From my friend Mark:
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water for his
morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging,
commie liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
With his first swallow of coffee, Joe takes his daily medications.
His medications are safe to take because some evil, lefty bomb-throwers
fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.
All but $10 of Joe’s medications are paid for by his employer’s
medical plan because some fire-breathing, lazy-ass union workers fought
their employers for paid medical insurance — now Joe gets it, too. Never
would turn it down.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe’s bacon is
safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate
the meat packing industry.
In his morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is
properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total
contents because some cry-baby 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 healthy because some wacko, trouble-making, militant
environmentalist fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our
air.
Then Joe walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized
ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and
transportation fees because some fancy-pants, limp-wristed, freethinkng
asshole 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 because some
fire-breathing, Viet Cong-loving union members fought and died for these
working standards.
Joe’s employer pays these high standards because Joe’s employer
doesn’t want his employees to call the union in. So Joe benefits from
what others have gained.
If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he’ll get a workers
compensation or unemployment check because some stupid, pinko
troublemakers didn’t think Joe should lose his home because of a
temporary misfortune.
At noontime Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some
bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some
godless, liberal red wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous
bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. He
can thank that Stalinist Franklin D. Roosevelt for that.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his
below-market federal student loan because some elitist, pointy-headed
liberal decided that Joe and society as a whole would be better off if
he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. That’s okay,
but the bastards tricked him because he has to pay taxes. Romney will
fix that, he tells himself.
Joe gets 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. His car
is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal
fought for car safety standards.
He arrives at his boyhood home. His 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 electricity until
some big-government, New Deal, Stalinist liberal stuck his nose where
it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification.
Joe is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives
on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking,
cheese-eating Marxist made sure he could take care of himself so Joe
wouldn’t have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk
show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and
conservatives are good. He doesn’t mention that over the decades the
beloved Republicans have fought to defeat every protection and benefit
Joe enjoys throughout his day.
Joe agrees with the talk-radio loudmouth: We don’t need those
big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I’m a self-made
man and a good Republican and I believe all Americans should take care
of themselves, just like I have!
Monday, November 05, 2012
--------------------- From Timeline of Kings Queens from Charlemagne to Elizabeth II by Gordon Kerr --------------------------
1767 Montenegro: Scepan Mali claims to be Russian Tsar Peter III (recently murdered by Catherine II of Russia). He takes the throne as an absolute ruler, but is actually a farmer from Dalmatia.
So the fact checking wasn't any better then than it is now.
1801 Russia: Tsar Paul I is assassinated by being strangles and trampled to death by a group of disgruntled army officers.
If they were happy with the Tsar would they have been described as "gruntled"?
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Friant documented his life fairly frequently during his career, often depicting himself painting in his studio but also in standard portrait formats like the one above of the artist at age 32.
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Election Day is tomorrow. Finally the endless barrage of campaign ads, predominantly filled with everything to out-of-context quotes to outright fabrication and lies, will end. Here is something to think about when the subject turns to those awful liberals we keep hearing about from the Republican Party. Thanks to of the Blog Voenix Rising.
A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
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The "Day in the Life" is well done!
I love the artwork!
If Dimwit Trump had been around in 1767, do you suppose he would have made sure they got the long-from birth certificate of that farmer?
I love the artwork!
If Dimwit Trump had been around in 1767, do you suppose he would have made sure they got the long-from birth certificate of that farmer?
The "Day in the Life" piece is so awesome. Thanks for posting this. It was a joy to read it, and of course, it's totally true. Totally true. Totally awesome.
Dear Will,
I have just popped in to look at your blog. I like it!
The art of Emile Friant is wonderful. Thank you for reminding me of this talented man. I have seen his painting of 'Shadows' at the Musée d'Orsay: It really does look like a photograph. When you first see it you just can't stop staring at it!
Bye for now
Kirk
I have just popped in to look at your blog. I like it!
The art of Emile Friant is wonderful. Thank you for reminding me of this talented man. I have seen his painting of 'Shadows' at the Musée d'Orsay: It really does look like a photograph. When you first see it you just can't stop staring at it!
Bye for now
Kirk
Thank you Will, I shall indeed stop by often. In fact I am going to put your blog address on my link thingy so I can find it easily and see when you put up a new post!
Kirk
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