Miss Fats posted:

It looks like a leftover past from a different e-mail because the original quote is: "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this IN ENGLISH thank a Soldier (or Marine etc depending on who's t-shirt it's on)."

Burrito posted:

If I can read this in English, thank a Chaucer.

After months of reading Fox News Comments, I really wish there was a thread for crazy news site comments. I just don't know how it wouldn't boil down to constant idiocy, though.

iLurk posted:

I got this at work. I made the person apoligize for fowarding it to me.

Burrito posted:

If I can read this in English, thank a Chaucer.

After months of reading Fox News Comments, I really wish there was a thread for crazy news site comments. I just don't know how it wouldn't boil down to constant idiocy, though.

Batshit stupid 'policy' email posted:

You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets.

the yellow dart posted:

I still don't get why people want to dismantle NAFTA in the US.

Blarghalt posted:

New World Order.

No, really. Ask someone that's really far-right why they are against NAFTA or the UN and I guarantee you the conversation will steer towards conspiracy theory bullshit about the NWO.

the yellow dart posted:

I don't even understand that, because it would be our world order! We would control everything! It would be paradise on earth (for Americans)!

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Subject: Was George Bush really an idiot?
Bush bashers won't like reading this.

If George W. Bush had doubled the national debt, in one year, (which took more than two hundred years to accumulate), would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt AGAIN within 10 years, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had criticized a State law that he admitted he never even read, (Arizonas’ Immigation Law), would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush joined the country of Mexico, and sued a State in the United States (Arizona) to force that State to continue to allow illegal immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one company had an accident would you have agreed? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes? That’s what Obama has done!

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take his wife to a play in NYC, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had reduced the retirement plan of GM employees by 90% and gave the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 States in theUnited States, would you have said that he is clueless. That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door in Texas, would you have thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk. That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved? That’s what Obama did!

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so ‘brilliant and impressive’? Can't think of anything? He's done all this in 21 months -- so you'll have little over two years to come up with an answer.

Every statement in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.

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The Time Has Indeed Come!

Governors of 35 states have already filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.

An idea whose time has come!

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest was to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law.

I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.

A Constitutional Convention - this is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come. And, with the advent of modern communication, the process can be moved along with incredible speed. There is talk out there that the "government" doesn't care what the people think. That is irrelevant. It is incumbent on the population to address elected officials to the wrongs afflicted against the populace...you and me. Think about this...
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

I'm asking each addressee to forward this Email to a minimum of twenty people on their Address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."

You are one of my 20+.
Please, Keep it going.

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That's what Obama did!

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

Emphasis mine.

I replied to her with this

the yellow dart posted:

Canada is great! Why are they on list 2 ?

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When driving to, from, and through Frankenmuth, Michigan, I'm always intrigued with the many small simple crosses in the front yards of the homes we pass by.

Those crosses are a statement of support for Frankenmuth's Christian foundation.

Two years ago an atheist living there complained about two crosses on a bridge in town. He requested that they be removed, and the town removed them.

He then decided that, since he was so successful with that, the city shield should also be changed since it had on it, along with other symbols, a heart with a cross inside signifying the city's Lutheran beginnings.

At that point, the residents decided they had had enough. Hundreds of residents made their opinions known by placing small crosses in their front yards.

Seeing this quiet but powerful statement from the community, the man removed his complaint. Those simple crosses remain in those front yards today.

After passing those crosses for two years, it finally hit me that a small cross in millions of front yards across our country could provide a powerful and inspiring message for all Americans passing them every day.

I think it might be time to take this idea across America. We have an administration that says "we are not a Christian nation", and everywhere you look, the ACLU and others are trying to remove from our history and current lives any reference to God, prayer, or the fact that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.

Our administration can't bring themselves to talk about "radical Muslims or Islamic terrorists" for fear of offending them, but they can talk about Americans "clinging to their guns and their religion", or insinuate that our own military troops coming home from service overseas might turn into terrorists.

The majority of Americans are Christians; why are we letting this happen to us?

IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT, A SMALL, QUIET BUT POWERFUL STATEMENT.

IF YOU AGREE, PLACE A SMALL WHITE CROSS IN YOUR FRONT YARD OR GARDEN FOR ALL TO SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

TheSpookyDanger posted:

If someone doesn't have a front yard to display their cross do they have to move to a country on the second list?

the yellow dart posted:

I like how no one wants to think that a person in the American military might come home and be a terrorist when the perpetrator of the most deadly act of terrorism on American soil previous to 9/11, Timothy McVeigh, was exactly that.

PUNCHITCHEWIE posted:

Uh lots of people are thinking about it, and the possibility was a huge story last year. Where have you been?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/homeland-security-report_n_186834.html

iLurk posted:

I got this at work. I made the person apoligize for fowarding it to me.

Article posted:

A special note to
our neighbors: Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more
of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.

Anosmoman posted:

So how is Canada pissing off right-minded Americans these days?

Anosmoman posted:

RagnarokAngel posted:

I wanna set fire to every one of those loving crosses.

Dr. Faustus posted:

Sorry if these are old news. I just got these at work, I share them here without additional comment:

Childlike Empress posted:

Wait--didn't Bush deplete the Clinton-era surplus then run us into a huge deficit?

crime fighting hog posted:

I know how stupid this is going to sound, but what's the point of national debt? I know we owe our asses to China, but what does that entail? What happens when we're indebted to another country? What forces do they exert on us because of it? I hear about all this debt and it's never going to get better and etc etc.

Doomclown posted:

More likely we would print money to pay the debt if necessary, and the value of our money would drop due more to dilution than a loss of faith in repayment. (Not all that different, really.)

crime fighting hog posted:

So we go broke eventually? Makes sense to me.

Jabor posted:

Incidentally, this "print our way out of debt" was tried before, and we know how that worked out...

crime fighting hog posted:

I know how stupid this is going to sound, but what's the point of national debt? I know we owe our asses to China, but what does that entail? What happens when we're indebted to another country? What forces do they exert on us because of it? I hear about all this debt and it's never going to get better and etc etc.