Message-ID: <20812923.1075848334058.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 05:52:00 -0700 (PDT) From: akorth96@yahoo.com To: kwalters88@yahoo.com, shelli_b_m@yahoo.com, stewart@mallia.com, don.baughman@enron.com, bronika@mailman.ghg.net Subject: Fwd: Long, but worth it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Andrea Walters X-To: "Kevin Walters \(personal\)" , Shelli Myers , Marc Stewart , Don Baughman , Granny X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Edward_Baughman_Nov2001\Notes Folders\Personal\Jokes X-Origin: BAUGHMAN-E X-FileName: dbaughm.nsf Note: forwarded message attached. ===== Andrea Walters akorth96@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ X-Apparently-To: akorth96@yahoo.com via web3005 Received: from web11907.mail.yahoo.com (216.136.172.191) by mta493.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 21:11:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20010419041156.62027.qmail@web11907.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [207.218.245.16] by web11907.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 21:11:56 PDT Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 21:11:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Hunzeker Subject: Long, but worth it To: Shane Thomas Tucker , Andrea Korth , Art , Jeffrey Ruckel , Luke 'Pucas' Tobler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0-1604407892-987653516=:61069" Content-Length: 7536 Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Apparently-To: skerdog1@yahoo.com via web11908.mail.yahoo.com X-Track: 1: 40 Received: from ip141.apqc.org (216.136.24.141) by mta314.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 13:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from no.name.available by ip141.apqc.org via smtpd (for mta-v9.mail.yahoo.com [216.115.107.17]) with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 20:33:35 UT Received: from mail pickup service by gfi-mail with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:37:50 -0500 Received: from mail.apqc.org ([192.168.1.45]) by gfi-mail with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.1600); Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:37:47 -0500 Received: by exchange-srv.apqc.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <2TX23XJ0>; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:38:33 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <52E90387FCE3D411A7760002A507DE66037926@exchange-srv.apqc.org> From: "Peltier, Neil" To: "Cataline, Lou" , "Webb, Ron" , "Ryan Hunzeker \(E-mail\)" , "Vestal, Wesley" Subject: Long, but worth it Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:38:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Apr 2001 20:37:47.0484 (UTC) FILETIME=[6DAFB9C0:01C0C847] Content-Length: 5763 > I'm A Bad American > > This pretty much sums it up for me. > > I like big trucks, big boats, big houses, and naturally, pretty women. > > I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel > governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who 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 ignoring > your kids and giving them Prozac might. > > 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 make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up to > others expectations. > > I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it. > > I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; just don't feel > like everyone else should have to. > > I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of > cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English. As of matter of fact, if you > are an American citizen you should speak English. My uncles and forefathers > shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were > born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it. > > I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt 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. > > I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no > political affiliation do a recount when needed. > > I know what the definition of lying is, and it isn't based on the word > "is" -- ever. > > I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you qualify > for any special loan programs, gov't sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can > open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or anything else, while the > indigenous peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't > afford it. > > I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet. > > I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny. > > 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 do so. > > 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. > > Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain > and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a > living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who > wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they > said -- now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble. > > I don't hate the rich. > > I help 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. Please stop blaming me because > some prior white people were idiots -- and remember, tons of white, Indian, > Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too -- it was wrong for every > one of them. > > I believe a self-righteous liberal with a cause is more dangerous than a > Hell's Angel with an attitude. > > I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie > Jackson preaches; and, what exactly is his job function. > > 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. > > I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue > to make more. If it makes you mad, then 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. > > I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. > You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another > nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has > more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone > kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's > enforce the ones we already have. > > I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks. > > I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child -- it takes a > parent with the guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and > say "NO!" when it's necessary to do so. > > I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller. > > 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'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how > desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise. > > Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American. > > But that's tough > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > enjoy, > > Rodney Smith > Marketing in the Humble Area > Web Hosting across the United States > American by Birth, Southern by Heritage, Texan by the Grace of God > > >