My Freeper sister-in-law is coming to visit next weekend.

[Kingshakabobo]

Well, she is not legally my sister-in-law because it is illegal for me and my boyfriend to get married.

My boyfriend loves her to death as he and his family are very close, except for the fact that two of his sisters collaborate (vote) with people that would just as soon see us dead or in prison. I told my boyfriend, half jokingly, to have her stay in a hotel but that didn't go over so well.

Anywho, I'm looking for ideas regarding books and literature to leave strategically placed in the apartment. I have a couple of Al Franken's books so I'm off to a good start. Also, I have a good article from "Harper's" called "Baghdad Year Zero" (absolute must read). I'm going to print a couple cool pics ("gunship Jesus" and "Who would Jesus bomb?")that I found on DU and put them on the fridge so she sees them while reaching for the crappy beer I will be forced to have in my fridge (no French wine or imports for her).

Any suggestions? Four Amazon days left till the "eagle" lands. Remember, I have to keep it simple as she IS a freeper. It will be hard but itching powder is out of the question.

BTW. As a FABULOUS side note: The reason she is coming to visit is her freeper boyfriend just dumped her and she is a little down in the dumps. My boyfriend thinks he was the one that brainwashed her.

He is a piece of work:
1.Comes from a wealthy family that owns a successful business.
2.Sent to law school on daddy's dime.
3.Became an attorney.
4.Dis-barred for stealing or co-mingling a clients money.
5.Now works for the family business making a ton of money.


Now thinks everyone should "lift themselves up by their bootstraps".

Fucking classic.

[Tess49]

1. Go to the library. Cheaper. How about Molly Ivens? She's fun.

[candle_bright]

2. What is your objective?

Pissing her off or opening up the line of communication?

[Kingshakabobo]

6. I have a mischievous side but it is USUALLY overcome by a

desire to educate.

It's an uphill battle though. Her (democrat) Mom leaked the fact that she was a big fan of Condi's when I was cursing Condi on the television this morning.

I'm supposed to be on my best behavior but it is MY (well half) house.

[Pirate Smile]

3. If she is religious perhaps Jim Wallis' new book - "Why the Right is

Wrong and the Left doesn't get it". I haven't read it but it looks good.

[Kingshakabobo]

16. Is he the one that talks about

3000??? verses in the bible regarding peace and charity instead of a few against "the abomination" of homosexuality? I thought I heard a snip on t.v the other day but missed the name.

[leesa]

45. Yes. He has weaknesses...for instance he thinks Bush is a Christian,

although misguided, and he thinks Billy Graham is not of the same ilk as Falwell, Robertson and the rest of the shills. I disagree. I think Graham is worse in many ways because his hate is so insidious.

Get the book. It's a good read. It's a great one to share with Fundies and Freepers.
Also, get some copies of his magazine, Sojourner, and slip one into her luggage.

[Pirate Smile]

46. Yes

Here it is http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=9c4dW5q9Zj&isbn=0060558288&itm=1



God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

Jim Wallis

[ProudToBeLiberal]

4. how about you guys watch outfoxed or fahrenheit 911 together :P

nt

[Kingshakabobo]

8. Ooooh good idea.

I own F/911 but I might have to strap her to the chair. I should video tape the reaction when I spring it on "movie night".

[rawtribe]

5. We the People: A Call to Take Back America

By Thom Hartmann it's written in comic book style. Lots of good information easy to pick up and read.

[OnionPatch]

60. Yeah, his books are great

What Would Jefferson Do? is another good one. It's the kind of book a conservative can pick up and get something from without blowing a top. Full of great info.

[Ilsa]

7. This might be a great time to de-program her, not so much with

materials, but compassion. I know, turning the other cheek is really hard to do, but it might be the way to win her over once and for all. Showing her kindness and understanding during a difficult time might be something she'll incorporate into her psyche. If she doesn't, she wasn't going to be swayed by the writings of "libruls" anyway.

I wish you and your spouse lots of luck. The first year of marriage was difficult with my husband over family stress issues.

[Kingshakabobo]

11. Damn liberals. We're all softies.

You are probably right.:)

[Technowitch]

9. Put a copy of Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" in the DVD player

...and then superglue the carriage shut. ;)

Oh, and disconnect your cable TV (if you have such), with the explanation, "I couldn't stand the constant propaganda from Fox and CNN and the rest."

:D

[Kingshakabobo]

14. Great idea. n/t

[Mich Otter]

10. Serve the French wine and...

don't forget to remind her that the French were right about Bush and the WMDs.

[proud patriot]

12. Bishop Spong's book A new Christianity for a new world

People's History by Zinn

[noamnety]

13. Go for stuff that doesn't take hours to read

or stuff that requires a long attention span. I'd skip the WWJB poster.

Instead, I'd go for short articles she has a high chance of reading. And leave a good magazine on the back of the toilet, where she can secretly read it without having to do it openly. Same with the room where she's staying - that's more of a target area than the living room, so she doesn't have to admit that she read something of the opposing view.

[tanyev]

15. Is she a Rapture ready freeper?

The Rapture Exposed by Barbara Rossing is good. There are also some satire books, I think one is called Kiss My Left Behind. I haven't read it, but it sounds funny.

[Kingshakabobo]

20. Not that far gone. Yet.

I think she's like the character in "The Omega Man" that was infected but needed the serum before she "turned". They can "turn" fast though.

[cynatnite]

17. Clinton's book

Set it in plain view. Freeps hate him and she might foam at the mouth.

But if you're wanting to get her at the very least to think about her positions, I would go with something tame and not so in your face. Since she's down from a break-up, showing some good old fashioned liberal compassion would be a great start. :)

[stunted_evolution]

36. I'll Second That

I have a copy of "My Life" set squarely on the first coffee table visible when entering the living room from the front entry. Anyone who has a copy knows that it isn't exactly what you would call "light reading" and the sheer size of the book makes a beautifully obvious centerpiece.

[paineinthearse]

18. AMERICA by John Stewart

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/book.jhtml



Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government. Termed a "political king-maker" by Newsweek, and "the Dan Rather of infotainment" by Vanity Fair, Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show, combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book.


American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy?

In AMERICA (THE BOOK), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "One man, one vote," "Government by the people," and "Every vote counts" have become such popular urban myths.

Among the topics:

* Ancient Rome: The First Republicans
* The Founding Fathers: Young, Gifted, and White
* The President: King of Democracy
* The Supreme Court: 18 Legs, Four Tits, One Mission
* Running for Office: What Are You Thinking?
* The Media: Can It Be Stopped?
* The Future of Democracy: The Constitutional Robocracy and You!

[Kingshakabobo]

24. Oooh, good one.

The eagle on the front might suck her in. Plus, I've been meaning to pick up a copy.

[paineinthearse]

28. Buy two

I predict she'll want to take one back home.

he he he

[Technowitch]

37. Definitely. We have a copy and it's hilarious (n/t)

[Dorian Gray]

58. Me too!

My best friend, a Republican, saw the book on my coffee table, and loved the little that she read. So I got her a copy for her birthday last week, and she's LOVING it! Little by little I'm chipping away at her.

(America by John Stewart... I'm talking about... in case it wasn't clear!) :)

[EVDebs]

19. "Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the

Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else" by David Cay Johnston.....offer to read her Chapters 7 and 8. Eight especially, since it's about 'how social security taxes subsidize the super rich'. She'll be putty in your hands after that ! Also, chapter 7 shows how the US really has a flat tax system with overall taxation (when you add up state, local, federal taxes). The rightwingnuts ONLY talk about federal taxes and won't talk about the whole enchilada.

[Kingshakabobo]

27. Cool. I need to brush up on my numbers regardless. thanx n/t

[seabeyond]

21. you will impress her more in your liberalism giving kindness

instead of jabs at this time in her life. and in giving her compassion you can implement the brainwashing, self absorbtion of the right and how we are a better people, proving to her by your behavior

otherwise, you intent is solely ugliness and that is all you will receive, so dont blame her, you created

[Kingshakabobo]

22. Yeah yeah. I know. She's lucky she's not getting itching powder.

:)

[seabeyond]

30. they are all over my family

i understand the need. they are making my life harder because of how they see the world, i am taking care of them and theirs and they are assholes. just doesnt do to go after though

[ultraist]

31. I agree, she is vulnerable right now

BUT, you can also consider this as a prime opportunity to engage her. By that I mean, build up some level of trust with her and then insidiously slip in Democratic ideas. If she's says something even remotely related to a Democratic principle, reiderate what she said and reframe it in Dem terms (think Lakoff).

Confronting someone head on doesn't usually win them over. If you show absolute disrespect for "her" (or her boyfriend's) beliefs, she will just feel shamed. Shaming people or degrading them does not make them receptive, it creates resistance.

Attract more bees with honey!

BTW, I would just leave your house the way it is. If you have Dem materials out, fine. Just be honest and be yourself. ;)

[paineinthearse]

39. I'm participating in a Lakoff video conference Monday night....

...so psyched!

[ultraist]

56. NO FAIR!!! FULL REPORT after your Lakoff event, PLEASE!

Enjoy, how cool. ;)

[Kingshakabobo]

54. You are right. I'm thinking soft-sell.

I'm better at it anyway. :)

[BOSSHOG]

23. A copy of Leviticus on her bedstand

to make her feel right at home.

[babylonsister]

25. Maybe 'Vanity Fair' in her room?

The recent one has that article by Christopher Hutchins (sp?) regarding how fraudulent he now thinks the election was. Couldn't hurt!

[Massacure]

26. Hang the portrait of every president in the hall.

Use 8" x 10" for Republicans, and 20" x 24" for democrats. :P

[paineinthearse]

32. Photo idea

For the Nixon pic, use the one where he is waving on the steps of the helicopter as he departs in disgrace and shame.



...accompanied by a copy of his resignation letter.

[Bouncy Ball]

29. Get a book called "The Radical Reader."

It's HUGE, white, with BIG red letters on it and impossible to miss.

Leave it on the coffee table. It starts with the Bill of Rights (very radical stuff, that) and goes all the way to a 2003 document against the invasion of Iraq.

And everything in between. It's good reading.

[paineinthearse]

33. Common Sense by Thomas Paine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_%28Book%29

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Common Sense was a pamphlet first published on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War by Thomas Paine. Its pages contained a denouncement of British rule.

Arguments against British rule in Common Sense:

It was ridiculous for an island to rule a continent
America was not a "British nation"; it was composed of influences from all of Europe

Even if Britain was the "mother country" of America, that made her actions all the more horrendous, for no mother would harm her children so brutally

Being a part of Britain would drag America into unnecessary European wars, and keep it from the international commerce at which America excelled.

The publication of this pamphlet was key in the growth of popular support for independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson took ideas from both this publication and John Locke when writing the Declaration of Independence.

Less-quoted sections of the pamphlet include Paine's over-optimistic view of America's military potential at the time of the Revolution. For example, he spends pages describing how colonial shipyards, by using the large amounts of lumber available in the country, could quickly create a navy that could rival the Royal Navy.

'Common Sense' was tremendously popular. John Taylor Gatto has reported that "Thomas Paine’s Common Sense sold 600,000 copies to a population of 3,000,000, 20 percent of whom were slaves and 50 percent indentured servants."

Quotes
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.

Every thing that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part.
But where says some is the king of America? I'll tell you friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Britain. ... so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king.

Further reading

Common Sense Scott Liell, 46 Pages: Tom Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to American Independence, Running Press (http://www.runningpress.com/), April, 2003, hardcover, 160 pages, ISBN 076241507X; trade paperback, March, 2004, 176 pages, ISBN 0762418133

[tinfoilinfor2005]

34. Try every single one of these suggestions

in your mind. This will help you get it out of your system and resist the urge when she arrives. If your sweetie is very fond of his sister, as he should be, he won't find any humor in your trying to make her uncomfortable. And if you are a true Dem, you won't really want to do that either.

[Kingshakabobo]

53. You are right. I'll go easy on her.

I'll make her feel comfortable in our home. But if the subject comes up............

[tinfoilinfor2005]

55. When my republican friends are tasteless enough to bring it up

I just tell them, "You know, even though many people think Bush is the Anti-Christ, I don't really feel this way. But I do think he works for him." That usually shuts them up.

[sellitman]

35. A great book suggestion.

Buy Straight Talk From The Heartland by Ed Shultz. (No pun intended) Ed is the left answer to Rush....only Ed is armed with facts instead of lies. BTW...I'd have The French Wine and Heinz Ketcup for the FRENCH Fries if I was you. Good luck!

http://www.bigeddieradio.com/bookpromo.html

[CatholicEdHead]

41. Agreed

it is written as to not irritate right wingers at the beginning. Ed writes it terms that right wingers can understand. It is not over her head.

Maybe also Nickled & Dimed

[njdemocrat106]

48. I just started "Nickel & Dimed"

I liked how the author got a dig in against Limbaugh (though she lumped him in with John Grisham, who I don't have anything against (Is he a Repub, by any chance?))

[Kingshakabobo]

52. Great idea! n/t

[paineinthearse]

38. Beer suggestion

Re "while reaching for the crappy beer I will be forced to have in my fridge (no French wine or imports for her)."

If you want really crappy beer, buy French, it will be a double entendre as they make great wine but really crappy beer.

[DistressedAmerican]

40. Freepers Are Like Vampires!

They only have power in your home if you invite them in!

[LittleClarkie]

42. Kama Sutra?

:D

[sakabatou]

43. You do realize that once she leaves, you will have to decontaminate

everything she touched, right?

[cags]

44. The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbee Great Book

[yankeedem]

47. I recommend "My pet goat"

nt

[Carni]

49. Kevin Phillips and Craig Unger

If their books don't sway her (Phillips was a repuke) than nothing will...Hang some photos around with quotes from Eisenhower's son (endorsing John Kerry) for good measure.

But hey...above all F her-

I am straight woman married to a man that has repuke sister's and they won't speak to me because I loathe bush (or to him either for that matter)

The bushites are equal opportunity hate mongers all libs or moderate bush detractors are the spawn of satan.

[lonestarnot]

50. Feed the ignoramous beans and rice all week... then do a switch up

with some cat tacos... or iguana stew!

[Withywindle]

51. I second the recommendations for compassion...

...and you don't want to hurt your partner by hurting her, as he obviously loves her anyway.


However, I also wholeheartedly endorse "America: The Book" for your purposes, because it is genuinely hilarious while getting the points across, and anybody who's down from a breakup is needing and open to a good laugh.

[Hissyspit]

57. Print out copies of various "Top 10 Conservative Idiots,"

staple them together, and leave around.

[No Exit]

59. Be sure and have a "Bushisms" calendar displayed prominently on

your kitchen counter. She has to go into the kitchen some time!

Maybe there's time for you to get a rush shipment of one of those T-shirts from www.whitehouse.org. It's a picture of a guy with someone's hand over his mouth, and it says, "Shut up, faggot! Your kind belongs at the back of the bus!" You could get it in either a large poster, or a T-shirt.

Is there time for you to get some army duds and dress up an effigy, and nail the figure to a cross? I think a "soldier" on a cross would send a powerful message to the "Christians", especially if you wrote, "He died for YOUR candidate's sins" underneath.

[No Exit]

61. Freeper boyfriends don't "dump" people... they "ban" them! Here,

this will help you keep your sanity.

http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/posters/index.asp

Anyone here who hasn't seen the posters/T-shirt designs at that site should go there now! Every time I see them I laugh till my sides hurt. They are the ultimate antidote to Bush cultists' madness!

Example: a pic of Lynne Cheney and Laura Bush, smiling, and the caption is, "You're First Lady Now!..... and XANAX helped you get there!"

[lostnfound]

62. Invite a handsome, friendly, single leftwing guy that you know..

to attend a small dinner party, along with one or two other friends of similar views. Add fine cuisine, music, red wine, fire, cheery camaraderie of friends for late-night conversation.