I love that woman, bot golly-geepers, I swear she does stuff to me on purpose:
Remember those poorly Photoshopped, eagle encrusted and "nationalistic" FORWARDED e-mails your mailbox would fill up with in the months after September 11th, 2001? Well, both my mom and my mother-in-law were the prime culprits when it came to me control-clicking and deleting these wastes of time.
To remedy this, I "forgot" and "forget" when asked to give my email address to my in-laws. However, what kind of jerk would I be were I to keep my mom out of my little loop?
Sometimes, I really wish I could be more of a jerk and here's why:
Here's the latest Email:
Hi Andrew,
I will be driving Marianne to the Shore on Sunday morning. Do you want to come down to Ocean City for dinner and drive your dad home? If that doesn't sound good could you come down for dinner one night during the week? I'm renting Angel's place so other that Sunday through Thursday it will be a full house.
Also, someone sent me the following and I thought that it might interest you:
It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?"
Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't that just a little excessive?"
"No, sir," continued Ollie.
"No? And why not?" the senator asked.
"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
"Terro rist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued. Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked.
"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of", Ollie answered.
"And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be ormed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of the clip.
By the way, that senator was Al Gore!
Also: Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners."
However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released.
Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified.
It was censored in the US from all later reports.
If you agree that the American public should be made aware of this fact, pass this on.
bleeeeech!
(Keep in mind that I still love her)
So, I replied:
In the future, I would rather not read such ignorance, please.
The fact is, it was George W. Bush who sat in the Oval Office on September 11, 2001. Somewhere on his desk was a Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack The United States" (From August 6, and containing urgent information including warnings from the previous Administration.) With these warnings, the man did absolutely nothing.
Lastly, upon his last days in office, Bill Clinton on several occasions issued a stern warning about OBL. Again, the new President did nothing.
And so, cherry picking irrelevant testimony from 1987 (a few years after Donald Rumsfeld met with his "friend" Saddam Hussein" as a special envoy for Ronald Regan, who was a staunch ally to Hussein in his war against Iran) clearly shows the complete lack Republican credibility. Further, It should be said that Nationalism is not Patriotism, and fools who spread this tripe around are merely reenforcing their own sleepy ignorance.
While Bill Clinton was not the greatest President, he is thrice the President George H.W. or George W. Bush could ever wish to be. To blame him for the horrid failures and self service of this cancer on our nation is as absurd as it is pathetic.
If only people would pick up a book instead of listening to the Sean Hannitys of the world... etc. . . Where I was once ignorant, I feel blessed to have recognized the fact that I was ignorant. Now, I expect nothing less of anyone else who wants to discuss this diverse world.
As for dinner, I'll have to let you know. I would really like that, too. It isn't often that I get to see Maryanne (because of you-know-who.)
Love,
Andrew
My mom is a smart woman, smarter than the forwards she sends me. Therefore, I think that she sends me this stuff to try to get a rise out of me. That's gotta' be it.
But, the point is, I think that the Republicans, in their complete lack of (whatever word you want to choose goes here,) are returning to those eagle encrusted crackpot emails to "reach" their roots. Further, I am certain that my mom, if she hasn't disowned me after discovering that I have hung some dirty laundry out for all to see, will be forwarding me something soon with the "strongest" subject an unsophisticated spammer can think of:
"IT"S ALL CLINTON'S FAULT"
... Upon which, I'm gonna have to be a jerk.
PS: I love you, mom.. No matter what!
UPDATE:
I had to change the title. I think it's too harsh.
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