Could We Please Stop Calling Obama, Reid, and Pelosi Liberals?

[MaggieMae]

Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
A TvNewsLIES Reader contribution.
By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio - [email protected] - July - 2004

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Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn’t think he should loose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

Its noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time.

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republican’s would still be sitting in the dark)

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.

He turns on a radio talk show, the host’s keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day) Joe agrees, “We don’t need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have”.

By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio - [email protected] - Published July - 2004
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[Harry Dresden]

Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
A TvNewsLIES Reader contribution.
By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio - [email protected] - July - 2004

Printable version: Click here!

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn’t think he should loose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

Its noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time.

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republican’s would still be sitting in the dark)

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.

He turns on a radio talk show, the host’s keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day) Joe agrees, “We don’t need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have”.

By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio - [email protected] - Published July - 2004
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Maggie if i show you links saying that those very unions you show here, have a lot of Repubs in them.....then will you shut the fuck up and quit showing us this BULLSHIT?

 

[garyd]

What a lot of crap, there Maggie. 90% of the stuff on your car mandated by the federal government has not one last thing to do with your safety and in some instances could actually make it less safe.

You know that because of your friendly neighborhood government virtually all the hydraulics on your car are being replaced slow but surely with electronics, not mind you because Electronics are better at most of those things but because they are lighter and weight, under CAFE standards, trumps safety every time. Those smart cars everyone is so proud of? Make sure you leave as much space as you can between yourself and a big rig on the high way. Wind flow around a big rig creates no small amount of suction and one suspects that those dinky little thing haven't enough weight to avoid being sucked under the wheels at highway speeds. From smart car to ball of tinfoil gooey stuff inside in under .3 seconds.

 

[Harry Dresden]

What a lot of crap, there Maggie. 90% of the stuff on your car mandated by the federal government has not one last thing to do with your safety and in some instances could actually make it less safe.

You know that because of your friendly neighborhood government virtually all the hydraulics on your car are being replaced slow but surely with electronics, not mind you because Electronics are better at most of those things but because they are lighter and weight, under CAFE standards, trumps safety every time. Those smart cars everyone is so proud of? Make sure you leave as much space as you can between yourself and a big rig on the high way. Wind flow around a big rig creates no small amount of suction and one suspects that those dinky little thing haven't enough weight to avoid being sucked under the wheels at highway speeds. From smart car to ball of tinfoil gooey stuff inside in under .3 seconds.

those cars look like someone took one of those ride on lawn mowers and lowered the cars interior and body on it.....

 

[MaggieMae]

What a lot of crap, there Maggie. 90% of the stuff on your car mandated by the federal government has not one last thing to do with your safety and in some instances could actually make it less safe.

You know that because of your friendly neighborhood government virtually all the hydraulics on your car are being replaced slow but surely with electronics, not mind you because Electronics are better at most of those things but because they are lighter and weight, under CAFE standards, trumps safety every time. Those smart cars everyone is so proud of? Make sure you leave as much space as you can between yourself and a big rig on the high way. Wind flow around a big rig creates no small amount of suction and one suspects that those dinky little thing haven't enough weight to avoid being sucked under the wheels at highway speeds. From smart car to ball of tinfoil gooey stuff inside in under .3 seconds.

Ah shucks. I only posted it to get a rise out of people like you and Harry. That thing has been around for years, and isn't even current. I occasionally re-post it when I hear the blanket criticisms that "liberals" are only interested in taking you to the cleaners with taxes and have never done anything good for the country.

It seems to me that the current way of doing business in Washington is GOTCHA politicking, and to hell with what the country actually needs. Old conservative ideologies do not fit with today's diverse social and foreign interests; Democrats spend too much money trying to play catch-up. Somewhere in between is what the majority of us is looking for, imo.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Ah shucks. I only posted it to get a rise out of people like you and Harry. That thing has been around for years, and isn't even current. I occasionally re-post it when I hear the blanket criticisms that "liberals" are only interested in taking you to the cleaners with taxes and have never done anything good for the country.

It seems to me that the current way of doing business in Washington is GOTCHA politicking, and to hell with what the country actually needs. Old conservative ideologies do not fit with today's diverse social and foreign interests; Democrats spend too much money trying to play catch-up. Somewhere in between is what the majority of us is looking for, imo.

no you didnt Mags....the only reason you posted that Mags, is because you actually believe what was written there.....and please...dont tell me im wrong....because then you become a liar....

 

[oreo]

Pelosi is a flaming left wing liberal--Reid is a liberal--& Obama is a socialist.

 

[garyd]

NOne of them are classioc liberals for whom protecting the body politic from overweening hand of government is de riguer. They are all including Colrado leftist. -leftist who push the noxious notion that some guy trying to get ahead in life and is better at it than others is some how a greedy bastard that ought to be hung out to dry.

 

[Newby]

NOne of them are classioc liberals for whom protecting the body politic from overweening hand of government is de riguer. They are all including Colrado leftist. -leftist who push the noxious notion that some guy trying to get ahead in life and is better at it than others is some how a greedy bastard that ought to be hung out to dry.

Since they so love to throw the word neo-con around, neo-lib has a nice ring to it.

 

[MaggieMae]

What we call liberals in this country are leftists.

How to tell a leftist>

79% of the Budget spent on social programs - which the federal government is constituionally prohibited from engaging in - and the 21% spent on the military and leftist blame the 21% for the deficit

1.5 trillion dollars lost by the Pentagon in eight years under Clinton and it's Bush's fault for not finding it.

If Bush spends shit loads of money on social spending and pork that's bad but if Obama spends shit loads of money on social programs and pork its good according to leftist.

If it sounds retarded, convoluted and is going to cost scandalous amounts of money and almost certainly won't solve the problem it's probably a leftist social program.

Nice spinback to Clinton, but no cigar!!

You will cringe if you dare read this article, which details billions wasted, and where, during the Bush administration. Scandalous indeed.

Homeland Security Today - preparedness and security news - Waste, Abuse, Fraud, Misplaced Spending’s Impact on HS

“People have been decrying Pentagon waste and inefficiency for decades, but things have got significantly worse over the past five years, because Congress and the Bush administration have thrown so much money at the Defense Department so fast,” Surowiecki wrote.

 

[MaggieMae]

What a lot of crap, there Maggie. 90% of the stuff on your car mandated by the federal government has not one last thing to do with your safety and in some instances could actually make it less safe.

You know that because of your friendly neighborhood government virtually all the hydraulics on your car are being replaced slow but surely with electronics, not mind you because Electronics are better at most of those things but because they are lighter and weight, under CAFE standards, trumps safety every time. Those smart cars everyone is so proud of? Make sure you leave as much space as you can between yourself and a big rig on the high way. Wind flow around a big rig creates no small amount of suction and one suspects that those dinky little thing haven't enough weight to avoid being sucked under the wheels at highway speeds. From smart car to ball of tinfoil gooey stuff inside in under .3 seconds.

You have quite an imagination.

 

[MaggieMae]

Ah shucks. I only posted it to get a rise out of people like you and Harry. That thing has been around for years, and isn't even current. I occasionally re-post it when I hear the blanket criticisms that "liberals" are only interested in taking you to the cleaners with taxes and have never done anything good for the country.

It seems to me that the current way of doing business in Washington is GOTCHA politicking, and to hell with what the country actually needs. Old conservative ideologies do not fit with today's diverse social and foreign interests; Democrats spend too much money trying to play catch-up. Somewhere in between is what the majority of us is looking for, imo.

no you didnt Mags....the only reason you posted that Mags, is because you actually believe what was written there.....and please...dont tell me im wrong....because then you become a liar....

I DO believe it. Where did I say I didn't?! I simply said it's old (and out of date). Where are the lies in Joe's scenarios? Can you find any?

 

[Harry Dresden]

Ah shucks. I only posted it to get a rise out of people like you and Harry. That thing has been around for years, and isn't even current. I occasionally re-post it when I hear the blanket criticisms that "liberals" are only interested in taking you to the cleaners with taxes and have never done anything good for the country.

It seems to me that the current way of doing business in Washington is GOTCHA politicking, and to hell with what the country actually needs. Old conservative ideologies do not fit with today's diverse social and foreign interests; Democrats spend too much money trying to play catch-up. Somewhere in between is what the majority of us is looking for, imo.

no you didnt Mags....the only reason you posted that Mags, is because you actually believe what was written there.....and please...dont tell me im wrong....because then you become a liar....

I DO believe it. Where did I say I didn't?! I simply said it's old (and out of date). Where are the lies in Joe's scenarios? Can you find any?

in the first quote by you....first 2 sentances led me to believe,what i thought was you just foolin....but then,you kept on chatting......

 

[garyd]

Maggie it doesn't require much of an Imagination. Some friends of mine and I were coming back from Oklahoma Chess Championship some years back and his fricking Volkswagen almost got sucked under the wheels of a semi he was trying to draft to see if he could actually get the thing up to 70mph. I suspect that Old Beetle probably out ways the smart Cars I've seen and looks better into the bargain.

 

[Oddball]

Are Obama, Reid, and Pelosi Liberals?

No.....Not even close.

Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are amongst the most ILliberal politicians this nation has ever witnessed, as determined by the classical definition of the term "liberal".

They are classic examples of the authoritarian autocrat, against whom America's founders rebelled.

 

[MaggieMae]

Maggie it doesn't require much of an Imagination. Some friends of mine and I were coming back from Oklahoma Chess Championship some years back and his fricking Volkswagen almost got sucked under the wheels of a semi he was trying to draft to see if he could actually get the thing up to 70mph. I suspect that Old Beetle probably out ways the smart Cars I've seen and looks better into the bargain.

Since the VW bug was commonly seen on the highways (I had a '65 myself), there have been numerous safety precautions that also must be installed in vehicles. I don't know if the newer version of the Beetle still has the engine in the back or not, but that was always a concern for my parents, not for me (who at that age of course thought I was indestructable). Mine only had 4 cylinders and never got up to 70mph. I drove it from Mississippi to California in 1967 and it could barely climb over the lower ridges of the Rockies and Sierras.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Since the VW bug was commonly seen on the highways (I had a '65 myself), there have been numerous safety precautions that also must be installed in vehicles. I don't know if the newer version of the Beetle still has the engine in the back or not, but that was always a concern for my parents, not for me (who at that age of course thought I was indestructable). Mine only had 4 cylinders and never got up to 70mph. I drove it from Mississippi to California in 1967 and it could barely climb over the lower ridges of the Rockies and Sierras.

hey but it got ya there and back...