[kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

[The Exorcist]

Karen, that came out sounding so sweet that I virtually pinched your cheeks!
(I think the "Polyanna" had massive influence on the above statement.)

However, what you said was very well stated and I completely agree.

Yos

At 06:08 PM 4/17/2009, Karen Weil wrote:

>Good point from Exo. While I may not share the "teabaggers" views, I 

>fully support their First Amendment rights to speak their minds  -- 

>just as I did with the anti-war and Bush protests, even though I 

>often thought some of the criticism of him was ridiculous and 

>actually not warranted.

>I think it's best everyone be civil (that's me, Pollyana ...)  ; )

>

>k.w.

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>From: <mailto:killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com>The Exorcist

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>I was merely quoting your words. Maybe I put to much emphasis on words that

>people say and should've thought "maybe he means protest or demonstrate"?

>I did, but then wondered why the choice word of riot came up. I 

>guess that sometimes

>I'm just not so quick on the button. You'll have to forgive me.

>

>I'll be responding to the astro-turfing in a bit.

>

>It is amazing, however, that when one side protests is all for valid 

>reasons. When they other side protests

>it's all because they are a bunch of losers.

>

>Will write more later (though I promise not to turn this into 

>another 800 response email thread)

>(Twisted the fuck outa my ankle and gotta ice it down right now. And 

>on the first NICE day of 2009!)

>

>Cheers Oli!

>

>

>"> Since the Obama administration has cut taxes for 95% of Americans,

> > including the working and middle class, but has promised (yet has not

> > yet delivered) to raise taxes on income over $250,000 - to raise these

> > taxes to LESS THAN THEY WERE UNDER REAGAN, it means we are living in a

> > socialist, totalitarian society. So we gotta riot.

> >

> > -Oliver"

>

>

>At 10:35 AM 4/17/2009, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>>Who said there were tea party "riots"???

>>

>>I never did. I just pointed out the truth, which is that they are 

>>'astro-turf' (fake grass roots), corporate directed anti-Obama 

>>events designed to give vent to sore losers from the 2008 POTUS election.

>>

>>

>>As far as the teabagging fests, which looked like the worst Sarah 

>>Palin rallies from last year, this man is my hero:

>>

>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I

>>

>>

>>He 'infiltrated' a tea party and actally said something that was 

>>true. He's got big bals for doing that, because most of the people 

>>at them are nuts. Accordingly, he gets booed.

>>

>>-Oliver

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