PhattyMo wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:19:41 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:

What is "Red.jpg", a railway snow-plow?

...Jim Thompson




A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
(written by John Gray)

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his
morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging
liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first
swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are
safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their
safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications
are paid for by his employer's 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. Joe's bacon
is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to
regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches
for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and
its amount in the total contents because some crybaby 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 environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws
to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks on the
government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in
parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants 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, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and
vacation because some lazy 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 stupid liberal didn't think he should
lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some
bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some
godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers
who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to
pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal
student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the
government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money
over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his
federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

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. His car is
among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought
for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads. He
arrives at his boyhood home. His 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 electricity until some
big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and
demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is
now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension
because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could
take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk
show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and
conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the 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."

All of the above undone in last 8 years by Republicans de-regulation of
everything. Now Joe R. can look forward to no social security, a
depleted 401K and enjoy the Melamine in his Chinese bacon.

--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P