I lost a friend last week...

I lost a friend last week. She is a smart woman, but she seems to be under the influence of some very scary people. She's been forwarding increasingly hateful, untruthful, and inflammatory e-mails. She's been slandering the President of these United States.

I've had to listen/read these kinds of e-mails for years - both sides send them to their friends and family. Some are truthful, most are not.

I finally got offended to the point that I didn't want to see any more of those come my way.

I sent her a link to snopes.com, which is the myth-dispelling website. They check all the myths, forwards, rumors and so on, and tell you which are true and which are false..

So, I sent her the link and asked her to stop spreading hate and falsehoods.

She came back with more hate - but at least it was original hate. She now blocks all my e-mails. It's too bad. I wasn't attacking her, but just asked her to stop spreading hate and falsehoods.

Over-reaction. Pure and simple. It's so sad; she couldn't even see what my objection was. I never told her what to think, who to vote for, or how to believe. In her response, she did all of these to me.

I wish folks who did this kind of thing could see what is being asked and what the true objection is. I don't care who you vote for, as long as you vote. I just don't want to spread falsehood and hate. I delete them. I won't forward them.

PLEASE!!! If you forward e-mails to folks, check them for truth before you do. It will cut the amount of SPAM we all get, and keep your friends happy.

Democrats vs Republicans

It used to be "Tax and Spend Democrats" and "Fiscally Responsible Republicans"

You could count on Democrats to make government big and Republicans to make it small.

Now, we have the largest tax bill ever, largest deficit ever, and nobody is taking responsibility.

And the current "regime" is proposing we bail out the fat-cats who got us into this mess by their greed.

Right! Like "the people" are responsible.

People who barely live from paycheck to paycheck. People who are one mishap away from homelessness. People who rent, pay for high-priced gas and food, pay their taxes, pay for the government to steal them blind.

HEY! Wheres' the Vaseline! At least you could lube us when you screw us!