Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the last bit. At this point I discovered that I’d been volleying with a husband/wife team. The wife tended more towards the “kindness” viewpoint where the husband was more antagonistic.
ANTAGONIST (only to me):
I must set the record straight. I did speak up about the racist email that was sent to us. If you [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a continuation of the last two posts. Now the emails get personal. Please note I’ve removed references to my personal email. I’ve decided to go with anonymity with this blog, and though anyone on this email thread will likely recognize it, I don’t want to make it too easy.
ANTAGONIST (Reply just to me)
By [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In our previous installment we discussed what happened when my partner’s much loved, yet very Republican grandmother sent out a very negative email about Barack Obama.
I was, naturally, appalled. But I had no idea the drama that would spring from this.
First, Partner’s step-aunt replied-all…
This is racist and a disgusting kind of email….!!
Please don’t send [...]
Posted in politics, tagged Election, McCain, Obama, Vice President, VP on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I admit it, I’m totally sucked in to the media shit-storm around the VP selection. I keep hearing rumors that Obama is going to announce his pick Wednesday morning, Saturday afternoon, the day before the convention> I want to know! Eeesh! And I really hope it isn’t Milquetoast Bayh. That conservative dickcheese would really earn [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, FSM on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is a well known fact that the true cause of global warming is the decrease of pirates operating on the high seas.
We see here that as the number of pirates decreased, the global temperature has increased. I now present some supporting evidence.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/slow-freight-joins-slow-movement.php
As stated in the above article on freight by sailing ship:
Transportation by sail [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time (daily) my partner’s grandmother sends out emails of a political nature. Grammy is a lovely woman and I adore her. She’s fiercely loyal to her family, intelligent, responsible and funny. She has an amazing strength of character and I’d be honored to be as awesome as she when I’m her age.
However, [...]
