Re: Off-Topic: Taking Issue

Diana,

Just a minor correction to Judy's post. Dick Cheney's job approval
rating as of 4.24.06 was 18%, not 28%.

Sandy

>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 20:53:11 2006