I got this in an email from a relative and immediately thought of this board. Like most good humor, it has a certain amount of truth to it and I thought it would help us identify what is a conservative and what is a liberal.
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Conservative Or Liberal?
The division of the human family into its two distinct branches, liberals
and conservatives, occurred some 20,000 years ago. Until then all humans
coexisted as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. A thousand generations ago, in the pivotal event of societal evolution, beer was
invented. This epochal innovation was both the foundation of modern
civilization and the occasion of the great bifurcation of humanity into its two distinct subgroups.
Once beer was discovered, our prehistoric forefathers decided it was time to
settle down. Making beer required grain, and securing a steady supply of it
ordained the invention of agriculture.
After that was accomplished, ancient man quickly, and unfairly, consigned
actual cultivation to women.
Men couldn't just run off, willy-nilly, however. Neither the glass bottle
nor the aluminum can had yet been invented, so it was necessary to stick
pretty close to home, and the brewery.
This left our male ancestors with a lot of time on their hands, and led to
the division of the species, which persists to this day.
Some men tried to conserve remnants of the old way of life (hence the term
"conservative") by spending their days in the open field in the dangerous
pursuit of big game animals. At night they would roast their prey at a big
barbecue, and afterwards sat around the fire drinking beer, passing wind and
telling stories.
Other, more timid, souls stayed closer to home. They are responsible for the
domestication of cats and the invention of group therapy. Mostly, they sat
around worrying about how life wasn't fair and concocting elaborate schemes
to "liberate" themselves from inequity (thus their designation as "liberals"). In the evening they gathered around their fire, nibbling on fruit and nuts, sharing their innermost feelings.
Today some liberals try to pretend they're really sort of conservative, and
sometimes succeed in confusing people. The following are a few tips to use
in distinguishing the two types.
By definition liberals believe in big government and high taxes. Life is
unfair and the government is there to do something about it. Most people
are too stupid to spend untaxed income wisely, they say, and high taxes
allow liberals in government to do a better job of it.
Conservatives don't like government, and, aside from the military, wish it
would just go away. They hate taxes, regulations, speed limits, and small
cars. Typical conservatives are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Rush
Limbaugh and, up there with the Big Man in the Sky, the incomparable John
Wayne.
Typical liberals are Dustin Hoffman, Shirley McLaine, Pee Wee Herman, Martin
Sheen, Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand, Ted Turner and his former wife, the
traitor Jane Fonda.
All conservatives drink beer. American beer. Some liberals like imported
beer, but most prefer white wine or foreign water from a bottle.
Liberals like to drive Volvos and Saabs because they're made in socialist
Sweden. They like to eat weird food because it's un-American.
Your basic conservative vehicle, especially in Alaska, is the Chevy
Suburban. It's big, it's American, it's four wheel drive, and it sucks up
the gas. Conservatives eat beef, which they (surprise!) like to barbecue.
Big game hunters are conservative. Interior decorators are liberal.
Liberals invented the designated hitter rule in baseball because it wasn't
"fair" to make the poor pitcher take his turn at bat.
Conservatives, inspired by a remark of the legendary Pittsburgh Steeler
linebacker Jack Lambert, believe quarterbacks should be required to wear
skirts, so they can more easily be distinguished from real football players.
James Brown and Ray Charles are conservatives.
Michael Jackson and Milli Vanilli are liberals.
Most social workers, personal injury lawyers, journalists, and group
therapists are liberals.
Most ranchers, loggers, professional soldiers*, and steeplejacks are conservatives.
Liberal jurors distrust the prosecutors and police. Conservatives figure
the defendant must be guilty or he wouldn't be on trial.
Most conservatives not only believe in the death penalty, they would
cheerfully implement it, personally, if called upon to do so.
Liberals think capital punishment is a barbaric relic, and unfair to boot.
Liberals believe Europeans are, generally speaking, far more enlightened
than Americans. Conservatives think Europeans are basically decadent, as
evidenced by their complete absence in wars.
Typical conservative movies are "Raising Arizona, Patton," and "Conan
the Barbarian."
Typical liberal movies are "Prince of Tides, Last Tango in Paris," and "The
Big Chill."
The quintessential liberal is the handicapper, the person who decides how
much extra weight to saddle the faster horses with in order to make the race "fair."
The American cowboy, of course, is your basic, full bore conservative. A
hundred years ago, an Englishman in South Dakota was trying to find the
owner of a huge cattle ranch. He rode up to one of the ranch hands and
asked, "Excuse me, but could you tell me where to find your Master?" To
which the cowboy replied, "That sumbitch hasn't been born."
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Conservative Or Liberal?
Like most good humor, it has a certain amount of truth to it and I thought it would help us identify what is a conservative and what is a liberal.
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