Re: Off-Topic: Taking Issue

Hi Judy,

This is my second post in about 3 years, I think. But I gotta tell
you--I just loved this. I even read it out loud. We all enjoyed it.
I especially love this part: "The latest polls show that Cheney has
only a 28% "approval" rate, possibly the lowest in history, except for
the Boston strangler." But this is great. Speaking of t-shirts, I
gave my sister one for Christmas, and it's her favorite. She wears it
a lot. It says, "Who needs brains with boobs like these?" And just
below, it has a picture of Cheney and Bush on it, on the front.
Anyway, thanks!
> Dear Dave in Wyoming,
>
> I admit I've been kind of busy lately and haven't given the list the
> attention it deserves, but if you were appointed list censor, or giver
> of permissions, arbiter of proper discourse and/or defender of
> Republicans with particular attention to Dick Cheney, I missed it.
>
> Of course you live in Wyoming, a very special state, and I gather from
> internal evidence that your information is limited. So, from the
> kindness of my heart I take this opportunity to share some
> information, which might save you shock in the future:
>
> Dick Cheney is possibly the most hated man in America today. He is
> generally considered the deus ex machina, or source of some of
> America's worst woes. More hated even than the Bush-haters hate Bush,
> who some folks still regard as "a nice guy," even while deploring his
> effects on the country and the world.
>
> I may have mentioned that I'm working on a book of political T-shirts,
> or maybe not -- it's a non-partisan project, showing the shirts I
> found during the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION in NYC, 2004.... The
> text describes my extraordinary efforts to find and photograph
> Republican shirts, of which, even during the convention very few could
> be found. (The chapter is titled "Desperately Seeking Republican
> T-shirts.") But of the Democratic shirts I found and photographed (on
> their people) I'd say approximately 30% castigated Cheney (and that
> was BEFORE he shot his buddy)... For instance, "Meet the F***ers,"
> "Asses of Evil," and "Bush/Cheney for 2004" showing the pair in
> manacles and prison garb, the "No-CARB Diet," (that's No Cheney, No
> Ashcroft, No Rumsfeld, and No Bush, with usually a PS: And ABSOLUTELY
> NO RICE.)
>
> Etc. Etc. Etc. In other words, this is a common form of communication
> today, both public and private, although possibly rare in cactus
> country. But for your own good, you should try to take the opportunity
> to learn, to broaden your perspective, and cultivate tolerance for
> other points of view. (The latest polls show that Cheney has only a
> 28% "approval" rate, possibly the lowest in history, except for the
> Boston strangler.) And, sensitive as you are, you could suffer serious
> shock if you leave Wyoming. Dan does you a favor, a familiar,
> respected, friendly, professional colleague starting the
> desensitization process...
>
> You of course have the right to your opinion. It is (or used to be) a
> "free country." But you do not, as far as I know, have the authority
> to make the list, the country, the world, or even your immediate
> neighbors watch every word they say for fear of your wrath.
>
> MOST IMPORTANT, it seems fairly obvious that YOUR out-of-proportion
> fury, YOUR imperious attack on Dan, was far worse than his rather
> jocular comment -- aimed at no one in particular. It seems to me that
> you're very tightly wound and the least little breeze pulls the trigge
> -- OK, that's a mixed metaphor but I'm late & don't think of another.
> Anyway, perhaps you could get som help in anger management.
>
> I remember your furious attack on Susan Huber for her casual aside
> about "capitalism" -- not to mention your hysterical attack on me when
> I reported from nearly ground zero after 9/11 that oil money
> ultimately financed Al Quaida. (Of course if you've been in a burrow
> in Wyoming since then, you may retain those feelings, but you're now
> in a minority of possibly 2, as the realities are a matter of record.)
>
> In other words, you might consider broadening your horizons, and
> learning a bit more about the world. You could, for instance,
> subscribe to a more balanced news source than you seem to be
> getting.... or if your anger at contrary opinion is too precious to
> give up.... don't savage the list with it.
>
> Control begins with the self.
>
> fondly,
>
> Judy
>
> PS. Sainted Husband informs me that today, this very day, he heard on
> the news that President Bush announced that we have to conserve oil.
> What next !!!???
>
Received on Tue Apr 25 20:34:56 2006