Goooood Morning DU! (and a Repub story too)

[BlondieK143]

Hey hey hey! :hug: How is everyone this morning? I'm just peachy myself, but it's COLD here! We have mild flurries this morning, nothing too exciting! Have some :donut: and tell me how your morning is going.


So, I was on the phone (after I worked 14 hours yesterday mind you) with my long distance friend, Kyle (whom I've been friends with for 4 years). Kyle, bless his heart, is a Repub that thinks he knows what he's talking about. The conversation started off when I was telling him of my Boston trip to which he criticized because the town was too "librul" (hehe). So, basically I said that I couldn't be friends with a Repub that wouldn't listen to my points of view. Then he starts trying to talk to me about the Liberal point of view. Ugh. Basically, the whole conversation consisted of him telling me that Clinton was the worst president ever, and he was an even worse person. And that Faux news was WAY too Liberal for his tastes, Newt Gingrich (sp?)is a GOD, 9/11 was Clinton's fault, and GET THIS: He actually had the balls to tell me that ALL Liberals wanted to take money away from rich people to give to people on the streets so they could do heroin. Basically lots of other bullshit said as well. I laid my points out there (to which he said that he's sick of hearing those things because every liberal tells him the same things. I said "Have you ever thought that since a LOT of people say that to you that it could be true?") and he hung up on me. I left a message on his phone telling him that he proved my statement right and I wouldn't be friends with someone who didn't respect me enough to listen to my opinion. So, that's it. 4 years ended over stupid ass, uneducatedness. Am I sad? Hell no. :D

[liberal N proud]

1. If he hung up on you then, it is all on him anyway

Always sad to loose a friend no matter the circumstance but it sounds like you were not going to get anywhere with him anyway and continued relations would most likely be stressful. You did stand your ground and that is good.
Thanks for the story, we all have so many stories just like that.
I do however have friends that I can carry on debates with and no one gets upset.

[BlondieK143]

3. Those are true friends.

I have those as well and they're awesome! We respect each other enough to listen to each other. It's so sad that there are so many close minded people out there.

[Barad Simith]

2. Yes, it's difficult to find common ground with those who...

...have so divorced themselves from reality.

:D

[BlondieK143]

4. No kidding!

Couldn't have said it better.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. your story proves my theory

that many of the right wingers have no earthly clue what is going on but live in their own fantasy world of paranoia and hate. Sad, sad, sad for them. Loved your point that if he's hearing the same thing from a lot of folks, maybe it is the truth!

[BlondieK143]

6. Thanks!

I made some damn good points last night, I was pretty proud. :)

[LiberalinNC]

7. Typical response from someone out of touch w/ reality!!!

I have several friends who are repugs, we have an understanding that we do NOT talk politics!

This guys doesn't sound like a "friend" to me, he sounds like an arrogant person who wants you to either "follow his beliefs" or "hit the highway"...you're better off not having him as a friend.

[BlondieK143]

9. That's exactly what I thought.

Which is why he's erased from my contact list on my phone. Some day I'll forget his number.

[LiberalinNC]

13. Don't give this guy a second thought!

Because that is what he wants you to do!! He wants you to go "crawling" back to re-establish the friendship, so he can tell himself and anyone who will listen that you're a "softy" and needs to be educated! :puke:

[BlondieK143]

15. Nope

Hell no. I hold a grudge in this case. There's no way I can be friends with someone that shows me that lack of respect. :( Ugh. Thanks for the advice!

[AFSCME girl]

8. Morning Blondie!

Lots of cold and snow here in Michigan this morning. x(

Hope you had a great weekend! That's too bad about your friend, but it is definitely his loss! That's what I love about us "Libruls", we are always willing to learn new things and will listen to other points of view - even if we don't agree! We Rock!! :D

Your trip to Boston sounds awesome! I am a big fan of the Kennedy's and have always wanted to see the Kennedy Library! You'll have a great time!

:bounce: :hi:

[BlondieK143]

10. You should come!

It'd be a blast! :)

So good to see ya this morning! Sorry it's so cold, but enjoy the beautiful snow! :hug: Have a WONDERFUL day!

[AFSCME girl]

14. It's good to see you too!

I missed you over the weekend! I will definitely have to give this Boston trip some thought - it sounds great!! :bounce:

I'm off to trudge my way through the snow :scared: You have a GREAT day too, hun! :hug:

[BlondieK143]

17. If you do decide to,

let me know. I'll send you to a link of the place I'm staying. Never been there before but it looks BEAUTIFUL! I think that the two of us in the same room would probably be fun!

Be careful out there! :hug:

[AFSCME girl]

51. OK, cool.

I made it to work - phew! The roads actually aren't that bad, some are worse than others.

Have a great day - and I will be thinking about Boston! :D

[4dsc]

11. Sound's like rightwinger I debate

Its just amazing how low the right has become in attempting to paint liberals.. Every time someone says liberal to me, I say make that PROUD LIBERAL.. They pretty much shut up after that..

[BlondieK143]

12. Exactly!

He kept trying to convince me that being a Liberal was "bad". Nope, sorry, I'm very proud of it. Kudos to you for putting up with your debate partner! :)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

27. I have told a few of the more obnoxious ones...

That I am a proud bleeding heart liberal that is willing to share the bleeding part. In the interest of comity, of course. ;-)

I take no shit. Don't want to, don't need to, no longer have the patience to do so.

[Scooter24]

16. Heeey girl...

:hug:

My god I hardly ever get a chance to talk to ya.

How have ya been and what have you been up to?

[BlondieK143]

18. Holy crap!

How the hell have you been?? :hug: So good to see ya!

Let's see, work, work and more work! That's pretty much it! :) You?

[Scooter24]

21. :)

I've been doing well. Health is improving, my man is better than ever, and life in general is pretty good right now. I've been blessed :)

Had to leave school this semester. Long story-- About 6 months ago, I was asked to plan a wedding for a good friend of mine. It was a great success (thanks to that "gay" gene..hehe) and I've been doing a party here, a wedding there, on and off for a few months..

Well come mid-January, I started to get emails and phone calls from sooo many people to plan their wedding or party. A light bulb goes off in my head and I figured "Hey, why not start your own business?" With a little help from my mom (she keeps me sane) and my dad (he floated me the start-up loan :D hehe) I've actually been able to get this business off the ground and rolling in the right direction. I feel like Martin Short's character in "Father of the Bride" lol :P

BTW...here is me in sunny Florida on a cruise ship enjoying a strawberry daiquiri...How's the weather there again? :P

[BlondieK143]

28. Awesome!

Your picture is adorable. You would have to be gay, wouldn't you? ugh. :D

That's so exciting! CONGRATS!! That rocks! I'm so glad to hear that you're doing so well.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Good morning!!

Sorry about the loss of your friend, but sounds like he wasn't much of a friend in that phone call anyway.

[BlondieK143]

20. Agreed!

Good to see ya this morning! Have a great day!

[Racenut20]

22. Just trying to figure the basis for such a freindship.

No mutual interests. Long distance would rule out sex. Guess I missed a point somewhere.

[BlondieK143]

23. This friendship wasn't about sex.

We had a lot of the same interests other than politics. Plus, he seemed like a really nice guy, and he was there for me through a rough part of my life.

[Racenut20]

24. See? I knew there was something I did not know. Thanks

[BlondieK143]

25. No prob.

:)

[Oggy]

26. Hiya Blondie

We've been having a bit of a cold snap over in the UK too. It's just warming up a bit now though, it must be at least 3 Centigrade now!! My Daughter liked the snow though.

These repugs make UK conservitives seem quite tame! At least you can talk politic's without ignoring the opposite point of view over here.

[BlondieK143]

29. Hey!

Good to see ya this morning! :hug:

I bet she did! Do you still have some on the ground or is it gone? I moving to the UK!

[Oggy]

32. It went yesterday

I think there is still a lot up north, but down in the south east here it keeps snowing, settling, melting, and back to the beginning again.

[BlondieK143]

33. Don't ya hate that?

Just wish it could stay one way or the other? How's life other than the snow?

[Oggy]

47. Life's good

Very busy at work, but it's enjoyable. Looking forward to a holiday we've booked in Portugal in May ( such a long time off though.). I need something like that as sometimes it feels like we live in groundhog day. Although having said that we have been having some intresting times with our next door neighbours. We live in a terrace, and we have a shop one side which is always quiet ( heating firm ), and on the other side we used to have some brilliant neighbours who moved just about when we had all become friends but not quite past the we're friends mainly because we live next to you stage which was just changing. Anyway the guy who bought the place did it up to rent. The first set of tenants were were fine, quiet didn't see them much. No we have a new family who have moved in and it is getting to be a bit of a nightmare. It started off with loud music, but not as bad as it could be ( not my sort of music though as it is too garagey for my taste ). Then the girl ( we have so far seen a teenage girl and a woman we presume is her mum ), got herself locked out so we let her go through our house to climb over the fence to get in. Still not too bad. But then the musc started getting loader and later, until it was waking my daughter up a couple of days running, and bugging the shit out of us during the day So we knocked on the door, and they just ignored us and cranked the music up. This went on for an evening and then suddenly stopped. We think the girl told her mum someone had been constantly knocking and she had told her to turn it down. ( We think her mum works shifts and leaves her at home.). So then it developed into slamming of doors ( the music hasn't got as bad again ) and general yelling quite late. But monday morning at 2 am there was screaming and I went to see what had happened and she had set their house alight by accident. So I called the fire brigade, and they got there quick and sorted that out. Before they got there though the 4 boys who were in house with her ran off shouting to her to clear up the grass and open the windows. What to do though. This girl is obviously not mature enough to be left alone for such long periods yet we've not been able to see her mum to say anything. What to do.

Sorry about that rant then I just got on one.

[BlondieK143]

48. Holy crap!

How irresponsible! And here mom really needs to wake up and learn the truth! The girl could've burned down the whole place! Good luck with that, so glad my neighbors are quiet! And have fun on the trip, that sounds awesome!

[sniffa]

30. fuck him

not LiteraLLy. :P

where's he from?

[BlondieK143]

31. Memphis.

:) Fuck him? Nah, I'm saving myself. *giggle giggle*

[Freebird12004]

34. "I Would Never Hang Up On You"

Good Morning Blondie :hug: and welcome back to DU where we :loveya:.

I'll share my :donut: with you.

[BlondieK143]

35. Mornin'!

:hug: How are ya this morning?

And thanks for sharing! I'll stick to my Mountain Dew this morning!

[Freebird12004]

40. "I'm going to hug Frodo"

I'm a fan of Mountain Dew, too.

I kept singing Happy Birthday to Frodie yesterday, she's 4 as of yesterday. I wrote a post about her in the pet's group.

[BlondieK143]

42. HOW CUTE!!!

We have too much in common! :)

[Freebird12004]

46. "Including The Fact That We Are Both Straight"

tee hee ... I noticed another of your post ... so I'm just kidding.

[BlondieK143]

52. LOL!

Straight, that's us! I love men. Except when they're being jerks (99.8% of the time). *ducks*

[Freebird12004]

55. "I Must Be Nuts - Cause I Love Men Even When..."

they're being jerks because :shrug: sometimes they're clueless and can't help doing or saying something wrong.

[BlondieK143]

56. Good point.

Bless their little hearts. Such fragile people. :D

[Freebird12004]

59. "Exactly"

and they only - look good - because we help them out.

Waaay back many years ago ... I had a talk with a girl who started dating my boyfriend :grr: while I was still in the picture - she said " If you're dating him, there must be something worthwhile there"

[BlondieK143]

60. What a bitch!

That's one of my biggest pet peeves, cheaters! Can't stand 'em and I've had it happen way too many times.

[Freebird12004]

65. "Bridget"

... was her name ... Funny, I have a difficult time remembering names, today and that was back in 1971.

Bridget and I sat calmly talking for 1/2 hour while Ronnie was pumping gas{his job back then} and sweating bullets.

[RedstDem]

36. Your Better Off

All You Can Hope For Is Someday Your Ex-Friend Will Wake Up And Realize How Stupid He's Been.
I Hate Militant Repubs Like That. What A Waste

[BlondieK143]

38. Exactly.

A waste of space and air. :)

[Brewman_Jax]

37. G'day, Blondie!

:hi: Sorry that the car got in the way of the weekend road trip. Don't worry, uly told lots of pictures. :hug:

Throwing freepers out of your life? Good! Life is hard enough without having to deal with those willfully deluded, morally bankrupt, emotionally repressed, mentally crippled, intellectually dishonest, self-aggrandizing morans!

Your only option was

[BlondieK143]

39. Hey!

Glad you had a good time, sorry I couldn't make it! You look so cute in the pics and like you guys had an awesome time! :)

[Brewman_Jax]

41. You've seen the pics?

Didn't know that they were posted. Where are they?

[BlondieK143]

43. Not sure!

Can you search for it? I saw it a few days ago.

[Brewman_Jax]

44. The gathering was just Saturday night

I didn't think that uly would be that motivated to post quickly. I figured that he'd let us know where they are. :shrug:

[BlondieK143]

45. Someone posted them really quick.

I saw them yesterday morning.

[Brewman_Jax]

49. Found them

in the Lounge on Sunday morning. I forgot that he had a digital camera. Holy high technology, Batman! That was fast! :wow:

[BlondieK143]

50. That's what I thought also!

It looked like so much fun! Ya got trashed didn't ya? :)

[Brewman_Jax]

53. Didn't have time

(Just got my hair cut. Do you think that I had it cut too long? :P )

I got there after my taichi banquet and taking Mom home and taking some stuff from there. I missed Malloy's visit, I arrived about 9:30p. The party was well underway. It was nice meeting the matching the faces online. I had a great time! :thumbsup:

I may post more, and maybe even start a few threads.

[BlondieK143]

54. You should!

You're waay too quiet on here anyway!

How did the banquet go? I meant to ask you that first thing!

[Brewman_Jax]

57. Repeat of last year

Great food, not enough space. I suggested to my taichi brother and board member that we have the demonstration portion at the Decatur Healing Arts studio and just eat at the restaurant. Either he didn't press or Teacher was insistent, but we were crammed in the same little space as last time.

There was Chinese dance, musical instruments (the stringed instrument called the "zheng"), short talk on the last China trip, and the taichi demos. I did a couple of the empty hand and sword demo. A great time was had by all.

[BlondieK143]

58. Awesome!

Sounds like fun! I bet you were great! How's your mom doing?

[Brewman_Jax]

61. Improving

but she still uses the walker when out in public. She's practicing with the cane at home. The senior classes are helping, they get her out of the house and exercising. She wouldn't be as diligent without the class to go to.

Have fun, I gotta work, stupid meeting coming up. :hug: :hi:

[BlondieK143]

62. Have fun!

Have a good day, see ya later! :hug:

[Redstone]

63. So when, specfically, so you think your friend lost his mind?

He couldn't have been like that in the past if he used to be your pal.

I had a good friend of over 20 years, who I completely lost contact with, because I told him he couldn't bring a handgun into my house when he came to visit--or even have one in his car in my driveway, not while there are children living in my house. (And it's not like where he lives, or the road between, or where I live, are exactly high-crime areas where you have to be radey to Defend Yourself.)

But then again, I probably shouldn't have been surprised at a Gun Nut deciding that guns are more important than friends. Guns are more important than anything to the hardcore Gun Nuts.

Redstone

[BlondieK143]

64. What an idiot!

And major kudos to you for holding your ground. I don't allow guns around me either and I don't even have children!

I know he's always been like that (well, I didn't think it was this severe), but we just never talked about it. That hurt because so much of this past year for me was dedicated to the Clark campaign, then for Kerry. I couldn't share that part of my life with him, but I was always willing to hear HIS side of things. Oh well.