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ChairmanAgnostic

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:25 PM Jan 2013

a book war hath begun [View all]

mi padre, who makes some Huns look like flaming liberals, and I exchange a bag of books at every meeting. I have to admit that I began it by including H L Mencken, and a collection of Robert Ingersoll, that so impressed me, that I was shocked that I had no chance to have read them before.

Dad, in his response, began including Brad Thor books, moved on to one O'Reilly POS, and now, some book from Glenn Beck. the Overton Window.

how can i respond in kind?

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a book war hath begun [View all] ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 OP
Lol sorry the hear that TxDemChem Jan 2013 #1
we are way past that point. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #2
Darn TxDemChem Jan 2013 #12
A book I somehow always end up promoting: "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Loewen arcane1 Jan 2013 #3
Return those books to him and say... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #4
Heather has two Mommies... WCGreen Jan 2013 #5
how can i respond in kind? AlbertCat Jan 2013 #6
LOL. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #7
"In kind" to a book by Glenn Beck and company? gcomeau Jan 2013 #8
It sounds like you have started something that you can't control. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #9
He turned me on to Zinn in me yute, for which ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #10
It seems that you have misrepresented your dad. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #11
No misrepresentation. It seems that he LOVES bush ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #14
'fathers and sons' by ivan turganev Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #13
The Authoritarians Fumesucker Jan 2013 #15
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