Subj: My Fourth of July speech
Date: 7/4/2006 5:14:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: (cut)
To: (cut)
Dear (cut),
I know I'm not supposed to respond to forwarded e-mails, I've learned my lesson about free speech. The first sentence about discussing important issues is not true these days - you get funny looks if you care about serious things enough to do more than shake your head and spout a platitude.
Better stick with sports, health, or gardening conversations if you want friends.
Most of this fwd message is humorous, I usually like Maxine.
But yesterday I read a comment in the Flint Journal that protesters should wrap themselves in the flag to burn it.
It made me physically sick. (A lot of stuff seems to do that to me lately.)
Then I read the same comment in this humorous e-mail you forwarded to me.
We need to stop this hate speech in America.
I'm sorry if this reply bored or offended anyone. Most people will read your message and agree with it. My conscience just could not let it pass, however, so I had to send it for my own sake.
I guess I am a protester.
That's still allowed, isn't it, though it won't earn any brownie points.
I'll send you something soon. I have to look it up, my filing system is a mess. But today I'm going to try to enjoy the rest of the Fourth of July with my family.
(Lucky)
In a message dated 7/1/2006 2:56:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, (cut)@comcast.net writes:
Subj: FW: Madam President
Date: 7/1/2006 2:56:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: (cut)@comcast.net
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I Vote Yes
Great minds talk about ideas... Average minds talk about events... Small minds talk about people.. think about it.
Here we are already discussing the future President of the United States in the Year 2008.
Well, I have my own candidate and I'm sure that once you know who I'm voting for, you will also agree.
For those of you who would like another choice for President, I have the best solution:
It is probably time we have a woman as President. My choice, and I hope yours as well, is a very special lady who has all the answers to our problems.
PLEASE give it a thought when you have a moment....
MAXINE FOR PRESIDENT!!!
Very eloquently put............don't you think?
Maxine on "Driver Safety" "I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making gestures.".......
Maxine on "Housework" "I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible."
Maxine on "Lawn Care" "The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless."
Maxine on "The Perfect Man" "All I'm looking for is a guy who'll do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want, and then go away. Or wait nearby, like a Dust Buster, charged up and ready when needed."
Maxine on "Technology Revolution" "My idea of rebooting is kicking somebody in the butt twice."
Maxine on "Aging" "Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a Margarita."
"I'm telling you ... she's the perfect candidate."
The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals .
The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
To err is human, to forgive - highly unlikely.
Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have millions of old ladies running around with tattoos and pierced navels? (Now that's scary!)
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a Kia.
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching somewhere...you may be dead.
If you don't forward this to ten of your friends within the next five minutes, nothing will happen...but you will rob them of some great laughter!
So don't forget, November 2008: VOTE FOR MAXINE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
There's no one better for the job.
MAXINE HAS MY VOTE!...
(cut)Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics Shop on line at www.marykay.com/(cut) "In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path". Proverbs 3:6
1 comment:
You might find this relevant to your discussion. I can't remember where I copied it:
"If a person fights and dies for a flag they missed the point. They were idol worshipers. They should have been fighting for the ideal the flag represents. Wrap yourself in the flag and you have nothing, wrap yourself in the ideal of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and you have values worth fighting for and ideals that will provide you liberty, justice, and freedom.
"U.S. Marines are fighting for democracy - which is a political concept. It is one that DOES allow our people to question authority.
"A burnt flag is not even a Boston Tea Party. At worst, it's a civil, individual political statement. Our flag is a symbol of democracy, but don't confuse the two nouns. The flag is only the symbol. Democracy is what soldiers fight for."
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