Do you remember that right wing good American post?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 5:44 pm

You know the one....you may have even received it in your email from those who only mean well.

Here's a rebuttal. I just recived this in my email account and found it interesting.

___________________________________________________

I am your worst nightmare,
I am a GOOD American

I have to admit it, I may be a GOOD American.
My car gets 35 miles per gallon, my domestic partner just finished their PHd, I earn a big pay check,
don’t cheat on my tax and we have no plans to get married even though we have kids.

I believe the money borrowed by our government needs to be paid back and not stolen from my parent's
social security funds. I don’t trust some board room billionaire with a bad comb-over not to bribe his
congressman into handing out both a corporate pocket liner and a personal tax break for him to buy his third Lexus.

I believe that if you speak more than one language, you should be proud of this ability and should flaunt our nation’s diversity.
I believe that honesty is the best personal morality regardless of which God, if any, our nation happens to be under.
I believe that a village can raise a child best when that child is not the product of rape or incest.
I believe that if drivers must show they are competent before being given a license, at least the same rules
should apply to owning a gun.

I want to know who is paying Rush Limbaugh two hundred and fifty million dollars and which parts of his script
they get to change for such an investment. Why can’t he keep his story straight from day to day?
And why is he so stuck on Clinton’s *****?

I believe if you were too drunk and drugged to turn up for your national guard service, it is called being AWOL.
This even applies when you have been appointed President of the United States.

I think that education is the best investment for the future of this nation, the best way to reduce drug abuse
and the only way to maintain our global leadership.

In fact, if we spent one tenth of our defense budget on schooling, we would have the finest education system
in the world and the lowest teen pregnancy rate at the same time. Knowledge is freedom, so why are so-called
conservatives trying to replace it with superstition?

I believe everyone has a right to privacy, just stay out of our bedrooms and our doctor’s offices.
This also applies to our political meetings. I believe it's called the bill of rights for a reason.

Everyone is a minority, so we should all have exactly the same rights.
I don't use the excuse "it's the free market" as a shield for screwing the weak or disadvantaged.

I think the confederate flag has been hi-jacked as a symbol of prejudice and not of heritage.
My heroes are JFK, Monty Python, and whoever canceled Dr.Laura, fake medicine Woman.

I don't believe the rich need the government’s help to become obscenely wealthy.
I don't believe a safety net for citizens who fall on hard times is the cause of our trillions of dollars in debt.

I know Fox news is fake and I don't waste my time arguing about it.
I know global warming is real and our oil addiction is not going to be cured by selling more SUVs.
How come we are letting the Europeans get a jump on us in developing wind and solar power?

I recognize that we all have a skin color and different shades should have no bearing on our access
to the voting booth. No Christian has ever been persecuted in America, so shut up already.

I think cops should apply the law without being above the law. I also think they should stop
drunk drivers and strip them of their license even if their father is the President.

I think if you are too stupid to vote on the issues instead of by who you would like to get smashed with in a bar,
I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I think if you are selling energy, you should not be allowed to cause fake shortages of gas or electricity in order
to line your own pockets with vast profits.

I believe drugs sold as food supplements should be tested for safety and drinking water should not be filled
with Arsenic and mining waste.

I think private schools and golf club memberships are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are
business costs that you should be allowed to deduct on your taxes.

I think refusing to investigate the circumstances leading up to the murder of 3,000 Americans should be considered treason.
I'm neither a communist nor an anarchist, no matter how desperately the corporate owned mainstream media would like
the public to believe otherwise. If that makes me a GOOD American, then yes, I'm a GOOD American.
If you too are a GOOD American please forward this to everyone you know.
We need our country back

chevyman282 · Post by **chevyman282** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:16 pm

Hi Downhill. I agreed with 90 % of that statement.....anyways a lot of food for thought...
chevyman282

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:25 pm

Well DHD....if I have learned one thing this past year it is this:

it is not the left wing nor the right wing that holds us together in flight...but rather the fuselage that we call the middle.

torsten · Post by **torsten** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:26 pm

That's EXCELLENT!

I can only imagine the original that caused the rebuttal.
*shudders*

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:27 pm

Originally posted by UOD
Well DHD....if I have learned one thing this past year it is this:

it is not the left wing nor the right wing that holds us together in flight...but rather the fuselage that we call the middle.

You rule, UOD.

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:38 pm

Originally posted by chevyman282
Hi Downhill. I agreed with 90 % of that statement.....anyways a lot of food for thought...
chevyman282

There are a few things that she is just way off in left field about

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:51 am

I don't agree with some of this either. I think some of it is added for the shock value. Notably the Christian part. Most Christian I know, (mostly from my own church) don''t espouse what you see and read in the media. They are content to worship without condemning. And for the most part, nonjudgmental.

I found this interesting and thought I'd post it for those who had read the "other great american" thread. I'm surprised that this didn't get more posts.

Given that the other did. Maybe there was more substance to this?

[Immortal voice]*discuss*[/Immortal voice]

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:53 am

Originally posted by 64bit

There are a few things that she is just way off in left field about

Hummm....she? Do you know who the author is?

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 9:35 am

Originally posted by downhill

Hummm....she? Do you know who the author is?

Yes I do. It was Ann Coulter in a drunken stupor

No seriously I was just "guessing".

A_COMMUNIST · Post by **A_COMMUNIST** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 9:38 am

sort of reminds me of that whitney houston song >>>

I beleive that children are our future. let them grow and get hooked on drugs. I believe they care enough to put their parents in dirty nursing homes and steal their homes for their controlling spouse. I believe in the socialist welfare state where everyone's paycheck goes to the central gov't and the gov't decides to spread the wealth to all people and not just those who work. I believe we should have constant monitoring of dissidents and deport all those who disrupt the collective to the gulag which is located in southeast New Jersey. I believe there are too many potheads in california. I believe prostitution should be legal to satify men's desires and urges. I believe women need to wear shorter skirts in order for them to be useful in the workplace. I Believe greedy businessmen should be stripped naked and put in a dirty cage for all to see his humility as a human.

If I offended any race or Creed. I do apoligize and seek forgiveness.

For I, AC, am here to help only and not interfere or give opinions.

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 10:09 am

I disagree with about 90% of the above, but the below makes me laugh:

In fact, if we spent one tenth of our defense budget on schooling, we would have the finest education system
in the world and the lowest teen pregnancy rate at the same time. Knowledge is freedom, so why are so-called
conservatives trying to replace it with superstition?

The truth is education gets ton of money, the problem is, they dont know how to budget and waste it. You can keep throwing money at something, but no matter how much you spend, will not fix the issues.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 10:16 am

Originally posted by davy19
I disagree with about 90% of the above, but the below makes me laugh:

The truth is education gets ton of money, the problem is, they dont know how to budget and waste it. You can keep throwing money at something, but no matter how much you spend, will not fix the issues.

Davey, IMHO you hit the nail on the head! Giving more money will not solve the problems. Audits to see where the money is actually going, stopping it from useless things, smoke screens, etc., and budgeting it would prove that we have more than enough money...

The polititians are too concerned with supporting what will put more money into their pockets. They could care less about what is right and good for America...

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 3:47 pm

Originally posted by davy19
The truth is education gets ton of money, the problem is, they dont know how to budget and waste it. You can keep throwing money at something, but no matter how much you spend, will not fix the issues.

Bureaucracy and "leaks" effect all levels of government spending and programs. That unfortunate circumstance, does not rightly excuse us not to invest in education. There are schools in desperate need of repair, using pitifully antiquated books. The irony blossoms in that for all the accusations of financial mismanagement, no real solution has been offered. Where are the open audits to see where the money is being squandered? It is a blanket of rhetoric to delay, so that the problems maybe obfuscated and ignored

Sapping money from the roles to toss in the coffers of private schools will certainly worsen matters.

shant,
david

Mr King · Post by **Mr King** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 4:22 pm

So what's wrong with privatizing education?

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:29 pm

Originally posted by Mr. King
So what's wrong with privatizing education?

The job goes to the lowest bidder rather than the adept.

I owe you an in depth response.

shant,
david