>
>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 23:00:06 -0800
>From: "John Marlow" <johnmarlow@gmx.net>
>Subject: Bad Americans(?)
>
>Found this in my mailbox. I don't QUITE agree with all of it, and one
>point makes no sense--but, hey, I like it. I refrained from posting
>the Heston speech before, thinking it might not be appropriate--so
>this time I'm taking the plunge. And, yes, a cop sent it to me...
>
>Am I A BAD American?
>
>I like big cars, big boats, big houses, and naturally - Great Legs
>
>I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some
>middle-aged governmental functionary with a bad comb-over that wants
>to give
>it away to crack addicts squirting out babies. I don't care about
>appearing compassionate.
>
>I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer.
>
>I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.
>
>I think I'm doing better than the homeless.
>
>I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized.
>
>I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are
>different,
>weird or piss me off.
>
>I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it. Hell
>just
>ask my wife.
>
>I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy queen shake, pack of
>cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English.
>
>As a matter of fact, if you are an American citizen you should speak
>English. My father and grandfather shouldn't have to die in vain so
>you can
>leave the countries you were born in to come disrespect ours.
>
>I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're
>running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't
>understand the
>word freeze or stop in English, See the previous line.
>
>I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for
>unpopular
>opinions or actions.
>
>If I received oral sex from one of my subordinate employees in my
>office, it wouldn't be a private matter or my personal business. I
>would
>have been FIRED immediately.
>
>I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine
>with
>no political affiliation recount when needed.
>
>I know what the definition of lying is.
>
>I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you
>qualify
>for any special loan programs, govm't sponsored bank loans, etc., so
>you
>can open a hotel, c-store, trinket shop, or any damn thing else.
>
>I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet.
>
>I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks.
>
>I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T
>or
>Marilyn Manson sang, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that
>crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I
>respect
>your right to.
>
>I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment
>than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box.
>
>I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, lite or
>fat-free
>on the package.
>
>We did not go to some foreign country and risk lives in vain to
>defend
>our constitution so that decades later you can tell us it's a living
>document ever changing and is open to interpretation.
>
>I don't hate the rich.
>
>I don't pity the poor.
>
>I know wrestling is fake.
>
>I've never owned or was a slave, and a large percentage of our
>forefathers
>weren't wealthy enough to own one either.
>
>I believe a self-righteous liberal with a cause is more dangerous
>than a
>Hell's Angel with an attitude.
>
>I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should
>be
>allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime then you will
>serve
>the time. A rubber band and a paper clip is a dangerous weapon in
>the hands
>of someone with malicious intent.
>
>I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
>continue to make more. If it pisses you off, invent the next
>operating
>system that's better and put your name on the building. Ask your
>buddy that
>invented the Internet to help you.
>
>We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.
>
>I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes a
>parent
>with the balls to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say
>"NO."
>
>I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please
>don't
>pretend they are a political statement.
>
>I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid.
>
>I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep
>silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this
>country
>allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep
>from
>hurting somebody's feelings.
>
>I am sick to death of "Political Correctness".
>
>I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the
>mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.
>
>Yes, I guess by their definition, I'm a bad American.
>John Marlow
>
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