F*** you, Jack; I got mine. - Democratic Underground

LBJDemocrat

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Mon May-28-07 10:32 AM
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F*** you, Jack; I got mine.

Does anyone know where that quote comes from?

I've seen people say that it represents the GOP. I don't really get it how they reconcile that with the Christian ethics many of them supposedly espouse.

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William769

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Mon May-28-07 10:34 AM
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1. There are two sets of Christian ethics.

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Demeter

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Mon May-28-07 11:44 AM
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6. Yeah, One for Professional Christians, the Other For Everyone Else

It's the "Left Behind" theology.

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Toots

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Mon May-28-07 10:54 AM
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2. If they actually felt that way it would be fine, however that doesn't explain Exxon

and their forty billion dollar net profit in just a single year...They don't feel they have their's just yet I am afraid..

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dave_p

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Mon May-28-07 10:56 AM
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3. A possible origin

Edited on Mon May-28-07 10:58 AM by dave_p

suggests that "Fuck you, Jack, I'm alright" (one of various forms) "described the bitter dismay of sailors ('jacks') returning home after wartime in the Navy to find themselves not treated as patriots or heroes, but ignored / sneered at by a selfish, complacent, get-ahead society - the phrase was subsequently toned down (to 'I'm alright, Jack') for acceptable general use."

I'm all right, Jack was a 1959 Boulting Bros satire on British industrial management and labor unions, so that form was well known in the UK by then (In the theme song it's "Blow you Jack...").

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blogslut

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Mon May-28-07 11:01 AM
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4. Remember NIMBY?

Not In My Back Yard

Folks would say "Oh that drug treatment facility is a fine idea, just Not In My Back Yard."

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kenny blankenship

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Mon May-28-07 11:08 AM
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5. Don't they print that on the money nowadays? Or just on the proposed Reagan dime?

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LBJDemocrat

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Mon May-28-07 12:21 PM
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7. LMFAO!

Good one.

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