Democrat vs Republican

[MachZer0]

I've been looking to see if Foxworthy is the author of this piece in the OP. WHat I've found are several thousand reposts of this all attributing it to Foxworthy, and one post from Dec 2009 with no attribution to anyone. Anyone else been able to verify the author or is still just conjecture at this point?

Complaing about the authencity of authorship allows some people to avoid the reality of the content

 

[whitestone12]

Recently, while I was working in the vege beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day.

Both of her parents, liberals, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"

She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed with pride.

"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" I told her.

"What do you mean?" she replied.

So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out and give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

That says it all.

 

[Touma]

Complaing about the authencity of authorship allows some people to avoid the reality of the content

There is no reality of content.

 

[whitestone12]

Jeff Foxworthy did not write the 'jokes' in the OP. I wonder if the OP author will edit the OP to make the post accurate?

How dost thou know?

When someone can verify that to be true I would gladly edit the OP. And, who the author is has no bearing on the accuracy of the thoughts it contains.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I've been looking to see if Foxworthy is the author of this piece in the OP. WHat I've found are several thousand reposts of this all attributing it to Foxworthy, and one post from Dec 2009 with no attribution to anyone. Anyone else been able to verify the author or is still just conjecture at this point?

I checked too and didn't find a thing. If it was real, you'd find something.

 

[Papias]

whtiestone12 wrote:

Fox viewers most misinformed. Straight out of the mind of Olberman or Whoopi or Biden or Soros or Ted Turner or Jeanne Growlawful, or, or, or.

When I started watching Fox News it was like a breath of spring, like a rescue ship pulling me out of the ocean, like a shot of penicillin after being really sick.

Misinformed. Ha!

OK, but did you actually look at the evidence I posted - a nonpartisan study showing that, based on objectively verified facts, that fox viewers were most likely to be simply wrong about the facts?

I showed objective evidence related to your still unsupported claim that "the Repulican way is intertwined with the truth". You have no response based on evidence?

And you didn't reply as to whether or not you are a man-made global warming denier or not. That's another easy place to see if your "Republican way is intertwined with the truth". In other words, to see if you'll go with what is objectively true, regardless of whether or not it supports the politicians you like.

Papias

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Recently, while I was working in the vege beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day.

Both of her parents, liberals, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"

She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed with pride.

"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" I told her.

"What do you mean?" she replied.

So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out and give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

You left out a bit:
The homeless guy was a Vietnam Vet who doesn't have any legs and thus can't mow anything.

HAW HAW HAW

 

[whitestone12]

See whitestone12? Is it possible to make fun of liberals and be mildly amusing at the same time. Keep in mind that I do have SNL Weekend Update in my corner and they top the best comedians from your party any day.

That's strange. I didn't see anyone being "made fun of" or "amusement" in that post. I saw truth being revealed through the mouths of babes and the teaching of a gardener.

 

[JCSr]

How dost thou know?

When someone can verify that to be true I would gladly edit the OP. And, who the author is has no bearing on the accuracy of the thoughts it contains.

If you post a thread crediting a specific writer for the material, it is your responsibility to verify that the writer in question did in fact write the material.

Seeing as how Jeff Foxworthy is not really the point of the thread, I would have excluded his name and posted as an unknown. It would not be too difficult to do, unless you believe that it makes the content better to say that Foxworthy wrote it?

 

[SharonL]

Fox viewers most misinformed. Straight out of the mind of Olberman or Whoopi or Biden or Soros or Ted Turner or Jeanne Growlawful, or, or, or.

When I started watching Fox News it was like a breath of spring, like a rescue ship pulling me out of the ocean, like a shot of penicillin after being really sick.

Misinformed. Ha!

They always complain about Fox viewers - but somehow the figures just don't add up - Fox has more viewers than the other 3 combined - someone is doing something right. I switched on the other 3 channels the other night just to see what they were saying - believe it or not - all three stations was reporting the same lie - Romney says he don't care about 47 % of the people.

 

[whitestone12]

My experience is that a lot of my liberal friends take offense on the behalf of others when no offense was intended or even implied. The perfect example is the never ending charges of racism

True. Oddly today when someone takes note of various races it becomes racism. Go figure.

Complaing about the authencity of authorship allows some people to avoid the reality of the content.

Here you come to save the day with such sensible thoughts.

 

[Touma]

Fox viewers most misinformed. Straight out of the mind of Olberman or Whoopi or Biden or Soros or Ted Turner or Jeanne Growlawful, or, or, or.

When I started watching Fox News it was like a breath of spring, like a rescue ship pulling me out of the ocean, like a shot of penicillin after being really sick.

Misinformed. Ha!

Notice anything wrong?

I can post hundreds or thousands of examples of how Fox is wrong. I suppose if you like being lied to, then its great.

 

[whitestone12]

I checked too and didn't find a thing. If it was real, you'd find something.

Really? Usually if it is false you always find something.

However, shouldn't you deal with the words within rather than Foxworthy?

 

[MachZer0]

You left out a bit:
The homeless guy was a Vietnam Vet who doesn't have any legs and thus can't mow anything.

HAW HAW HAW

Glad you find disabled Vietnam vets with no legs funny

 

[MachZer0]

There is no reality of content.

So you'd be in the category of folks who deleted it?

 

[MachZer0]

Recently, while I was working in the vege beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day.

Both of her parents, liberals, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"

She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed with pride.

"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" I told her.

"What do you mean?" she replied.

So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out and give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

Many years ago I saw one of those "homeless" guys standing in front of an ARCO AM/PM station. He was holding one of those signs, "WILL WORK FOR FOOD." He was standing right under the ARCO sign that said, "NOW HIRING".

 

[JCSr]

They always complain about Fox viewers - but somehow the figures just don't add up - Fox has more viewers than the other 3 combined - someone is doing something right. I switched on the other 3 channels the other night just to see what they were saying - believe it or not - all three stations was reporting the same lie - Romney says he don't care about 47 % of the people.

Do you have a link to those lies you witnessed, or must we once again have to take your word on the matter?

 

[RedPaddy]

The Foxworthy quote in the OP appears on Foxworthy's facebook page. I'd bet if he didn't write it, it would not have been allowed to stay for as long as it has. Conclusive proof? no. But more than I've seen from those claiming any other author.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Really? Usually if it is false you always find something.

However, shouldn't you deal with the words within rather than Foxworthy?

The post I quoted in post #56 deals with it just fine.

As far as who the author is, it's unusual not to be able to verify it either way. My lengthy personal experience leads me to believe it's bogus. I'm a Foxworthy fan to boot. So I'd really like to know one way or the other.

 

[JCSr]

The Foxworthy quote in the OP appears on Foxworthy's facebook page. I'd bet if he didn't write it, it would not have been allowed to stay for as long as it has. Conclusive proof? no. But more than I've seen from those claiming any other author.

You just said that inaccurate proof is better than no proof!