Advice on the REUNION?

Okay, folks, I'm stewing about something and I need your advice!  My high school reunion is coming up in October of this year.  I won't bother to tell you which one, except to say that I've already bought a ticket for this one.  I've never been to any of my high school reunions so far and I'm still not sure I'm going to this one or want to go to this one.  (Yes, there have been more than one!)  High school, while I was popular to an extent, doesn't bring back too many fond memories and the happy ones are about people who were younger than me and who I won't be seeing at this reunion!

Here's what I'm stewing about:  our reunion organizer send out a "monthly newsletter" in which she gives the latest update on reunion news, deaths of classmates, etc.  No problem, right?  HOWEVER, she also has to put her own little spin on things and her politics are politics I STRONGLY disagree with.  In fact, every time I read her "newsletter" I get really angry and want to rebut, but decide against it. 

Well, I got another "newsletter" today and I really, really want to respond.  Aside from how poorly written these things are, please give me your advice on how to respond to this Bible-thumping, ultra-consertative idiot!  I respect her religious beliefs and her right to be a Republican, but for the most part, she's EVERYTHING I dislike about Republican politics. 

The below tidbits are taken from "newsletters" over the past year:

SOAP BOX

GOD BLESS

AMERICA

AND

MARYLAND

! WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET NOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE BACK IN POWER FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS!   Yes I was depressed after the elections but I listened to a talk that Kenneth Copeland gave the Friday night I was at the KCM Victory Campaign, so now instead of cussing at that woman (Nancy Pelosi) on tv and the rest of her cohorts, I simply pray for them and this country, that God's will be on their lives (it's a whole lot more fun than cussing at them, and it works a lot better!)

REPUBLICANS HAVE NO RIGHTS       

Ok I have yet to learn my lesson (see letters to the editor). My mom lives on the corner of Wellham And Vista in Ferndale, my house sits behind her's, well we allow the Republicans to put the BIG election signs in the yard, because we sit right before the voting area and it is good coverage. Well when Bush ran for re-election we had the sign in the yard. We were always putting it back up because people would knock it down, well finally one night the sign was stolen, never to be found. Well this election year we had signs galore up, we had only one problem until after the election. Thanksgiving night someone put a threatening note in my elderly, widowed mother's mail box (which is a federal offense!) The note in BIG black marker letters said "IT'S OVER. YOUR GUYS LOST. TAKE THE SIGNS DOWN NOW!" I have the note still.  It took a real BIG person to harass an old woman!! My husband took the signs down the other day, not because of the note but for the safety of my mom. If it was up to me the signs would have stayed there until the state forced me to take them down.  But I would like to meet this person and see if he would like people to treat his mother the way he treated mine! And p.s. wait for the next election. I wonder how many signs will fit in BOTH yards!!!!!!

TROOP BASHING (the new liberal sport)

As most of you probably know by now that I bleed red, white, and blue and know how much I love my country and how strong my opinions are whether you like them or not. Well the article written by Bill Arlin for the

washington

Post website is getting banged around in the news(Feb), at least the news I watch (FOX). Well I have been doing some looking of my own, well to be short, sweet and to the point, this guy is an ASS. But to be articulate and civil about it I will go a little further. I do not agree with what he says and won't go into how much of a treasonous coward he is, but I do agree with something he said at the end of his blog. "

America

needs to ponder what it is we really owe those in uniform." Yes I agree that americans (ALL) need to stop and really ponder what you owe our troops, all of our troops! So I pondered and here is my tic list: I speak and read english not German or Japanese or Arabic, I am not under the Queen's rule, I have rights equal to men, I vote FREELY vote, I live in a country not a colony, I have an education, I can write things like this newsletter and not have to worry about the gov't grabbing me at night (just you guys lol), I can worship freely (of course being Indian I truly didn't have this freedom until 1978 when The American Indian Religious Freedom Act was passed),I can gather with my classmates without getting a permit from the gov't. So those are only a few of my ponderings, I would like to know what you owe our troops, remember they have giving up everything for you whether you are grateful or a coward, I mean not. My dad did 4 tours of

Nam

, I spent a lot of time as a young child around military people, I formed my opinions by talking to these vets, they were my muse, and they took the time to talk to me and listen and explain, I also am a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Aux. Home post #160. These were the people who made me PROUD to be an American.

EVERYONE AND HIS DOG IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

While I was finishing up a study on the Gospel of Luke yet another person (18 last count)was throwing his hat into the 2 years of hades called the Presidential election. Well it happened to be Edwards. Well wouldn't you know that a bleeding heart liberal would announce his run in of all places

New Orleans

! While he was making the announcement I was reading the following in my study book: "Jesus said that worldly leaders like to exercise power over people while at the same time boasting that they are caring for the intrests of the common man. In contrast, godly leaders are to truly serve. Their actions prove the purity of their motives. Today we see political leaders who claim to keep the needs of the poor highest on their agendas. But for true service to the homeless and the victims of abuse and tragedy, look to the men and women who give of themselves without ever asking for titles,huge salaries and benefit packages, or even recognition. In God's sight faithful service in a humble place is the mark of true greatness." I am applying this test to all who are running and see who deserves my vote. We need to realize that the government is not our source or our problem solver, it is God ALONE! God is our provider not Uncle Sam. So when we say the government has failed the poor or the abused, shouldn't we point some fingers at ourselves for our failure to reach out and help those in need? Because God provides each one of us with the ways and means to help those less fortunate then ourselves! P.S. are we in an ice age or are we in global warning (someone get Gore on the line).

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

I just want to let everyone know that I do not have anything against people who are registered democrat, a lot of people I know are registered, my mom is still a democrat (until she changes her affiliation, and her paperwork is in the mail) I do not like the Democratic Party stand on things dealing with anything, so it is nothing personal. I am a lifetime member of the VFW Ladies Aux, I have been raised around military people,I was raised to respect my flag and country in more ways then some due to my heritage of being Native American and it is a strong heritage (http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/a020.htm this site has some family history the man shown is my mom's cousin who was the first Navajo/spanish american to graduate from the Air Force Academy), I was taught to respect our troops because it is their blood that guarantees my freedom and that of my child's. I feel that the best way to keep this country free and safe is to have a government that will protect itself and stand tall to all threats, that there is nothing wrong with religion and that I truly understand that religion does have a place in the government and that marriage is between a man and a woman and I feel that is sacred, I feel that if we treated everybody like Christians should, and not only as Christians should, but as all people should treat others with respect and decency this would not be a problem. I do not want to shove religion down anyone's throat that is not what we are called to do, we are to treat others with the same love and respect in which Jesus treated others. We are to show the love of Jesus and that light draws people out of the darkness into the light, like moths to a flame. Remember God calls us all to Love our neighbors!

Comments

[Twatpuncher]

You need to "reply to all" that although you appreciate her updates about the reunion and you respect her hard work and organization, you think that the "extras" are inappropriate. Or you could reply to all with your own (and much more well-thought out and well-written) rebutals to all of her nonsense.

[Eric]

oh my god.
Oh my god.
One more time.
Oh my god.
A, is she actually using the school newsletter as her political whipping post?
B, can you tell her where to shove it?
C, I'd go to my reunion SOLELY to tell her that.

[Crazy Cuban]

I have never been to a HS reunion either. If you aren't going there with the intention of catching up with once upon a time good friends that you somehow lost touch of OR once again meeting your one and only love with whom you failed to connect with the first time you crossed paths in life -- then really, why bother?

Clearly, this student self elected moral majority person has little in her life to truly inspire her or bring her joy or any true meaning -- the newsletters are probably the highlight of her existence. I would totally rebuttal on the issue of using the school newsletter as her personal venue for discussing things that are clearly not alum related (if you actually think this would make her have a V-8 moment and STOP DOING IT). I wouldn't feel strongly enough to go there in person -- or if I did then I DEFINITELY wouldn't go there in person. I think they throw people in the slammer in your hometown for beating on people -- much like they do in NYC.

Plus I got no bail money for you -- so don't come calling me. ;)