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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 12:39 PM
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Latest E-Mail from Alan Grayson. "Diamonds in Your Bathtub"
6-18-10

In the New York Times for June 13th, the Pentagon proclaimed that Afghanistan holds almost one trillion lira - no, sorry, that's one trillion dollars - in hitherto-unknown mineral wealth.

Allow me to offer these revelations:

(1) Paris Hilton actually is Albert Einstein, with a wig. Think about it - you've never seen them together, have you?

(2) The Moon is made of green cheese. Specifically, a lovely Camembert, slightly fruity, that goes very well with cabernet.

(3) While you were at work today, someone broke into your house, stole everything, and replaced it with an exact duplicate (apologies to Steven Wright).

$1 trillion dollars in mineral wealth in Afghanistan. What a lame excuse for a lame excuse.

But the interesting thing is that the Pentagon felt it necessary to serve up this fevered imagining. Why? Because they say that they need another $33 billion for the war by July 4th, or, or, or, I don't know - they just say that they need it. And for once, Congress isn't falling all over itself to give the generals whatever they want. So get ready to hear about lithium in Afghanistan, oil in Iraq, and diamonds in your bathtub.

With 14 million Americans out of work, support for endless war is crumbling. People want an America that is #1 in health, #1 in education, #1 in quality of life, not #1 in number of foreign countries occupied.

Send an e-mail to your Member of Congress. Ask him or her to oppose the "emergency supplemental" for more and more war.

Hope. Change. How about some peace, for a change?

Courage,

Alan Grayson

P.S. I am the first Democrat to represent my district in 34 years. I depend on ordinary people like you to support my campaign. If you'd like to make a contribution, please do so here.

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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 12:46 PM
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1. Maybe they've got WMDs.
I'll bet that's what they meant to say.
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 12:57 PM
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2. a lovely Camembert, slightly fruity, that goes very well with cabernet
Grayson is so much fun.

Why would ANYONE ever unsubscribe from that list?

:shrug:
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 01:05 PM
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4. I really, really, really hope Alan Grayson runs for POTUS in 2016.
I'd work for him to get elected. In the meantime, I wish I had money to send him to get reelected (I think he'll win).
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 01:00 PM
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3. I like Alan... one of the few who speaks truth to power.....
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newtothegame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-10 02:31 PM
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5. Amen...we'd get a lot more done if we spent more time working with guys like him and less time...
worshiping folks like Stewart, Olbermann or Maddow.
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