Reply #13: This is second-hand, but still....

[Z_I_Peevey]

My eldest child, a daughter, married into a family of Repub idiots (although my son-in-law is the best of the lot, and has been converted to sanity).

Anyway, they are vocal, stupid and stuck somewhere in the 1950s. They firmly believe men are smarter than women, and women are mere vessels for childbearing. Into this mix comes my daughter, raised liberal and not shy about it.

The men of this family are having a political discussion. My daughter is present. Freeper Dad says to Freeper Son, "I don't know why anybody complains about this country, it's the best country in the world!"

Freeper Son replies: "Yeah! Our system...uh, what is it called? Damn, I can't think of it. It starts with a 'D', I think."

"Democracy," my daughter interjects.

"No, that's not it," says Freeper Son dismissively. "It starts with a 'D'."