Re: Off-Topic: Taking Issue

Oh wow. That's not good, is it? Thanks for the correction, Sandy.
On Apr 25, 2006, at 10:52 PM, Sandy King wrote:

>
> 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 21:12:25 2006