Joe Republican...Some food for thought.
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Liberals are evil. We need to be "eliminated" according to Sean Hannity. We "are all traitors and should be treated as such" according to Ann Coulter. We should be "finished off once and for all" according to Rush Limbaugh. Yes folks, we liberals are the root of all things evil and unamerican. With that in mind, here is a little food for thought for the average middle class republican. I don't remember what site I got this from but the author is attributed. Read on and enjoy.
Joe Republican
Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
by John Gray
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 lose 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".
Mr. Gray forgot to mention that Joe's kids have the opportunity for a free education because some lousy liberal thought it was a good idea to create a public school system so everyone regardless of race, creed, color, or social status, could receive an education.
Joe's kids might end up at Ohio State University, Florida State University, The University of Michigan or North Carolina, Cal Berkeley,UCLA, Texas, Penn State University, etc... Joe will be really proud of his kids. Not to mention he won't have to pay an arm and a leg to send them to college. Nope Joe's kids are going to a reasonably priced state college because some liberal wanted to make sure that all Americans would have access to secondary education.
Here's a suggestion for liberal haters. Since we are of such little value to "your" country, why don't you put your money where your mouth is and boycott ALL things liberal? It's easy to have a fit and burn Dixie Chicks CDs or froth at the mouth over Michael Moore. It's easy to boycott products and TV shows etc... But if you really want to make your point, why not go all the way?
Why not boycott EVERYTHING that has liberal overtones. You can start by pulling your kids out of public schools. Quit your union. When you get hurt at work simply refuse the workers compensation. When you get laid off temporarily (which happens a lot at factories) why not go out and get a job instead of collecting unemployment for a week or two? Why not tell the government to shove it and pay your parents social security yourself? Better yet, since you hate taxes so much why not boycott everything that is paid for with your tax dollars?
Supposedly you conservatives are so full or integrity and moral superiority. Why not show us liberals once and for all that you are dead serious about this and boycott everything that is paid for with tax dollars? I can tell you why not. Because you wouldn't know where to begin let alone where to stop.
Submitted by infrared41
at 10:18 AM EST