[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Fwd: How the Scots-Irish Invented Fundamentalism

 

This list just isn't the place to find the conventional wisdom repeated any more, is it?  A while back somebody praised Jim Webb's book on the history of the Scots Irish - a pretty sordid history (my response is pasted to the end of this email). 

It's not surprising that Webb found the history of his people admirable (or at least found the spin he liked - militaristic, etc - admirable), just as it isn't surprising to find main stream Democrats swooning over him (as the writer of an article about potential VP choices did):

"But Webb's past, by Democratic standards, is checkered. He was Ronald Reagan's secretary of the Navy; he expressed very public concern about the ability of women to lead men in combat, and he loves, loves, loves his guns. Not the stereotypical traditional Democrat."

 

I thought the following email (not sure how I got on this guy's mailing list, but I like to read a diversity of opinion) amusing - something else to blame the Scots Irish for! Though I think this guy believes its a good thing.  Interesting to hear about the Scots Irish "a profound love of democracy" - where did they get that?  During the period of service to the British Empire, when they were imposing foreign rule on the Irish?  Serving the American Empire and imposing foreign rule on (fill in the blank) out of economic necessity or because of indoctrination, while saying "stay out of my business" is not a "a profound love of democracy."

But I think the guy I was arguing with is long gone, and I don't know if anybody else cares about this.  I don't care much about it anymore, just trying to take my mind off the brutally hot weather, and news of Obama's service to the tyrants in Yeman.

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From: Andrew Himes <andrewhimes1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Subject: How the Scots-Irish Invented Fundamentalism
To: Matt Love <mattlove1@earthlink.net>

Excerpt from Chapter 3 of "The Sword of the Lord" by Andrew Himes. The Scots-Irish migration to America in the 1700s helped prepare the way for the explosive growth of evangelicalism in the 1800s and the birth of modern fundamentalism in the early 1900s.The character of fundamentalism was shaped by the experience of the Scots-Irish over centuries of conflict and deprivation, and it included a profound love of democracy, a passion for individual rights, and the placement of God and religion at the center of one's life. The Scots-Irish in my own family historically had the paradoxical capacity to find theological justification for the abolition of slavery or the defense of slavery, depending on their economic situation. Buy the Book Today! Blog the Book. Free review copy! The first 144 free copies went out to bloggers, so I decided to make 50 more available. Apply to get yours now! Thanks for your help!    Andrew Himes  4669 Eastern Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103-Seattle United States

My take on Scots/Irish history:

So to recap, Scotland was formed when the Romans built Hadrian's wall, and maintained independence until England finally shook off the last of its string of occupiers, and decided to get into the Empire business itself.  After Scotland was subdued, they (some of them at least) got enthusiastic about the imperials enterprise, acting as muscle (so much so that journalist Michael Fry wrote an enter book about it, "The Scottish Empire").

Nowhere is this more true than in Ireland.  After many of them were no longer needed there, they fled to the new world, where they were forced into rural ghettos in the mountains.  If Webb is correct about deep-rooted, immutable cultural traits, they apparently maintained their zest for service to empire in the guise of nationalistic fervor, "rugged individualism, warrior culture built on extended familial groups (the 'kind of people who would die in place rather than retreat') and an instinctive mistrust of authority" [though a willingness to zealously serve it].  If they have "created an American culture that mirrors these traits," it's certainly a toxic stew they've brewed up.  I think it's useful to remember the pictures of Lynndie England in Abu Ghraib; a great archetypal image of the "hillbilly" in the service of Empire.

At any rate, it's hard to construct the Scottish role in Britain's brutal occupation of Ireland as harmless familial fun, like giving your cousin a noogie or something.  Sure, it happened a long time ago, but the past informs (at least) the present.

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Fwd: Regarding your message (11USCW24ENA001786)

 

Dear Marketing,

Wow talk about egg on my face!  I sent my email to the wrong place - it's good to know that technical support thinks I have a great idea, but you're the deciders, and I know that.

I don't know how far I should back up, because I don't know if tech support forwarded my message to you or not, but to quickly sum it up (and to add some new information) ever since I saw that commercial where you turn a rock into a phone, I felt you people might be the ones to partner with me and create a cell phone I can shave with while I'm talking to people.

Friends of mine have confirmed its a good idea. Dunstan wants one, too.  Ryan told me about this link, and said I needed to get on with my  idea right away:  http://31st-and-chi.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-grandpa-old-intuition.html

But I'm not worried.... "a cruddy cell phone with a BIC razor hot glued to the back of it"?!?  Come on, we can do better than that!  And I have it on good authority (Malcolm Gladwell, no less) that you don't have to be the first with an idea, you just have to be the best.

I like your slogan, "everything we do starts with you,"  and when you say "you" I think you are talking about "me,"  thatps pretty cool because I've always wanted to be on the ground floor of somebody's everything, and I hope this idea will become one with everything. 

Which reminds me of what the Delai Lama said to the hot dog vender:  "Make me one with everything."  But that's another story.

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Dear Matt Love,

Thank you for the email and the great idea.

Matt, this email is for technical support only. Please contact Marketing_NA@htc.com.

I wish you the best in your endeavors, Matt.

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Fwd: RE: Product idea

 

If you want to join me in class action request (for a phone you can shave with), you can contact them using the message number (11USCW24ENA001786) they gave me.

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>Dear HTC.com
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>I saw your commercial where you changed that rock into a phone, that was pretty sweet.  I like your slogan, "everything we do starts with you," but I knew I'd done the right thing when I visited your website, where you assured me "you can make the amazing appear out of thin air."  So I took that as invitation to tell you what I want, and see if you can build it for me.  I want a phone that I can shave with while I'm talking. I've wanted one for years. Can you help me make the waiting over?
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>Matt

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Product idea

 

Dear HTC.com

I saw your commercial where you changed that rock into a phone, that was pretty sweet.  I like your slogan, "everything we do starts with you," but I knew I'd done the right thing when I visited your website, where you assured me "you can make the amazing appear out of thin air."  So I took that as invitation to tell you what I want, and see if you can build it for me.  I want a phone that I can shave with while I'm talking. I've wanted one for years. Can you help me make the waiting over?

Thank you,

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: [progressive] The GOP KILLS Jobs!

 

It's a puzzle to me why the Dems think it is a formula for success to accept huge donations from the same monied interests and the Republicans, completely sqander all the opportunities to make real changes that would get the popular vote and stay in office for the next hundred years... and then piss and moan to us about how all-powerful the republicans are, and how helpless the dems are before this evil juggernaut.

I concluded a long time ago they don't want to succeed. Since the Nixon era, the job of the Dems has been to let the Republicans spend like drunken sailors (Republican fiscal restraint is another Urban Legend), then the dems come in for 4 or 8 years and impose austirity on the backs of the poor, workers, and the middle class... then turn it back over to the Republicans for more rape and pillage.

it seems to me to expect otherwise from the Dems requires a powerful religious faith. But what a bizarre, fatalistic faith. The evil republicans are all powerful. Bush was able to do so much because he was evil and bad. Obama is powerless because he's virtuous and good. Who wants a religion like that, where the devil is so powerful, and the forces of good so feeble?  I sure don't.

I actually don't want any myths or fantasy mixed up in my politics. Dems, stand up for what's right, and we'll keep you around.  Do it your way, and you can have it your way - you can be the junior varsity, and management can send you in when the game is so lopsided (win or loose) that it's time for a shake up.  Just don't come whining, and lying, to me about how you're playing to win, and you're doing it for me.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Bob <joehawken4@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

...And here's some statistics, at least for one state. The Rethugs ran on job creation (a lie), and now blame Obama for job stagnation (another lie). Budget cuts COST jobs, dammit!

This is a Good Democrat! The Rethugs are looking to redistrict her out. Some of her reports often express the same kind of
disgust with the GOP as I do. In addition to this, the GOP has
tried to eliminate ALL the environmental funds and controls possible. For a tourist destination state, that IS deranged.

The Raleigh Report
Representative Susan Fisher
Buncombe County ~ District 114
7 Maple Ridge Lane
Asheville, NC 28806
susanf@...

From the Office of Representative Susan Fisher
June 2, 2011

The state Senate has passed a damaging budget which appears poised to pass the
House before the end of the week. I have done my best to keep the most harmful
aspects of this budget from going into place, but the majority appears
determined to pursue a course of action resulting in thousands of layoffs, fewer
preschool services, less access to healthcare and less protection for the
environment.

Education
The budget drafted by the legislative majority cuts education over $560 million
more than the governor's proposed budget. While the new budget deletes the
specific reduction to cut teacher assistants, it adds $322 million in cuts to
school systems. This new deeper reduction, along with others that were
unchanged, will result in an estimated loss of 9,300 public school positions.
The loss just to Buncombe County Schools will be $7.4 million and to Asheville
City Schools, $1.1 million.

Statewide, the projected loss of education jobs includes:
Teachers – 3,800
Principals – 90
Assistant Principals – 500
Teachers Assistants – 2,245
Instructional Support Personnel – 765
Central Office Directors – 210
Clerical – 560
Custodian / Other – 1,110
(maybe the kids can volunteer to clean the bathrooms! Bob)

The budget includes drastic cuts to the state's nationally recognized early
childhood programs, resulting in the closing of local partnerships and the
elimination of critical education and health programs for at-risk preschool
children. Workforce training and development will suffer with community colleges
being cut $70 million over and above what the governor recommended and the
university system losing $235 million--in addition to the reductions recommended
by the governor. These cuts will likely lead to the elimination of faculty and
staff positions, the closure of programs, and higher waiting lists for critical
workforce training programs.

Jobs & Economy
The budget would be reduced 10 percent for the state's Regional Economic
Development partnerships, a critical component to the state's job recruitment
and retention infrastructure. Funding for state historic sites, in many cases
the engines for regional economies across the state, would be reduced by 15
percent. Most notable is the major reduction and ultimate elimination of state
funding for Tryon Palace and the Cape Fear Museum.

Health
The proposed budget removes $2 billion from the state's Medicaid program over
the next two years. These cuts will result in the reduction and elimination of
Medicaid services, as well as access to providers. There will be major cuts in
critical Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Disabilities programs
and services.
The budget eliminates the state's Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Grants made
through the trust fund have been widely credited for helping reduce smoking
rates and encourage healthy lifestyles in the state.

Public Safety
Public safety and courts would lose nearly three times more under this proposal
as what the governor suggested. The plan slashes, and in many cases eliminates,
funding for domestic violence, sexual assault and community grants programs. A
cut of 15 percent to the state's Emergency Management infrastructure would
jeopardize the state's (nationally recognized) ability to respond to disasters.

Fiscal Integrity
The budget, if enacted, could endanger the state's Triple-A bond rating. The
document contains unrealistic proposals for budget cuts, appears to be
unbalanced for the biennium, and restricts the governor's constitutional
authority to manage through a budget emergency. There are several problems with
the plan that could leave a shortfall of about $500 million throughout the
biennium.
The proposed budget:

Leaves no money on the bottom line in the second year of the biennium.
Historically, the State has reserved hundreds of millions of dollars across the
biennium to buffer against revenue uncertainty and unforeseen disasters.

Relies on over $750 million in cuts to Medicaid over the biennium. More than
$200 million of these cuts are unachievable due to double counting and
unrealistic forecasts.

Assumes $40 million in unspecified asset sales over the biennium ($15 million
first year). Generally, any asset sale takes at least a year.
Provides no funding in the second year for university enrollment growth.

Thank you for your calls and comments in recent weeks. It is heartening just to
know you are involved and care about the issues. In the meantime, please contact
me if I can be of help.
Keep in touch,

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: sex scandals

 

Well, they are at it again.. the Wieners, the Edwards, etc.  There was a time in the shadowy past when there were people on this group that actually believed that Republican politicians are sex mad perverts who can't keep their pants up, but Democrats are sober statesmen, with healthy libidos channeled into sex with their pair-bonded S.O. because of their lack of repression.

Once upon a time I warned the folks in this group against such hubris. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the original posting, though I found a couple that alluded to it (occasioned by the charging of Elliot Spitzer, and the initial revelations about John Edwards affair and love child, which I've attached below).

In the interim Gore has had his own sex scandals...

This reminder hardly seem necessary any more; nobody here currently is advancing such foolish arguments, since the list has become a true progressive forum, rather than a place where democratic party loyalists posed as progressives and resented the heck out of arguments made by true progressives!  In fact, by the time I posted the two messages below in 2008, nobody disagreed.  Who says there's no progress in the world?

So much political coverage is gossip anyway. It was sort of interesting how damaging Edward's $400 haircut was. There's a little piece of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal that as far as I can tell has gone unremarked on. At least one media outlet clubbed him with his love of up to $35,000 suits to show his lack of connection with the common man.  Obama gets his suits from the same tailor. They ask how can he afford his high flying lifestyle on his salary (roughly the same as Obama's).  How can a public servant in a time of suffering and austerity live so lavishly, etc etc.

You get the picture. Once you are public persona non grata, they will pile on you with anything they have. If you are the monied interests fair haired child, the very same things get no attention at all.  That's where teflon comes from - it's not something innate, its something conferred upon by what my wife and I sardonically call "the shadowy overlords."

But just like Noriega, Saddam, Mubarak, Somoza, Marcos, et al if Obama becomes a liability, they'll drop him like a hot potato and lavish their affection on some other new kid in town.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:49 PM, matt love <mattlove1@gmail.com> wrote:

"It would not be the first time that a high-profile politician became ensnared in a prostitution scandal..."

Then they give four examples:

Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana – Republican

Connecticut Gov. John Rowland - Republican

New Jersey's Jim McGreevey - Democrat

Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho – Republican

So the Republicans still have the lead, but the Democrats are closing the gap. It seems to me that among liberals there is a triple standard around these issues.

When the perp is Republican:  What do you expect, they are a bunch of closeted, hypocritical pervs! Anybody who keeps yammering on about morality can't be trusted!

When the perp is a Democrat:  It's a private issue between consenting adults (and their spouses, who no doubt encouraged them to do it). Nobody was hurt by it (see previous parenthetical comment). A vigorous political leader like Kennedy or Clinton is naturally going to be vigorous in the sack.  Live with it!

When the (non) perp is Ralph Nader:  There's something creepy about a guy who has never been caught in a scandal... I'm sure he put one over on those good people at GM when they were spying on him!  He's a sly devil, he is... as bad as Hitler!

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:04 PM, matt love <mattlove1@gmail.com> wrote:

In this very forum not so very long ago, in the midst of euphoria about republican sex scandals, I urged restraint, saying that the Dems would have their turn soon enough. I wasn't privy to any special knowledge, just an understanding about how things work developed over years of observation.

Well, the chickens have come home to roost as they often do.

When a Republican is caught in a sex scandal, liberals can hardly contain their glee.  When a Democrat is caught, they huff that it's a private matter, it's nobody's business.  Of course there is the matter of hypocracy... Republicans claim to be family value supporters, and they carry on like this!  On the other hand, no hypocracy in claiming to understand the problems of the common people, and getting $400 haircuts.  Or being the global green messiah and living in an energy-sucking mansion.

I am absolutely certain that Ralph Nader is somehow behind Edwards' problems.  The bastard!

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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: [progressive] Comedians for Sarah Palin

 

If comedians think the Bush terror regime was funny, but the Obama terror regime isn't, maybe they just need to work harder.  Or perhaps the whole enterprise of providing a safety valve for our anger is wrong headed.  Remember how we used to think Jon Stewart was on our side, but with his farcical march on Washington and his stupid "a pox on everybody to the right or left of me" he showed his true colors?

The Dems are so very very eager to have Sarah Palin run against Obama, they are so gleeful in their imagining of what their dull, ruthless, conservative corporate bureaucrat will do to the ditzy kook.

I don't have to think far back to remember a brain damaged right wing kook who was always spouting crazy and ignorant things winning an election over a dull, articulate bureaucrat only 4 years after an extremely corrupt Republican regime was turned out.  8 years later a guy people viewed as an effete, inarticulate twit, but who was actually a ruthless infighter, up to his neck in Iran-Contra, one of the most astonishing illegal governmental activities ever to come to light (before they decided to save themselves some problems and just make that kind of thing legal).  He easily defeated his dull, bureaucratic opponent.

For 8 years, the rightist technocrat Bill Clinton did hold onto office, despite vicious Republican attempts to dislodge him, inflicting damage on workers and the poor that Reagan only have dreamed of doing. 

His dull, competent bureaucratic heir apparent lost the next election to an incompetent religious kook who acted vastly stupid (though there's some evidence both the religion and the stupidity were acts).

Perception of the candidates is shaped by the mass media, particularly television. If the owning class decides they'll be better off with Sarah Palin, imagine the frustration and confusion of Obama and his supporters when they strip him of rock star status and drape the mantle of gravity and competence and vision around Sarah's slight shoulders. 

As a rock star, Obama is somewhere in the Leo Sayer or Gilbert O'Sullivan league; vulnerable on many fronts, it wouldn't take much to shift the advantage to his opponent, and they can gild whatever turd happens to be at hand - I've seen it happen so many times already, and I'm only just eligible for AARP membership.

I'm not predicting anything. I'm just saying you can't rule anything out, and the people the Dems hate and riducule the hardest have a habit of winning elections.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Scott Peden  wrote:

 

: Comedians for Sarah Palin

Support Palin! Put a comedian to work!
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN
June 1, 2011 10:12 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- It's been a tough two and half years for comedians. We have been in a political comedy recession since Barack Obama took office. 
Sure, President Obama gives us some material here and there. But unlike his past two predecessors, he has not provided us with a clear comedic angle. It used to be so much easier. With George W. Bush, it was his well-documented struggles with English, and Bill Clinton was known for his "sextracurricular" activities.

But honestly, what's funnier -- a joke about Section 3002 of Obama's health care law, which deals with "Improvements to the physician quality reporting system," or a joke about Bush mispronouncing al Qaeda as "El Key-eeda"? A terrorist group? No! A Mexican restaurant. 

We comedians can wait no longer for this comedy downturn to end. We have decided it's time to take matters into our own hands. We are putting aside our petty differences to actively support the candidate who will best help our comedy careers.

That is why I'm excited to announce the formation of: "Comedians for Sarah Palin." Our slogan is: "Comedians putting aside their differences and the good of America for comedic material." You can follow us on Twitter @ComicsforPalin<http://twitter.com/#%21/search/@comicsforpalin>.

To comedians, Sarah Palin is not just a less-than-one-term governor with few achievements on the national or international stage. Sarah Palin is comedy gold. Comedians haven't been this excited over a political figure since George W. Bush was president -- in fact, comedically speaking, the only difference between Palin and Bush is lipstick.

It wasn't easy for Palin to lock up our endorsement. Many comics liked Donald Trump -- he could never stop talking, and his hairstyle made you appreciate Justin Bieber's. But, alas, he is out. 
And there are a few other lesser-known presidential candidates who show comedic possibilities, such as Michele Bachmann, who in March confidently proclaimed<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/bachmann-increases-public-profile-makes-another-gaffe-in-nh-trip/> that the American Revolution had started in New Hampshire. (Right answer: Massachusetts -- but you knew that.)

And making a late attempt to win our endorsement was Herman Cain, the former head of Godfather's Pizza, who last month confused<http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/may/25/herman-cain/cain-mistakes-declaration-independence-language-co/> parts of the Declaration of Independence with the U.S. Constitution, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

No -- it's Palin, with her proven track record. Others might be able to promise us comedy, but she has already delivered .

After all, she is the person who told us: "Obviously, we gotta stand with our North Korean allies<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/25/political-hot-topics-thursday-november-25-2010/?iref=allsearchhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130721-palin-gaffe-we-gotta-stand-with-our-north-korean-allies>." (Right answer: South Korean.)

But Palin had lain low and avoided the spotlight -- good for her, but bad for us. The only time Palin isn't providing comedy material is when she isn't talking. We worried that maybe she had lost her comedy mojo.

Then in March, she showed us she still had the right stuff. During an appearance on Fox News, she discussed America's involvement in Libya. The Chicago Sun-Times says<http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/4564425-417/sarah-palin-questions-whether-military-attack-was-a-squirmish.html> she posed the question: "Do we use the term 'intervention'? Do we use 'war'? Do we use 'squirmish'?"

That's right, "squirmish." In her defense, Palin probably thought that in light of the recent success of the movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," it was acceptable to add the "squi" sound to the beginning of any word. Next up: "Squimmigration."

If we had any lingering doubts, they were erased this past weekend when she dressed in leather, jumped on the back of a Harley-Davidson and declared: "I love that smell of the emissions!"

Sold! Our ticket to the promised land of comedy.

Plus, to show you that we are not just selfish comedians, you should consider (we really have) that a Palin candidacy would create jobs. How? When Bush left office it resulted in massive layoffs to those working in the Bush "comedy industry," from the publishers of the Bush calendars which featured a different Bush misstatement each day, courtesy of Slate's Jacob Weisberg, to Weisberg's books filled with those "Bushisms." 

And do the makers of the Bush dog toy, Bush action figure and the Bush toilet brush not deserve to make an honest living? A Palin victory would immediately put those people back to work.

That is why comedians across America are climbing aboard the Palin express. We hope you will join us. We know that Sarah Palin may not be the right choice for America, but she's definitely the right choice for comedy.

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• • For those of you who are not following me or Mr Roboto on Facebook, here is a post I just posted there. I'm sure Mr Roboto is notifying his facebook friends about this, too.
    

  
  
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  • I told Mr Roboto about a blog entry I wrote about some of the shenanigrous activities that used to go on around the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich: http://mattlove1.blogspot.com/2011/05/itsallaboutmeman-thoughts-on-reading.html and the next thing that cheeky little rustbucket did was attempt to recreate one of the lost songs of the era. It would not surprise me if he did end up conquering the world, despite all his trials. You can hear his song at: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10707837
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    Thoughts on reading The Art Of Yesterday's Crash, Pt 3

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    I've finally achieved consistency in my life. Any person of average or above intelligence can predict what I will say next with unerring accuracy. And what I say will always be wrong.

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I want to play in your town for you and 2 of your friends. 
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[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: Ultimate Girls Fail

 

Dear Sirs:

Are you guys called Liquid Generation because you're into Urolagnia (also known as urophilia, undinism, golden shower, watersports, and not to put too fine of a point on it, piss drinking), because I've followed your links a couple of times, and it really seems like you're pissing up a rope, and then sucking it dry again.

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Girls Failing Ten minutes of girls failing. Sounds perfect. Drunk Gets Ultimate Pwned This stop-motion video of a drunk guy getting owned by his friends is the best example of this type of prank evar! This shall now end the "Drunk Pwned" series of photos. Thank you. Ultimate Girls Fail Nothing is better than seeing girls fail. WEEKLY FEATURES WHOOSE BOOBS SUCK MY NEWS WHO'D YOU RATHER The famous boob game! Celebrity News! A celebrity sex game! We hope you enjoyed our weekly update. We have sent it to you with great love and caring. However, if you're no longer cool enough to hang out with us then we understand. We have a reputation too. It's probably best that you admit: I'm just too boring to EVER get another LiquidGeneration Newsletter. Just remember that once you click, you're gone! That is it! No going back. No re-subscribing. Ever. I know it's hard but think before you click. Moron. We discourage communicating via the US Postal Service but if you must: Liquid Generation Inc. 8750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 301 Beverly Hills CA 90211

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