Fwd: A Letter From a Granddad

Guess you heard that 68% of the youth vote went to Obama. My granddaughter called this morning to tell me she was one of them. I replied with this e-mail:

Dear Susan,
The election of Obama comes down to this. Your grandmother and I, your mother, and other productive, wage-earning tax payers will have their taxes increased and our savings greatly diminished due to the new administrations economic policiesthat means less income left over. Less income means we will have to cut back on basic purchases, gifts and handouts.
That includes firing the Hispanic lady who cleans our house twice a month. She just lost her job. We can't afford her anymore.
What is the economic effect of Obama's election on you personally? Over the years, your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in food, housing, cash, clothing, gifts, etc. By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. So in the future, if you need assistance with your rent, money for gas, tires for your car, someone to bring you lunch, etc. ... call 202-456-1111 . That's the telephone number for the Office of the President of the United States . I'm sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check from his personal or business accounts, as we have, or leave cash in an envelope taped to his front door for you, as we have.
It's like this. Those who vote for the President of the United States should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, stimulus checks, etc.). What Obama voters don't seem to realize is that the government's money comes from taxes collected from tax paying families. Raising taxes on productive people means they will have less money to spend on their families.
Congratulations on your choice. For future reference, you might attempt to add up all you've received from us, your mom, Mike's parents and others and compare it to what you expect to get over the next four years from Mr. Obama.
To congratulate Mr. Obama and to make sure you're on the list for handouts, write to:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500

Love you Susan, but call the number listed above when you need help.

Granddad

Los Alamitos mayor to resign over [right-wing forward] controversy

Ha! Thanks Dave for sending us this breaking news:

Los Alamitos mayor to resign over controversy

7:34 AM | February 27, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

UPDATED 12:43 p.m.

The mayor of Los Alamitos said he will resign after coming under fire for an e-mail depicting the White House lawn as a watermelon patch, saying the controversy over racism has made it difficult to lead the city.

Mayor Dean Grose issued a statement Thursday saying he is sorry and will step down as mayor at Monday's City Council meeting.

The announcement came less than a week after he sent the e-mail, which had a picture of the White House lawn planted with watermelons and the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."

Fwd: Fw: The Lord works in mysterious ways!!

"That zany right-wing, interventionist God. He's a hoot! -- dave

---------- Forwarded message ----------

>> The Lord works in mysterious ways!!!

>> Please read the whole thing,,, You'll love it

>> I am reminded that "God Works in Mysterious Ways "

>> Tampons (A TRUE STORY)
>> >> Tampons to the rescue in Iraq !! Don't worry, it's a good story, and worth reading. It's even humorous in parts. It's from the mother of a Marine
in Iraq . >> My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them
from the ladies auxiliary were and wanted me to tell everyone thank you.
>> He said that one guy we'll call Marine X, got a female care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son said, 'Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him.' I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine X another package. He told me not
to worry about Marine X because every time I send something to him, he shares it
with Marine X.

>> He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine
X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said,
'What'd we get this time?'

>> But my son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He
said he wasn't sure who it was supposed to go to, but the panties were size 20,
and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the
panties over his head and yelled, 'Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!!'

>> One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in
the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then of
course.......they had those tampons. When he brought this up, my imagination
just went running, but he continued..

>> My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the
Chap-Stick and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from his
care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it he grabbed the tampons
too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about 'not forgetting his feminine
hygiene products.'

>> He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was
ambushed and a Marine was shot.. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was
deep. He said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to
slow down, and someone said, 'Hey! Use Marine X's tampons!' My son said they put
the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told Me, 'Mom, did you
know that tampons expand?' ('Well....yeah!')

>> They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better
medical attention. When they went to check on him later, the surgeon told them,
'You guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have bled
to death .' My Son said, 'Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake
saved a Marine's life.'

>> 0A
>> At this point I asked him, 'Well, what did you do with the rest
of the tampons?'

>> He said, 'Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak
jackets, and I kept two for our first aid kit.'

>> I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines. I can't
believe that something that started out as a mistake then turned into a joke,
ended up saving someone's life. My sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes.
She believes God had a plan all along. She believes that 'female care package'
was sent to Marine X to save our Marine..

>> Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines,
provided much needed items for our troops, AND saved the life of a Marine! God
bless every one of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our
Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and all our military service personnel.

>> GOD BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!

>> I'm not breaking this one. If I get it a 1000 times, I'll forward
it a 1000 times!

>> Let us pray... Prayer chain for our Military... Don't break it!

>> Please send this on after a short prayer. Prayer for our
soldiers. Don't break it!

>> Prayer: 'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them
as they protect us.Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they
perform for us in our time of need. Amen.'

>> Prayer Request: When you receive this, please stop for a moment
and say a prayer for our troops around the world.

>> There is nothing attached. Just send this to people in your
address book. Do not let it stop with you. Of all the gifts you could give a
Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm's way, prayer is the
very best one.

>> GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON

>> This is the day The Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in
it.. GOD Bless..

Fwd: Fw: Let's Go Postal

"This is a 10 "hell-yeah" notion in any bar in Alabama." -dave

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Date: 2009/2/24
Subject: Fw: Let's Go Postal
To:

Let's go POSTAL!!!!

Payback is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES
or front

WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL START WRITING IT ON THE
FRONT OF OUR ENVELOPES, TOO! ----------Including Bills

You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say

'IN GOD WE TRUST ,'
The law,they say, is being violated.

Anyway, we heard proposed on a radio station show, that we should all write

' IN GOD WE TRUST'
on the back of all our mail.

After all, that's our National Motto, and -----
all the money we use to buy stamps.
We think it's a wonderful idea.

We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed.

If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping........
'IN GOD WE TRUST '
on our envelopes sounds good to us ..

SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING A STAMP MADE TOO........
lets use it as our signature on e-mails, too!

It's been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, we have a very hard time understanding why there's such a mess about having '
In God We Trust!'
on our money and having God in the pledge of Allegiance.

Could it be that WE just need to take action and tell the 14% to 'sit down and shut up'?

If you agree, pass this on, if not, delete!!!

BUT REMEMBER IF YOU DELETE THIS,

thats one reason why this world is in the mess we're in now.

WE SIT BACK & LET IT HAPPEN!!

IN GOD WE TRUST

Fwd: Fw: The Silent Majority Need to Speak UP

"We still have a 'silent majority'?" -dave

---------- Forwarded message ----------

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:59 AM

Subject: The Silent Majority Need to Speak UP

Subject: A German's View on Islam. This is by far the best explanation

This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read. His references to past history are accurate and clear. Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read. The author of this email is Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a well known and well respected psychiatrist.

A German's View on Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates.

When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.

I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen.

Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything.

I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.

We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.

It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant.

China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a war mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this and think about it, and send it on before it's too late.

Emanuel Tanay, M.D.
2980 Provincial St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-997-0256

Dr. Emanuel Tanay, MD
Wayne State University
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fwd: Obama's Bill of Rights

The Bill of rights as per Obama:
Obama’s new and improved bill of rights
Amendment I As written
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment I Obama’s version
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion except for Islam; free exercise thereof is limited to Islam. Freedom of speech will be proscribed unless it follows the tenets of Saul Alinsky’s teachings. The right of the people to peaceably assemble is revoked, America now being perfect; there is nothing to complain about. Petitioning the government for redress of grievances is limited to those who are a member of a government recognized minority or Liberal organization.
Amendment II As written
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment II Obama’s Version
A federal controlled civilian police force being necessary to the security of the elites, our betters and the activist community at large, the right of the people to bear arms will be revoked to provide for greater harmony in the perfect America I have given you.
Amendment III As written
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment III Obama’s version
The national police force shall have access to and possession of any private home without the consent of the owner. Activists and community organizers shall have access to and possession of any home they deem to be theirs without title or cost.
Amendment IV As written
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment IV Obama’s version
The right of the people to secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures is hereby repealed. The exceptions to this are: Left wing organizations, La Raza, CAIR and other organizations deemed by the justice depart as no threat to the United States. Being a libertarian, Republican or worker in the private sector is all that is required for probable cause.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment V Obama’s version
Any person can be held to answer for capital, infamous or thought crimes based on the testimony of a single aggrieved person or organization. In time of war, all combat branches will extend to enemy combatants all constitutional rights and privileges. You can and will be charged for the same crime until the verdict as put forth by the aggrieved party is achieved. Due process is hereby restricted to the aggrieved and oppressed within the boundaries of the United States. Private property can be taken for any use as long as it promotes the equalization of society, assuages white guilt or redresses past injustices regardless of time elapsed.
Amendment VI As written
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VI Obama’s version
Only Minorities and enemy combatants will enjoy the right to a speedy and fair trial. Minorities and enemy combatants will be judged by a panel of peers drawn from their racial or religious groups. The exception to the above is those of the Christian faith. Crimes not covered by law shall be construed to mean all disparaging or hurtful remarks to a member or members of a liberal organization The nature and cause of the accusation will be suspended as just being aggrieved will be enough to prosecute. Witnesses and counsel will no longer be needed as the judges have impartiality in all matters legal and civil.
Amendment VII As written
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VII Obama’s version
Trial by jury for common law cases shall be suspended where the plaintiffs are known minorities or enemy combatants. In all other cases wherein the plaintiff is not a member of a minority or enemy combatant, the plaintiff shall be responsible for all court costs and fines thereof regardless of the verdict. In addition,reexamination of facts shall be deemed necessary if the verdict is not in line with public opinion.
Amendment VIII As written
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment VIII Obama’s version
Bail is suspended for minorities, Activist groups and Community Service organizations, but shall be unlimited for bankers, the rich and oppressors of minorities.
Amendment IX As written
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment IX Obama’s version
Rights in the constitution will be dispensed at the discretion of the judiciary except in cases where the opinion rendered does not agree with tracking polls or activist groups.
Amendment X As written
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Amendment X Obama’s Version
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved respectively, or to the Activist groups, Awareness groups or minorities as specified by the president

Fwd: Yup I passed it on

My mom is a moderate Republican who voted for Obama, and she also knows where I stand politically, so I thought she'd know better than to send this to me thinking that I'd find it funny. I did send her an e-mail telling her that the nativist bigotry offended me. It will be interesting to see her response. - Faith

-----Original Message-----

Here's your laugh for the day.

Subject: Yup I passed it on

Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately: illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida .

Not me. I concentrate on solutions for the problems. It's a win-win situation.

+ Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.

+ Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levies.

+ Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.

Any other problems you would like for me to solve today ? Yes!

Think about this one:

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments

C O W S

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this:
You cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal,' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians.....It creates a hostile work environment.

PART OF THE PROBLEM Also, Think about this: If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone-- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

It is Time for America to Speak up!

Yep, I passed it on!

Fwd: Security Measures~~~~

TERRORIST ACTIVITY HAS CAUSED OUR LEADERS TO TAKE MEASURES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR NEW FAIR-HAIRED SECRETARY OF STATE.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, THEY HAVE SUGGESTED THAT HILLARY HAVE A MUSLIM NAME. SO, FROM NOW ON, PLEASE REFER TO HER BY HER NEW MUSLIM NAME:

SELDOM BIN LAYED

Fwd: new phrases...

"Oh, the mouth-breathing right-wing troglodytes are going to have a ball spewing their racist filth for the next eight years..." - Micah

-------begin forward--------

IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

The term "Nigger Rigged" is no longer acceptable

effective immediately.

It will now be referred to as a "Presidential

Solution".

Thank You,

The United States Government

FW: London Daily Mail article

----- Original Message -----

http://www.johntreed.com/DailyMail.html

John T. Reed

London Daily Mail editorial 1/6/2009

Obama's Victory--A British view

A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad

racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any

sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because

they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would

not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for

Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who

has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if

he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building

a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance,

hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.

A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional

community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and

Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to

independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality

rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be

out of step with meager political fashion.

Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and

his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be

balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement.

Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and

Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are

drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer

said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In

other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may

well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate

any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is

better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer

teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if

the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will

dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A

victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the

painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure,

unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for

intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.

Congratulations America !

Fwd: Blago and Rahm Chicago chums forever

Blago and Emanuel on tape--warning-bad language
Rahm Emmanuel & Rod Blogojevich FBI taped conversation

The US Attorney in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald, released a wiretapped conversation between Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's Chief of Staff ) and Illinois Governor Rod Blogojevich and it is a doozey!
FBI File #9536B Wiretap on line 312-XXX-XXXX November 10th, 2008
12:42 PM Eastern Time
Rush transcript:

RAHM EMANUEL: This is Rahm.

ROD BLAGOJEVICH: Hey Rahm, yeah it's Rod.
EMANUEL: Uh-huh. What's going on governor, I'm busy.
BLAGO: Well, it's about that Senate appointment. ..

EMANUEL: We already gave you the list of people we like.

BLAGO: Yeah, I been looking the list over. Interesting names. Good people. How's the transition going?

EMANUEL: It's going fine, governor. Are you calling to fucking tell me anything, or what, cause I--

BLAGO: No no, I'm just wondering if you have all your picks already made. I heard something about Dashle for HHS--

EMANUEL: I'm not gonna discuss ongoing deliberations, gov, you know that.

BLAGO: Hey, come on Rahm, let's not act like I'm a stranger here.
EMANUEL: Did I call you a stranger? If I thought you were a stranger, you think I'd be interrupting my important fucking business to take this fucking phone call?
BLAGO: Hey you don't have to get curt with me, Rahm.

EMANUEL: This isn't me being curt, Gov, this is me being fucking busy. Now what did you call about?
BLAGO: I'm just feeling you out, seeing if Valerie [Jarret] still wants that Senate seat, just wondering what kind of priority that is for the President-Elect.

EMANUEL: Actually, it's not a priority. Valerie's had second thoughts about the job.

BLAGO: What, she doesn't want it anymore?

EMANUEL: She's having second thoughts. You want more details, you ask her.

BLAGO: She won't take my calls.

EMANUEL: Big fucking surprise.

BLAGO: What's that supposed to mean?

EMANUEL: Um, I don't know, what's it supposed to mean governor? A.) You're a fucking crook. B.) You're a fucking asshole. C.) All of the above.

BLAGO: I'm clean Rahm, you know this. You think that fucking Fitzgerald would being twiddling his fucking thumbs if he had shit to go on?

EMANUEL: I gotta go, Gov. You appoint who you want, we really don't give a shit.

BLAGO: What if I appoint Valerie, what if she takes it?

EMANUEL: What do you want me to say? We'd appreciate it, I'm not gonna fucking kiss your ring over it.

BLAGO: "Appreciate it"? Come on, this is a senate seat we're talking about. It's worth a fuck of a lot more than appreciation.

EMANUEL: You asked us for a list, we gave you a fucking list, you want to make your own list then make your own fucking list. [Raising voice] But if you're asking for anything else from me, or Barack, or Valerie, then you can fucking stop talking right now Rod.

BLAGO: Wait a sec there Rahm. Wait just a fucking minute. Who are you to talk to me like that? I fucking made you.

EMANUEL: You made me? You made me? Tell me you're fucking joking.

BLAGO: No no no, you listen to me shit-face. You see this list I got, the names motherfucking Obama fucking wants for the Senate. I just ripped it in two. How you like that? Oops, Harris just dropped it in the shredder. Harris?

HARRIS (muffled): Yes sir?

BLAGO: Did you just drop that list in the shredder?

[Whirring, shredder noise]

HARRIS (muffled): I did.

EMANUEL: Do you have me on fucking speakerphone?

BLAGO: It's in the shredder, Rahm. The list is bye bye.

EMANUEL: Hold on a sec -- you got me on fucking speakerphone? Who the fuck do you think I am?

BLAGO: Who are you Rahm? Who are you? You're shit, you hear me? Don't come back to Chicago Rahm, it's not your town any more.

EMANUEL: Pick up the phone Rod.

BLAGO: I'll put someone in the senate who will fucking fuck you. I might even put myself in there, how you like that Rahm? How you gonna explain that to fucking Barack, every time he's gotta call me up for my fucking vote. He'd have to take my calls then, wouldn't he?

EMANUEL: [Screaming] I said pick up the FUCKING phone!
BLAGO: [Picks up phone, speakerphone off] I got your attention now, didn't I?

EMANUEL: Shut the fuck up and listen to me for one second Rod. And I want you to listen carefully, because this is the last time I'm ever going to talk to you. You are fucking dead to me. You been fucking dead to Barack since '06, now you're dead to me. Know what that means? That means you're dead to my people in Chicago, Daley on down, and all these friends you think you have aren't gonna touch you with a ten foot fucking pole.

BLAGO: Oh now you're the fucking Godfather? Fuck you.

EMANUEL: No fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you.

BLAGO: Fuck you!

EMANUEL: Listen up asshole. The shit's gonna hit the fan, maybe tomorrow, maybe next month, and when Fitz finally brings down the hammer it's gonna be my name that's going through your head. You won't know the hows or the fucking whys, but it's gonna have my fucking fingerprints all over it. Have a great life fatso.

BLAGO: Hey fuck--

EMANUEL: [Click.]

End of conversation

End transcript.

Fw: This one is a KEEPER ! ! ! !

It's Garfield. Telling us to drill for oil in Pennsylvania. Hmm...
So this reminded me of a book I just finished called The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by my favorite critic of suburban architecture, James Howard Kunstler. In this fascinatingly disturbing end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it reference, he described an imminent, drastically larger oil crisis requiring much grander actions than our pal Garfield here wants us to believe. (You might enjoy his detailed description of the bible-belt post oil.) -m

-----begin forward------

Garfield on the oil crisis

A lot of folks can't understand how we came
to have an oil shortage here in our country.
~~~
Well, there's a very simple answer.
~~~
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
~~~
We just didn't know we were getting low.
~~~
The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in
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ALASKA
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California
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Coastal Florida
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Coastal Louisiana
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
and
Texas
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Our
DIPSTICKS
are located in
Washington , DC!!!

Any Questions???
NO? Didn't think So.

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