseminate the "truth". Possibly some of the mails you guys have gotten forwarded from relatives have come from him, it wouldn't surprise me. Of course he is also a pretty bad alcoholic who is pretty much living on government assistance from his "disability".

Here's the last one he sent out in late November. He tends to go in spurts due to the fact that he gets very "depressed" about the state of the country and can't bring himself to do much of anything (except drink).

A conservative eats up doom and gloom leaked from our cold-war nemesis and offers it as the truth?

# ? Dec 22, 2009 21:40

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

Fly posted:

A conservative eats up doom and gloom leaked from our cold-war nemesis and offers it as the truth?

It's every ultra conservative's wet dream

# ? Dec 22, 2009 22:53

oxbrain: Aug 18, 2005; Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the mothership.

I have a business contact who is warning me that California will be declaring bankruptcy on Feb. 28th. In preparation for the inevitable riots they are asking the UN for peacekeeping troops from Mongolia and Canada. This would be the start of nation wide martial law, they're starting with CA because the gun laws make it the easiest state to control.

He won't email me because he's worried about his email address being used to track him, but he's perfectly happy to spend 45 minutes on the phone ranting about how he wants to cap and trade obama.

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:18

The Bunk: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, I just don't know
where to begin.; Fun Shoe

oxbrain posted:

I have a business contact who is warning me that California will be declaring bankruptcy on Feb. 28th. In preparation for the inevitable riots they are asking the UN for peacekeeping troops from Mongolia and Canada. This would be the start of nation wide martial law, they're starting with CA because the gun laws make it the easiest state to control.

He won't email me because he's worried about his email address being used to track him, but he's perfectly happy to spend 45 minutes on the phone ranting about how he wants to cap and trade obama.

I hope the government never figures out a way to listen in on phone conversations. :tinfoil:

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:25

Dameius: Apr 3, 2006

Narwhale posted:

I hope the government never figures out a way to listen in on phone conversations.

Why, they would need secret agreements with the telecoms and that's just crazy talk! :monocle:

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:29

oxbrain: Aug 18, 2005; Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the mothership.

edit: Gah, how did that happen?

oxbrain fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Dec 23, 2009

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:30

Bobby Digital: Sep 4, 2009

Plinkey posted:

Haha, that reads like the intro to some crazy rear end Tom Clancy novel.

I would play the gently caress out of that if it was a Rainbow Six game.

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:33

Heck Yes! Loam!: Nov 15, 2004; a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

oxbrain posted:

they're starting with CA because the gun laws make it the easiest state to control.

I am not sure this makes sense. California has quite a lot of people compared to other states. Wouldn't it then follow that California has more gun owners than other states? There is the physical size of California compared to other states, too.

# ? Dec 23, 2009 01:42

Pththya-lyi: Nov 8, 2009; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Sword of Chomsky posted:

I am not sure this makes sense. California has quite a lot of people compared to other states. Wouldn't it then follow that California has more gun owners than other states? There is the physical size of California compared to other states, too.

California is full of liberals :ssh:

# ? Dec 23, 2009 02:54

streetlamp: May 7, 2007; Danny likes his party hat
He does not like his banana hat

Obama is ruining christmas :colbert:

http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/22/transvestites-mao-and-obama-decorate-white-house-christmas-tree/

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This should be no surprise, we should all know by now what our current administration is all about and what to expect, but it is still mind boggling for some reason. These people obviously don't value the same things Americans as a whole value.

by Capitol Confidential

Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney�s New York has often caused a stir with his design choices. Like his naughty yuletide window display of Margaret Thatcher as a dowdy dominatrix and Dan Quayle as a ventriloquist�s dummy. For this year�s White House, he didn�t disappoint.

These photos of ornaments on the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room were taken just days ago. Of course, Mao has his place in the White House.

And, of course, it wouldn�t be Christmas without an ornament of legendary transvestite Hedda Lettuce.

He/She even signed it:

And, so soon after collecting the Nobel Peace Prize, why wouldn�t the White House have an ornament super-imposing President Obama onto Mt. Rushmore:

All around, a very Barry Christmas!

# ? Dec 23, 2009 03:27

streetlamp: May 7, 2007; Danny likes his party hat
He does not like his banana hat

And our government obviously still supporting ACORN with ...cookies?

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Yes, it is real. Oh, and let's not forget the serving of Acorn cookies of course. What a stand up organization that needs celebration and recognition from the white house for their great work.....helping promote prostitution and tax evasion, that is..

http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/09/white-houses-acorn-cookies-surprises-republican-lawmaker/

Any fan of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street knows that �C� is for cookie.
But at the Obama White House, �A� may be for acorn � as in acorn cookies served at Monday�s annual Christmas party.
The chocolate cookies shaped like an acorn were quite a hit with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
�I didn�t expect to see such stark symbolism,� King said in an e-mail.
President Obama worked with the community organizing group ACORN in the mid-90s. But now ACORN faces a host of allegations related to voter fraud in the 2008 election and has been weakened by an undercover expose that shows employees offering tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute.
The irony of the White House dishing out acorn-shaped chocolate cookies seemed a little, well, �nutty� to King. The Iowa Republican is one of the loudest voices calling for Congress to investigate ACORN.