"Joe gets up at 6:00 am 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 they are safe 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.
Joe 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,
medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation days 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 loose his home because of his
temporary misfortune.
It's noon time, Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay
some bills. Joe's deposits are 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.
Joe 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).
Joe 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.
Joe 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".
by John Gray, Cincinnati, Ohio - JGray7@cinci.rr.com
A TvNewsLies Reader contribution - Published July - 2004
"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest,
educate our children and, now, die, I think the Republicans have
done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives."
{ author unknown }
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"As a Republican, I simply won't
listen to bad news anymore. Bad news doesn't get me
or my family
anywhere. If you don't have anything good to say
about somebody, don't say anything at all --
unless it happens to be about a Democrat, of course.
"
These Gems were gleaned by
Mark Schwebke: Computer Specialist at PCC Print Center
mschwebk@pcc.edu
