Sue...discussion is good. I loved your words!
Peace.......Sharon...
Suze Cameron wrote:
>
> O.k., now I am really going to fan the
> flames (Sue, always telling herself to
> stay out of the political arena, now jumping in headfirst).
>
> Rules for being a good Republican:
>
> 1.You have to believe that the nation's past 8 year prosperity was due to the
> work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but that yesterday's gas prices are
> all Bill Clinton's fault.
>
> 2.You have to despise government programs, but expect Social Security checks
> on time.
>
> 3.You have to believe that government should stay out of peoples' lives, yet
> you want government to regulate same-sex marriages, ending or not ending
> pregnancies, and what official language should be spoken by US citizens.
>
> 4.You have to believe that pollution is okay, so long as it makes a profit.
> It is even better if it's in another state.
>
> 5.You have to sponsor prayer in public schools, as long as you don't pray to
> Allah or Buddha.
>
> 6.You have to believe that only your own teenagers are still virgins.
>
> 7.You have to believe that a woman cannot be trusted with decisions about her
> own body, but that large, multinational corporations should have absolutely
> no regulations or interference.
>
> 8.You love Jesus and Jesus loves you and you're certain that Jesus shares
> your hatred of AIDS victims, homosexuals, labor unions and Hillary Clinton.
>
> 9.You have to believe that society is colorblind and growing up black in
> America doesn't diminish your opportunities-but you still wouldn't ever vote for
>Allan Keyes.
>
> 10.You have to believe that it was wise to allow Ken Starr to spend $50
> million to attack Clinton because no other US Presidents have ever been
> unfaithful to their wives.
>
> 11.You have to declare that a waiting period for purchasing a handgun is bad
> because quick access to a new firearm is an important concern for all
> Americans-even children and felons.
>
> 12.You have to believe it is wise to keep condoms out of schools because, of
> course, if teenagers don't have condoms they won't have sex.
>
> 13.You have to believe that the ACLU is bad for defending the Constitution,
> while the NRA is good for defending the Constitution.
>
> 14.You have to believe the AIDS virus is not important enough to deserve
> federal funding proportionate to the resulting death rate and that the public
> doesn't need to be educated about it, because if we just ignore it, it will
> go away.
>
> 15.You have to believe that biology teachers are corrupting the morals of 6th
> graders if they teach them the basics of human sexuality, but the Bible,
> which is full of sex and violence, is good reading at any age.
>
> 16.You have to believe that Chinese communist missiles have killed more
> Americans than drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
>
> 17.You have to believe that, even though governments have supported the arts
> for 5,000 years and that most of the great works of Renaissance art were paid
> for by governments, our government should shun any such support. After all,
> the rich can afford to buy their own and the poor don't need any.
>
> 18.You have to believe that the lumber from the last one percent of old
> growth US forests is well worth the destruction of those forests and the
> extinction of the several species of plants and animals therein.
>
> 19.You have to believe that we should forgive and pray for Newt Gingrich,
> Henry Hyde, and Bob Livingston for their marital infidelities, but that the
> bastard Bill Clinton should never be forgiven.
>
> 20.You have to believe that George W. Bush REALLY won the election of
> November 2000.
>
> And let us not forget to bow in proper obeisance to His Royal Dubyaness,
> never forgetting his record in Texas:
>
> 1st Children without Health insurance (%)
> 1st Toxic Air Releases.
> 1st Smog Days (Houston)
> 3rd Hunger (%)
> 5th Highest Teen Birth Rate
> 45th Mothers Receiving Pre-Natal Care
> 46th Public Libraries and Branches
> 46th High School Completion Rate
> 46th Water Resources Protection
> 47th Delivery of Social Services
> 48th Per Capita Funding for Public Health
> 48th Best Place to Raise Children
> 48th Spending for Parks and recreation
> 48th Spending for the Arts
> 49th Spending for the Environment
> 50th Teachers' Salaries plus Benefits
>
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