Here is a song for all those DUers who think we can still work with the right

[county worker]

or the leaders of the cat food commission.

THE SNAKE
(Oscar Brown Jr.)

Al Wilson

Also recorded by:
Belle Stars; Oscar Brown Jr.;
The Mint Juleps; Johnny Rivers; Paula West.



On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake

She wrapped him all cozy in a comforter of silk
And laid him by her fireside with some honey and some milk
She hurried home from work that night and soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken to had bee revived
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake

She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks, the snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
"I saved you," cried the woman
"And you've bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake

[stray cat]

1. How do you pass a law without the House?

[county worker]

2. What law, that is in your best interest, is ever going to be passed with

the newly elected House?

Do some of you not listen when the right tells what they plan to do? Do you remember after the 1994 election and how the repubs went right ahead with their contract on America on day one of the new Congress?

I think many of us suffer from the battered wife syndrome!

[JackRiddler]

5. You're right. Let's make the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bush tax cuts permanent.

Gotta pass something, right?

[OHdem10]

3. No Legislation is better than BAD LEGISLATION.

The Democrats do not have to put their impramatur
on Bad Legislation.

If the Republicans pass rational legislation that
is good for the country, then Democrats should
support it.

We need to stand for something. Sometimes standing
for something is not supporting it.

No Legislation is better than Bad Legislation.
No Democratic Seal of Approval on Bad Legislation.

[Myrina]

4. Amen.

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