I received two E-mails today from a friend. This is the second one. After the E-mail is my Reply. *****************************************************

TOM:

This might even be true

This is TOO good!

5 million of our older Americans have not signed up yet for their

Medicare, Part D, drug plan------they are old and confused.

We are NOT going to grant them an extension.

However, 12 million illegal aliens are in our country and we are

going to allow them to stay, protest, procreate, receive support

monies, attend schools, avoid paying income taxes, have our

teachers take 300 hours of ESL(English as a Second Language)

training at our expense, etc.

WE MUST REALLY DISLIKE OUR OLD PEOPLE......

OR WE MUST REALLY LOVE TACOS!!!

If it ticks you off, pass it on!!

Don't forget to pay your taxes......

12 million illegal aliens are depending on you!

Dwain

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My Reply:

Dwain:

You sent me 2 E-mails this morning. One was about Jesus and started with the message: "When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you! If you are one of the 7% who will stand up for him, forward this with the Title 7%."

The second one was this cute comparison of elderly people who are being abused by the Republican Medicare Rx program and Illegal Aliens. Read your Bible and you will find that Jesus talked about nothing more often than helping the poor. Yes, many of the elderly people (being abused by the Republican Medicare Rx program) are poor, but so are the "Illegal Aliens". Are they "Illegal" because they have broken laws other than trying to better their life and their family's life?

Would Jesus condemn a man for crossing a border to feed his family?

Wasn't Jesus an "Illegal Alien" as he crossed borders to teach his life's mission of forgiveness and COMPASSION?

Yes, Jesus taught about COMPASSION. COMPASSION for the sick, COMPASSION for the elderly and mostly, COMPASSION for the poor.

This e-mail does a great disservice to all that honer Jesus, especially those who use the name of Jesus at this time of year to Celebrate Christmas. What better gift could any of us give to Jesus than to share some COMPASSION with an Alien? They are aliens, yes, but they are only "Illegal Aliens" because they have walked across the borders established by man; not by Jesus, not by God. Show me where in the Bible that Jesus separated people by borders. Show me in the Bible where Jesus refused to heal or feed a sick or poor person because of borders.

Yes, my tax money is helping aliens, but I do not have the powers of Jesus to heal and feed the sick and poor, except by my tax dollars and my COMPASSION for all of God's children. Just about all of these so-called Illegals are Christians. Let us as Christians, try to act as Christians toward our fellow Christian brothers. Let us refer to them as "Christian Aliens" or better yet, "Our Poor Christian Brothers and Sisters" and let us give them what Jesus would have given them: COMPASSION.

It is easy to fall for these cutesy E-mails. We have to stop, think and realize that we are talking about people. I forgive all those who fall for these E-mails and I am sure that Jesus would also forgive anyone who falls for these E-mails. Our hearts must go out to the poor as we celebrate Christmas in the richest nation in the world. On Christmas day, 35,000 people will die world-wide of starvation. Very few will die of starvation in the USA. Isn't that a Christmas gift that you can be proud of sharing?

TOM

Man, after listening to 'his' ranting and raving tonight, my husband is pissed! He just doesn't get why I am 'wasting' my time - and then accuses me of baiting him just for the sake of it! I gotcha backs, too, grrlzz...although my husband may be sleeping on the couch tonight b/c of my debating here...

Man, after listening to 'his' ranting and raving tonight, my husband is pissed! He just doesn't get why I am 'wasting' my time - and then accuses me of baiting him just for the sake of it! I gotcha backs, too, grrlzz...although my husband may be sleeping on the couch tonight b/c of my debating here...

Oof! Tell yer hubby that it's a grrl thing and a whole lot more healthy than visiting the refrigerator. I do have to confess that my mate gets kinda frustrated by the amount of time I spend on the computer. He is 9 years younger than I am and so I tell him that it is either the intellectual stimulation of the PC or senile dementia.:faint: Shuts the kid up immediately, eh.:biggrin1: :biggrin1:

I think my family is planning an intervention.

Oof! Tell yer hubby that it's a grrl thing and a whole lot more healthy than visiting the refrigerator. I do have to confess that my mate gets kinda frustrated by the amount of time I spend on the computer. He is 9 years younger than I am and so I tell him that it is either the intellectual stimulation of the PC or senile dementia.:faint: Shuts the kid up immediately, eh.:biggrin1: :biggrin1:

I must be one of the girls and Tina must be my husband, because I have been catching it lately also.

Maybe we should give it up for Lent?

Maybe we should give it up for Lent?

That's mighty Catholic of you.

Does any of this have yeast/levening? I'll give it up for Pesach!!(Passover)

Does any of this have yeast/levening? I'll give it up for Pesach!!(Passover)

Just the leavening of humour, eh.:phanvan As for me, I'm an atheist. I'll be here until I get senile dementia or a holiday. :faint: I'm thinking Mexico.

count me in on the mexican holiday...I am so tired of bleary dreary days of rain...

I was just reading the other thread, please don't tell me I embarrased myself fighting with Dody??????

I was just reading the other thread, please don't tell me I embarrased myself fighting with Dody??????

Dody??? I never heard of Howdy Dody. Doncha mean Howdy Doody? Or am I like so totally dating myself????:cry

Oh, well.../tant pis pour moi....:rolleyes

TommyO: Nothing would surprise me. It does make sense in light of the tone of that thread.

I reckon Mexico would be more doable than Bali. Sigh. I'd probably be lucky to watch a re-run of "South Pacific."

"Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair!"

Howdy Doody, you are dating youself the only time I saw Howdy Doody was when I watched Happy Days as a teen. Maybe because I lived in a small town with only 3 channels on the TV.

I plan to by some shampoo myself, time to get back to sanity. I think that fun Tommy needs to return. I am feeling a little sheepish after my discusion with himself, possibly a little emabarrased. I lost my cool and got off the rails but I am commited to getting my humour back.

TommyO

TommyO: There's been much of that going around lately, even with most of us normally quite cheerful lot.

I was very young when "Howdy Doody" was on TV.

When I got older, someone made up a few new brilliant lyrics to the Howdy Doody song:

*It's Howdy Doody time,

It isn't worth a dime,

And as for Clarabell,

Well she can go to hell.

(insert Honk, Honk here)

*Sung to the tune of "It's Howdy Doody Time," the intro song to the Howdy Doody show.

I am certain Ritchie Cunningham would be greatly offended, poor Clarabel.