Today, my boss called me a "Flaming liberal".

I told him: "I'm not "flaming"...it's more like "smoldering". B-)

:D

effect about how nice it was of him to notice, especially when you consider the alternative.

I've thought that "A day in the life of Joe Republican" put it perfectly ever since someone first e-mail it to me.

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. 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 the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby 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 clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He 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 liberal 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 lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noontime and 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 wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is 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 liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He 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 liberal 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 the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."

. . he's a fucking cockbite!

B-)

A fucking assbite .... yeah ... he is THAT too ...

:)

I sure beats being a flaming asshole, like the boss.

I have recently taken to telling people who call me a liberal (with disdain, I might add, this is the south) that I am no longer a liberal, I am a progressive. Since they don't know what that is, it pretty much ends the conversation.

or because you can keep others warm during the bitter cold?

It's just that his politics suck!

He said it with a smile on his face and he treats me decently. I think the fact that I'm also a Christian and a Gulf War vet has him scratching his head.

He hired me thinking that because we're both ex-military that we'd get along. Well, we do get along, but not for the reasons he was thinking.

He signs my paycheck! :-)B-)

I guess I wouldn't be as light-hearted about this as you, but how about picking your nose (mine a good one) and shake his hand? No harm there;-)

The people that call themselves Rep. today have very little in common with those of twenty years ago. My dad used to be one because he was a fiscal conservative, but now he thinks they have all gone batshit insane and are ruining this country.
I remember when Planned Parenthood had quite a following in the Rep. party, although not for the reasons that you might think.
Your bosses' religious views probably have more to do with his political affiliation than true politics. Just a guess.

And a Seventh-Day Adventist. I don't know that much about them, except they seem to be another one of those end-of-the-world death-cults.

when you consider that the root word of liberal is liberty.:evilgrin:

I would've said in the gayest voice possible, "Ya sure do have me pegged, big boy."


Of course if he isn't the type of person who could take that I wouldn't say it.

Hey! He hired ME, didn't he? ;-) B-)

you're a better man than him.

He'll thank you. Trust me. :evilgrin:

and if you see him coming . . . hit record . . .

Better yet, a video camera . . .

I always say "Thanks!" Lol

:silly:

:shrug: Be specific! B-)



It had better be ME! ;-):loveya:

I'm not a bleeding heart liberal anymore, more of a flaming liberal. I like the smoldering part, perhaps I'll use that instead. Congratulations on getting the notice

that would have shut him up. when people try to throw insults and you agree with them, they stop in their tracks. they don't know what to say, because they were looking for an argument.

i do this with my kids' dad all the time. i agree with him, and he doesn't know where to turn next!

I enjoy surprising people who assume from my appearance that I'm a Conservative.