What did you do to piss off the right today?

[Bouncy Ball]

I attended a UU (Universal Unitarian) church for the first time. It's a very liberal church and the members included agnostics, Buddhists, pagans, Jews, Catholics, atheists, homosexuals, and people of all different races. The word "liberal" was said more times than I could count. I think I've finally found a new church.

I was at one of those gas stations with a TV inside tuned to FUX news. A guy was standing there watching it and looked disgruntled when they showed Dean and he said "Huh. Dean." I stood there looking with him and said "Ya know, to be honest, he worries me. I mean, have you heard his speeches?" He turned to me and said "Noooo" and I said "Well, he's not afraid to say things other Democrats won't say and that is NOT a good thing for us." I shot a worried look and now he looked worried, too. I walked away to buy my diet Coke. Fortunately I drove off before he could see my bumper stickers which would have blown my cover (I was talking like I was a republican).

Then I FINALLY noticed a lot of reaction today to my "BUSH LIES, PEOPLE DIE" bumper sticker. Lot of shaking heads, angry looks and muttering.

I love it. Hey if their beloved little FUX propaganda won't tell them the truth, I will.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. I posted a list

of shrub's proposed budget cuts on a freeper dominated board and the freepers are falling all over themselves arguing about them. hee hee They reap what they sow.

The other day, I posted the pix I found here on DU of suggested new hairstyles for condi. The freeps went nuts and blasted me for being disrespectful, etc. Then finally one of them used that magic word petty and I came back with 'oh you mean just as petty as your criticism of Kerry's haircut last summer?' They have made no comments since then. hee hee hee

[XanaDUer]

2. Curious:

Which cuts bothered them the most?

(I love freepers eating their own)

EDIT: I meant federal spending cuts, not hair cuts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. That is what is funny

they aren't arguing about specific cuts, but about his 'liberal Democrat' spending. Two of them have suggested he totally abolish the Depts of Education and Interior but the rest are all pissed off about him being labeled a librul.

[XanaDUer]

27. God, they are weird.

Little do most of these assholes realize the bennies they receive from a lot of the "welfare state."

I hope the cuts really screw them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. One of the freepers I used to argue with

is disabled and going to college on grants for low income folks. He has three kids, all on medicaid. And he preaches against govt handouts! He says his situation is different because he worked when he could (he was injured in a car accident which caused his disabilities) and he is just drawing what he paid in. So I asked him if he was going to start sending his SSI check back once he reached the max of what he had donated. He didn't answer. :)

[XanaDUer]

64. Well SSI is an insurance program

The medicaid is a part of welfare, though.

It just galls me how arrogant they are about other people who may be having their own troubles!

Good one about the max payount amount, tho.

[proud2BlibKansan]

78. Don't forget the grants

putting him through college. And he's going to a fundie southern baptist university that charges an outrageous amount for tuition.

[No Exit]

91. Typical!!! AAARRGGH! Just typical!

I used to be on that site a fair bit. (Before I woke up and realized that Bush is not only worth supporting, but should be jailed immediately.) You wouldn't believe how many of those "freepers" are collecting some sort of "government benefit"! Oh, and I'm sure we'll see them cheering on Bush's plan to limit access to the courts (Bush calls it "tort reform"), yet those people are constantly calling for someone to "sue" someone.

They're a real bunch of hypocrites.

Also, in the real world, I know a woman who has been getting SSI for about 25 years. She literally lives on it--on that, food stamps, and a small monthly amount from her sister (which is, of course, under the radar). She voted for Bush and aggressively supports him every time the subject of politics comes up. Of course I told her I hoped she wouldn't mind when her SSI check got reduced. Heh.

[leesa]

75. They are completely oblivious...always the first ones at the trough.

They are manly men who bring home the bacon without anyone's help...right.

[bmovies]

61. Could you give me the list?

I could use it in a debate against some freepers

[BOSSHOG]

3. The neighbors know I'm still alive and that pisses them off

especially the ones who never served in the military and who get my hot boot up their ass about them being chickenhawks and putting support our troops magnets on their cars "which mean not a goddammed thing to our troops" (I served 24 years). It veritably makes their tentacles glow.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. That's a beautiful thing!

I wish I was your neighbor for the sheer entertainment value of watching those chickenhawks heads blow up! :evilgrin:

[Bouncy Ball]

9. My neighbors on both sides are repukes, so believe me

I would welcome you! LOL!

[lildreamer316]

70. Personally..

...I want to watch their tentacles glow. Love that line!

[Bouncy Ball]

6. You just reminded me, I want to make another bumper sticker

that reads "DRAFT REPUBLICANS." That should go over real well here in Texas! ROFL!

[theorist]

8. "Draft Young Republicans" is even better.

I forgot who has that in the sig line....

[Bouncy Ball]

11. I thought about that, but I don't want the ones over 25 to think they

are off the hook!

[theorist]

13. Good Thinking.

I don't have any bumperstickers on my car, but I've got a "Yee-Hah is not a foreign policy" one that I'm still thinking of putting up.

[bperci108]

37. How about this one...

Identical in format to the standard equipment Bush-Cheney '04 bumpersticker on every Escalade and Mountaineer in BushWorld:


http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ne-25_pv-lies~lies.13546943_p-44_N-3949+1332_bt-2

It's one of my favorites. No profanity to offend their tender sensibilities, but direct and to the point.

IOW, good old-fashioned AgitProp.

[Bouncy Ball]

40. Ooooo I like that.

The ONLY problem I have with it is I'm afraid people will look really quickly at it, look away and assume it said bush cheney or something???

[bperci108]

89. There's always this one...

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ne-25_pv-shadowculture.13419413_p-21_N-3949+1332_bt-2

Or:

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ne-25_pv-fugw.12590873_p-31_N-3949+1332_bt-2

And possibly my favorite, virtually GUARANTEED to get you the one-finger salute from the Wingnuts:

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ne-1160_pv-HerrBush04.13266480_p-11_N-3949+1217_bt-2


I just love Cafe Press..... :)

[Ladyhawk]

84. How about "Draft ALL Republicans"? n/t

[No Exit]

92. Perfect!!!

[Mad_Dem_X]

94. I just got a shirt that says that. :)

[theorist]

7. They surely hate it when a soldier doesn't fit their own mold.

If only for a brief second, they question their own world view. Then they see chimpy and they feel better about themselves. Chickenhawks stick together, right?

[Career Prole]

16. That's what I'd say too

In my neighborhood in rural Texas my greeting the new day with my vital signs intact is a pure vexation to them.

[applegrove]

10. I thought I'd visit with some freepers. I was so disgusted i blow up

all over them about 5 times. I pointed out their bullcrap. (I just joined and since I test as a "realist" when I take political polls - I figured it was not too much of a stretch to accept the label of a "conservative" for a visit). I know freepers are freepers but went in with an open heart. And last night they were talking about some conspiracy where Russian had said somewhere that they needed a secret stealth communist to infiltrate the Democrats and implied that Clinton was that person. They also were all over the Congo rape thing. I reminded them that it was the USA that killed the first elected leader of the place 40 years ago and that the fact that war was still going on was a direct result of that. I also reminded them of the child, teen, sex industry that grows up around American bases the world over (especially in impoverished countries). And how the whole issue of sexual sadists being attracted to the military needed to be looked into.

One moderator even had the gaul to ask why on earth I could be so upset!. And I reminded them that their views were also bought and paid for by tax breaks, ridiculous CEO remunerations & al. And that all their bullshit and their dirty tricks and hate were making it into my country so I had a right.

Needless to say my posts are all erased by morning. Too much good information - and not enough circle jerking on my part. Adolescants they are for sure.

[paineinthearse]

55. Darn, you didn't ask how many troops Canada sent to Viet Nam?

a la Ann Coulter?

[Blue Gardener]

12. Nothing yet that I know of.

But I'll try to do better. I guess I never know how many disapprove of my bumper stickers or upside-down flags on my car.
Pissing off the wingnuts is my favorite hobby.

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Oh well that alone probably does plenty of pissing off,

don't worry. Depending on where you live.

I saw a girl at the mall the other day, she couldn't have been more than 17 and she had a shirt with bush's face on it and it said "Can you BELIEVE this shit?"

I laughed my ass off, told her I loved it. She had a jacket half-zipped up over it and she unzipped it after that. I told her "you have no idea how many people who see that secretly love it and how many people see that who NEED to see it."

That was a couple of weeks ago.

[Upfront]

15. Wrote Letter To The Editor

Lakeland ledger Sunday

[Bouncy Ball]

17. YAY!!! Good one!

[TwentyFive]

18. The guy works the counter at a gas station - and he's a republican?!

Howard Dean is the one guy who could help him - and that worries him?

I'll bet this guy relies on the minimum wage law the GOP wants to cut...has no healthcare....sees his taxes go up (via higher sales taxes, etc.)....and probably sees a trip to Iraq as his biggest opportunity.

He is proof that we are not getting our message out...yet!

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Eh. I don't think he's quite so dismissive of Dean anymore.

I mean, I don't think I made him a Dean-lover or anything, but the few really honest republicans I know have told me that they do admire Dean and feel that he is very sincere. And they respect that.

Believe it or not. But the guy? I don't know his deal. I just know he sort of snorted when they showed Dean. He's just feeling what FUX tells him to feel, LOL. Well, not LOL. Not so funny to be so brainwashed.

[Mend]

19. I sang, "We Shall Overcome"

on the grocery line. I can't sing but that never stops me.

[Bouncy Ball]

21. Oh my, that's hilarious!

LOL! I'll have to remember that.

[CrispyQ]

20. I found this bumper sticker today & ordered it.

It's going on my truck & I'm going to print some little cards with abortion stats showing that abortion was down during Clinton's presidency & up during the Dim-son's.

[Bouncy Ball]

22. Ooooooo

now THAT is good. And the cards? Great idea.

What kind of stats will be on them?

[CrispyQ]

25. I'm still searching, but have found these sites that have helpful info.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764203.html

http://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/bioethics/facts/a0027730.cfm

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_050121abort.shtml

I have a slow week at work coming up so I hope to have the cards completed by the time the sticker arrives. Something postcard size was my thought.

[MountainLaurel]

47. Where'd you get it?

If you don't mind my asking: My "If we kill the innocent, we become the enemy" sticker is looking a little ragged these days.

[CrispyQ]

66. Here you go:

http://www.cafepress.com/rmcg_artware/107041

[WolverineDG]

24. in addition to my bumperstickers

which include "i'm far too informed to vote republican," i've added this to my sig line on my emails:

Bush lied, people died. Almost 1500 Americans & over 100,000 Iraqis, mostly women & children. So, how many lives per gallon is it worth to YOU?

can't wait to see heads explode over that one, especially the person who got their panties in a bunch over the relatively tame "how many wars will it take 'til we know that too many people have died?"

dg

[Bouncy Ball]

29. RAH! That's great!

I don't even do emails anymore, so that wouldn't do for me.

Had to block too many who were still sending obnoxious "OH MY GOD WHY HAVEN'T WE KILLED JANE FONDA YET?" emails. Fuckers.

[cags]

33. Oh My God! I have to have that one. Where did you get it?

The I'm far too informed to vote Republican one

[WolverineDG]

59. 2 unemployed democrats

:)

yup, they're still around, but have updated their website.

dg

[WilliamPitt]

26. Today?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021305A.shtml

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/2/13/135330/338

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/2/13/124722/235

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/2/13/121354/721

And late last night:

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/2/12/221633/879

[Bouncy Ball]

28. Keep up the good work and

get some sleep sometime, ya hear?

;-)

That speaking truth to power thing is so heady.

[Bouncy Ball]

31. Well, ok dammit

thanks for making me cry with that first link.

[Blue Gardener]

35. Now we know why you turned out so well

Your mother sounds like a wonderful person, and she raised a fine son.

[bperci108]

42. I can't believe....

...What a wonderful, moving, well-written piece that first one was.

I am honored to make your acquaintance, sir.

Please keep up the good work. The best antidote for the greedy narcissism of the Right is such thoughts shared with society.

Thank you.

[ultraist]

49. Welcome bperci108 !

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

77. Great articles

The first one made me cry. It was so sweet!!! If anybody is against keeping SS they should read that! I also like what Mr. Reid talked about SS when he was on "Meet the Press" in December. All you have to do is go to the msnbc.com site and in their search engine type Harry Reid on Meet the Press December 7th and you'll find it. :)

[cags]

30. Breathe

LOL

[Bouncy Ball]

32. Oh yeah, I forgot that.

LOL

[fasttense]

34. I went to church with all my liberal bumper stickers.

I have a Kerry, a "Who would Jesus bomb?" and a "Not my president" bumper sticker. All but four of the congregation (out of 25, it's a very small Lutheran church) are Repukes. They give me dirty looks but they tolerate me. I put in 20 years in the military and try as they might they can't figure me out. (I'm not unpatriotic, gay, or an atheist so I can't be a liberal.) Every time any one of them say anything Repuke like, I fire right back at them. I don't let them get away with their lazy logic. When they try to quote the bible to me, I can quote right back at them (you would be surprised how little they really know about the bible). They usually just walk away shaking their heads.

[Bouncy Ball]

38. You just ROCK.

That is awesome. They never could figure out my patriotic, spiritual, veteran husband (who is a big liberal), either. So they generally just gave him a wide berth when we went to traditional churches, LOL!

[DARE to HOPE]

44. Hang in there, fasttense...

:-)

I taught the next generation of Lutheran kids about Jesus healing people of all kinds, with loving words and gentle touch. Directed the choir which sang "Grant us more of your compassion where a neighbor cries in need." Played the worship service where my husband preached on the lessons for Lent I about the temptations Jesus faced in the desert (as we all do) to be something other than He was called to be--tempted by the ease and evil of the devil's taunts, destroying His (and our) identity (as Christ-centered people of God.) Shared the empowering Eucharist giving strength and love for the coming week.

Coffeehour was spent counseling hope, humor and activism to a blue collar congregation pretty much traumatized by current events. Some still have kids/nieces and nephews in Iraq. One of ours walked out of that tent in Mosul ten minutes before the explosion.

20 years ago this congregation was mostly Repub. Now they are mostly Dem, with even the Repubs voting mostly for Kerry in November. Hang in there. I like the DU post I just read about what Dems believe. People who know who they are and what they believe are much less likely to be swayed by the hate mongers masquerading as "Christians." You cannot read Jesus's words without raising questions about this lying administration. Your Bible studies will lead to changed hearts, especially if you remember to pray for them, too.

BTW--I still have Kerry-Edwards on my car, with Investigate the Vote! on top. :-)

Blessed Lent.

(Really, it was growth in faith, through worship and Bible study, inviting in the Holy Spirit's power, which changed our church.)

[CrispyQ]

67. Lazy logic -- that's nice!!

You should post it on the Frame the Debate forum. It's a great sound bite that sums up their thought process nicely!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=252


Good for you! Shake up their spoon-fed ideas of what liberals are! Keep on keepin' 'em on their toes!!

[hootinholler]

69. I can only quote one passage...

John 11:35, but I use it well.

-Hoot

[FreedomAngel82]

79. Very nice

At my church my car was the only "Kerry/Edwards" bumper sticker around. ;) This baptist church down the road from mine basically all these cars had those "W" stickers. :eyes: I didn't see anybody (but myself) have bumper stickers at my church. Around the election I had a "Kerry/Edwards" pin on my purse. :D

[LittleClarkie]

36. Blue wristband with "Support Kerry 08" on it

Even if you don't support the guy, you have to admit a blue wristband with Kerry 08 on it should piss off a few RW's.

[arwalden]

39. Existed.

[Bouncy Ball]

41. ...

:hug:

And had a good time doing it, right????

"Don't you hate it when those people just FLAUNT their heterosexuality all in your FACE?"

(I want that on a t-shirt, btw.)

[Clark2008]

43. I didn't do much, but my son did.

He's 5 years old.
We were at the grocery store and he saw some Bush's canned goods on the shelves.
He yelled out, very loudly, "Ewwww! Bush! Yuck!"

:)

[Bouncy Ball]

45. LOL

We have a new thing we do in my family.

Once on DU someone asked "What would you say to bush if he were right in front of you?" and someone (can't remember who) posted "Hock Tooey" and I sat there thinking "Hock Tooey? What does THAT mean?"

Then, um, I got it. As in spitting. LOL. So I told my husband and daughter that little story, they laughed and now if we see a bush sticker, or a picture of him or his ugly mug on TV, we all yell out "HOCK TOOEY!"

It's the nicest thing we can say around our daughter where he's concerned anyway.

What I really want to say is "murderous lying treasonous bigoted silver-spooned carpetbagging idiotic motherfucking greedy bastard ass son of a bitch" but that wouldn't go over too well in front of a ten year old.

[Clark2008]

46. Hee hee!

Hock Tooey. I like that one.

Maybe we can "Southernize" that one: "Bull Hock Tooey!"

;)

My son keeps it simple. He walks up to people he doesn't know and says, "Bush is stealing your money."

LOL!

[Bouncy Ball]

51. Well, we're in Texas, and we just say Hock Tooey

but feel free to adapt it!

Your kid is the best!!!

[stunted_evolution]

53. I Love It

>>What I really want to say is "murderous lying
treasonous bigoted >>silver-spooned carpetbagging
idiotic motherfucking greedy bastard ass >>son of a
bitch" but that wouldn't go over too well in front of a
ten >>year old.

Maybe so, but it works great for me.

;)

[Bouncy Ball]

56. Welcome to DU.

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

80. LOL That's funny

Smart kid. ;) Are you talking about the "Busch" beans? My Mom used to get those but they're really dry. Blah.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

48. Went on a rampage against Bush & The Repubs to a Repub today...

It felt great!

The guy agreed with most of what I had to say or at least pretended to....

[stunted_evolution]

52. I Woke Up Left Of Center

Again.

Do they need any more excuse than that to get pissed off?

In my experience, the answer is no.

[Bouncy Ball]

57. Well then I've been pissing them off all my life, I guess.

No wonder they're so damn grumpy! LOL!

[paineinthearse]

54. At a flea market

A vendor was selling those rethug hero playing cards. I appealed to the capitalist in him by saying "you know, this being Massachusetts, you'd probably make more sales if you stocked the Democrats' version".

He said "you're probably right". Made my day.

[Bouncy Ball]

58. Way to go!

What is the Dem version? Do they have Rummy and bush et al on them?

[hootinholler]

72. I want one with a card devoted to

each of the 52 warnings the FAA ignored.

-Hoot

[Doctor_J]

60. I donated to DU

and placed my "end the war" bumper magnet on my car.

[jeffrey_X]

62. Not much other than hang out in my neighborhood....

where I'm (white, hetero male) the minority and have used public transportation to get where I need to go.

[foreigncorrespondent]

63. I got out of bed! LOL

By the way I read your thread on attending the UU! I was told years ago that the UU would be good for me, and reading your thread certainly has me interested. I don't know if we have any UU churches here though. But I will certainly look into it, and we do, then I will arrange for when Sapph is next over for us to go together. I always promised her that if I ever decided to attend a church I wouldn't do it without her being here. My spirituality is something I do want to share with her.

[mopinko]

96. the uu church in evanston

has a huge banner about marriage is for everyone, something like that, sorry don't remember exactly.
unfortunately, i no longer get to drive the car pictured in my sig.
gonna "decorate" my old chevy suburban soon, tho.

[adigal]

65. At lunch, at the mountain where we ski

I talked to a guy a few tables over, with lots of folks around, about spy planes going over Iran, how Iran was probably next, about 52 missed warnings, and about how Bush's budget will give another tax cut to the 300,000 richest people in the country yet cut food stamps to 300,000 kids and cut Veteran's benefits.

Hmmmmm....there must have been some repubs there, but no one spoke up in defense of any of the above.

[hootinholler]

68. I distributed 50 copies of this flier...

You can find the text in the thread here.

-Hoot

[bling bling]

71. Good for you. I did my part too.

I showed a friend of mine that animated cartoon about "how to become a Republican" from thefrown.com right in front of her Repub husband. She and I laughed at it together and made comments like "how true" about everything it said. We enjoyed ourselves.

[BiggJawn]

73. I was in a warm bed making love while they were sitting in a cold church

...Nursing their hangovers...

Best I could do...

[leesa]

74. I have the same bumper sticker and someone tried to drive into my side

today and just held his middle finger up against his window. I smiled and waved.

It really makes them angry when you won't give them the satisfaction of pretending that we are liberating Iraq or doing anything noble. Right below my "Bush Lied, People Died sticker, I have a "No WMDs, No AlQaeda Link, Bush lies kill innocents"

I WILL NOT allow them to forget the original lies and crimes like they want us to. I also have a "support the troops, bring them home" magnet.

[Sterling]

76. Brought up Bush's culpability in 9-11.

That makes em crazy because deep down they know it's the truth.

[Bouncy Ball]

81. Ooooo, that's a good one.

The ANGRIEST I ever made a bushbot is when I said, very sincerely, "I DO blame bush for 9/11. It happened on HIS WATCH. I don't care that he was in office nine months when it happened. You know damn well you would be screaming and yelling your head off if it happened when Clinton had been in office nine MINUTES so don't give me ANY of that bullshit."

Wow, she was pissed.

[swag]

82. A couple things

I spilled my seed for purely hedonistic purposes and then bragged about it.

I donated to DU.

I shut off the TV.

[IronLionZion]

83. I think for myself and my heart is still beating

that drives them nuts

and I donated $20.06 to the DNC to show support for Chairman Dean and the 2006 election.

[Jamastiene]

85. This is a small part but good.

I slept through the Grammy's but recorded them so I could see Green Day. When I got up, I watched the Green Day performance. I have a big stereo with big speakers, really loud bass too. I have it hooked up to my vcr so I can watch movies in surround sound sometimes. When Green Day came on(I watched it at like 2:00 a.m. btw), I turned the stereo on and played it loud. When the part of the song came up where Billie Joe says, "well maybe I'm the faggot America, I'm not a part of a redneck agenda", I turned the volume up loud enough that the neighbors would have had to be comletely deaf or dead not to hear it. ;P

I felt good any how. I live in a heavily Republican disctict of the county, so it was irresistable to be totally obnoxious about it. Too much of a good opportunity to pass up.

[NuttyFluffers]

86. Bought pair of jeans from No Sweat

support clothes made without sweatshops. and the funny thing is it was cheaper, both in product and s/h, and easier, in selection, website, and processing, than anything like the hell when i tried using JC Penny's website (for another pair of different clothes). i ended up giving up on JC Penny's and just bought only from No Sweat.

vote with your $, it speaks louder. also each time i wear it i advertise it. and each time i shake my ass in it an angel gets its wings... oh wait... no, that's another story i think.

[REP]

87. Can't Say Without Violating Board Rules

But it happened without church or state approval for non-reproductive reasons.

My very existence - a childfree woman - pretty much pisses off the right.

[Freebird12004]

88. I piss people off ~ just because "I'm me"

and I'm not afraid to exactly what I believe to be correct - even if it's not popular.

[lonestarnot]

90. I donated to DU! Happy Valentines Day... Corp Holiday turned into

a political day. I also pledge to donate to my sweetheart every V.Day

[ElsewheresDaughter]

93. i posted this thread on a RW site.........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3108217

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

95. My bumper stickers

"Focus on your own damn family" (I live in Focus on the Family Headquarters-so this one REALLY works LOL), still have my Kerry Edwards sticker prominently displayed, Re-defeat Bush 2004 (which I plan on replacing with "You may say I'm a dreamer but, I'm not the only one" and "Freethinker and I vote"

I get lots of disgusting looks but, the occasional thumbs up and honks make it all worth while.

[Brewman_Jax]

97. Hmm, let me see...

I'm alive. A non-white well-educated gainfully employed liberal veteran who likes cats and is rarely mistaken for a republican.

Freeper: You're pretty smart. I thought you'd vote republican.

Me: I am pretty smart, that's why I don't. What's your excuse?

I'd say handsome, too, but that's in the eye of the beholder. :evilgrin: