More Entertainment from Those Delightful "Conservatives," Whom Think "Rush is Right"

Below was my response to the more obnoxious forward from "conservative" email forward-land. Mine is up top here, below this was what I received.

The other day, I received among the most special emails. It was sweet, in that it reminded me of one of the young kids I work with, when I volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club. The email is below, please have a look.

What I recalled from the discussion with the seven-year-old was her being upset that her mother's new boyfriend got rid of the Corvette that Mom and her old boyfriend had been driving around, taking to nicer dinners. The litttle one claimed that all she hears this new boyfriend talk about was "bankruptcy," "credit," and "thinking about the bigger picture." That made her mad, because he made Mom return the Corvette, and they don't go to nice dinners any more. It sure didn't seem like the right kind of boyfriend for Mom. The other guy was much nicer, and he spoiled her mom, calling her "baby."

Of course, asking more about the old boyfriend, I heard he had to leave town, because of this scary monster "Chapter 11". Mom's new boyfriend is not as much fun, but Mom told this girl that everything was going to be alright. The new boyfriend just wants to fix things, things that can be fixed before they get too bad. Mom said, "he wants to deal with things long-term, not 'tactically'." She then asked me what "tactically" means, and I explained its definition versus "strategic."

I helped by explaining that, yes, things are nice, but if you buy them on credit, you have to pay them back. If someone borrows too much money, they begin to be a bigger risk. Especially, if they don't make enough money, but spend, spend, and spend.

As I am sure you have now picked up, the below email is talking about our country living on Credit Cards, and that finally catching up with us. Of course, the challenge is that it attempts rather daftly to place blame on those that cannot sign bills into law. Rather the challenge is that, someone doesn't always get to look good whilst fixing something. No, they have to work while folks are frustrated, taking their needed medicine.

For instance, were it not for Democrats taking congress from the likes of Tom DeLay, et al, would we have heard of the horrible conditions at Walter Reed?

We now see this GI Bill being debated. Watching components of veterans' congressional testimony is equally disappointing. I don't know that one can take seriously these email forwards that pull tiny facts out of context, without keeping things in perspective. Of course, we see these all too often.




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This email comes in three parts:
Part 1
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!

Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.

Part 2:
Taxes... Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.

PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Re