Email from a co-worker today

[IDemo]

"Unfortunately, the White House shutdown has slowed the process of getting you the parts you ordered."

Nice lady, almost to a fault, but she may not be as nice after I replied "thanks, but this was a congressional shutdown." I'm generally loathe to discuss politics on the job except with the very few fellow progressives here, but if you're gonna bring it up, I see no reason to shy away from a bit of truth telling.

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Brain washing is easy when there is no counter balance of reality. Thanks.

[Squinch]

2. I don't bring it up at work either, but you can't let that crap pass unremarked. You did right.

[Warpy]

3. I hope you didn't delete her email

because you know how petty and spiteful they can get and she might complain about you and your email. It would be handy to show them her email and demonstrate the earlier time stamp.

I hope she's a nice enough lady that it's not an issue. However, saving emails like that is just one of those defensive things we need to do in this country right now.

[IDemo]

4. I didn't, but it wouldn't matter

The corporate email server never forgets.

[abq e streeter]

5. If bullshit is flung at you, even in a work situation

I believe in not letting it stand . good simple and to the point response.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. No, she is not nice

She is a repig who would rather have children die than let one penny of her money go to them.

[demwing]

14. Thats too harsh

Especially considering you've never met the woman, and have little to no understanding of the relationship dynamics, or even the motivation behind the comment.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Someone who would drop professionalism to get in a talking point....

....speaks to me as someone who's too into politics to be "nice". Government shutdown is the term that is used in my office and should be used everywhere. I've heard no one label it a "White House" shutdown. There is only one motivation behind that comment. If you can think of another....let's hear it. I'll be fascinated.

Beyond that, "nice" goes beyond making sure someone gets the last piece of cake at the office Christmas party, or making sure a sick co-worker gets flowers. When people wage war on the poor by supporting the Republicans, The Tea Party and FAUX News, they lose the brownie points. Politics has become a clear sign of one's character and morality.

[ellennelle]

7. congressional??

what kept you from saying "this was a REPUBLICAN shutdown"??

[Mr.Bill]

8. Ask them what bill the President signed or vetoed

to cause the shutdown. No bill ever reached his desk.

Blame the Tea Party, blame John Boehner, blame Ted Cruz, blame the Republican party, hell, blame Harry Reid. But the President took no action that shut down the government.

[lunasun]

21. But you know they blame Obama for everything

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://imgur.com/gallery/GDpXC&usg=___qCu5Nzg9ADP3Dukn1uRNB-H_hA=&h=360&w=480&sz=1604&hl=en&start=19&sig2=mMf6-B0JpJiEZHQH7-6Niw&zoom=1&tbnid=hUFnNReEAVj1qM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&ei=R0FfUpawIeLCyQGuuoDoAw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dthanks%2Bobama%2Bgif%26um%3D1%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CFAQrQMwEg

[TygrBright]

9. Wow. You order parts from the White House?

For what?

And I was pretty sure they kept working all the way through the rest of the GOP temper tantrum.

amusedly,
Bright

[mountain grammy]

10. Good for you. We can no longer silently allow lies to stand..

[Cha]

11. "White House Shutdown" my Ass..

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The Daily Edge @TheDailyEdge REMINDER: [font size=lg]Cantor changed House rules to maintain #GOPshutdown. Boehner won't allow simple up-or-down vote to end it [/font]


Thank you, IDemo.. they don't get to be brainwashed.

[ffr]

18. Right again Cha!

[Cha]

19. I forgot to add this vital information!

The Daily Edge @TheDailyEdge REMINDER: [font size=lg]Cantor changed House rules to maintain #GOPshutdown. Boehner won't allow simple up-or-down vote to end it [/font]

ffr

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Hey! No thanks to you! This was a REPUBLICAN shutdown. Did you miss the memo? nt

[Curmudgeoness]

13. Funny how some of those nice ladies turn

out to be not so nice. I have one like that at work. But she is totally passive aggressive about it. The first I found out how evil she could be was when I was talking to another coworker who just returned from having open heart surgery. He had congestive heart failure caused by blocked arteries. I was telling him that my brother died from that because he did not have health insurance, and had already had one emergency episode that racked up serious bills with the hospital and doctors in his rural area. He obviously was not feeling right, since we found an old pill bottle on the kitchen counter, but he couldn't go to the doctor without insurance. As I was telling this story, she was in the room across the hall, smirking, rolling her eyes, and shaking her head. When I said "no one will be able to tell me that health insurance is not a right", she threw papers down and stalked off giving me a look that could kill.

Seems that she is not all that nice. She has just learned to be pleasant and smile a lot.

[ffr]

16. Low information voter. Lets FNN tell her what she needs to know and how to think.

You probably upset her and she's going to need an extra helping of Fox tonight to reaffirm her belief system.

[TxDemChem]

17. A coworker pulled that shit today

Then he had the nerve to say we need another "reconstruction."I told him his party needs reconstruction.

[The Wizard]

20. Another reconstruction?

The slave states have bee mooching off the normal states since the end of the Civil War. Reconstruction should have ended 100 years ago. No offense to slave state Democrats, but that's just how it is.

[TxDemChem]

26. That's my point!

I don't think he knows what he's talking about. He just repeats whatever his teabagger dad says.

And considering it helped give rise to Jim Crow and the KKK, it's definitely not something a black person (like myself) would want to see happen .

I told hubby that our coworker needs to go back to school and learn a little history.

[ailsagirl]

22. Good for you

[efhmc]

23. Every time we respond with the truth, we get closer to reality.

[elleng]

24. I agree, if someone brings it up,

truth necessary in response.

[Catherine Vincent]

25. Did the so called "lady" reply back?

[IDemo]

28. Haven't seen her today

It occurred to me today that I should have responded: "I didn't realize that Michelle and the girls were building these things on the White House kitchen table. Who says government doesn't work for everybody?"

[Vanje]

27. Idaho blames GOP congress.

At least most of us do.
The yokels are not fooled.
Just look at Rep. Raul Labrador's facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/raul.r.labrador?ref=br_tf