"Jim" wrote in message
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FUnny thing -- I surprised myself even. Posted this on a local board, but
changed Joe to Peter who is a
local Konservative type. Got his goat good, but then deceided to do some
Google research.

It appears that Liberals ARE behind everything Joe/Peter likes in the
world

Peter gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot
full
of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water
quality standards.


The first coffee percolator---1865 (Lincoln, a Republican)
The discovery of instant coffee---1901 (McKinle, a Republican)
Maxwell House patents "good to the last drop"---1926 (Coolidge, a
Republican)




He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His
medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their
safety and effectiveness as advertised.

The top 5 mostly widely prescibed drugs are vicodin, lipitor, premarin,
atenolol,
and sythroid. Since Vicodin isn't a daily medication...and since Peter is a
man and
wouldn't take premarin, we can assume he's on lipitor, atenolol, and/or
synthroid...
which are all "daily" meds.

Lipitor was patented in 1987 (Reagan, Republican)
Atenolol was patented in 1991 (Bush, Republican)
Synthroid was patented in 1987 (Reagan, Republican)


Peter dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes
is
clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries
from polluting our air.

Same as Above


He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work;
it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You
see,
some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives
everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Would a conservative subsidize something like transportation?

Ah, yes...the subway. First in operation in 1904 (Teddy Roosevelt,
Republican)






Peter begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medical
benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal
union
members fought and died for these working standards. Peter's employer pays
these standards because Peter's employer doesn't want his employees to
call
the union.

See national Labor Relations act above


If Peter is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he'll get a workers
compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn't think he
should loose his home because of his temporary misfortune.


Its noon time, Peter needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some
bills.
Peter's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal
wanted to protect Peter's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the
banking system before the depression.





Part of the "New Deal" That damned Liberal FDR again


Peter has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market
federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Peter and
the
government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money
over
his life-time.

It wasn't until 1934 that mortgages, as they work now, came into being.
The
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) played a critical role. In order to
help pull the country out of its economic depression, the FHA initiated a
new type of mortgage aimed at the folks who couldn't get mortgages under
the
existing programs. At that time, only four in 10 households owned homes.
Mortgage loan terms were limited to 50 percent of the property's market
value, and the repayment schedule was spread over three to five years and
ended with a balloon payment. An 80 percent loan at that time meant your
down payment was 80 percent -- not the amount you financed! With loan
terms
like that, it's no wonder that most Americans were renters.

FHA started a program that lowered the down payment requirements. They set
up programs that offered 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV), 90 percent LTV,
and
higher. This forced commercial banks and lenders to do the same, creating
many more opportunities for average Americans to own homes.



Liberal FDR yet again


Peter is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his
farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his
car
is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car
safety
standards.

His car? Ford developed the Model T in 1907 (Teddy Roosevelt, Republican)