After years of writing my own content here, I though I'd take the easy wait out and simply reprint a couple of email messages I received this week. Normally, I loathe the "email humor", but these two were pretty funny.

First, to anger the Democrats, I received this photo from a family member of mine. Good stuff.

Now, to anger the Republicans, I received this little ditty from a buddy. It may have more truth in it than humor:

                        HOW TO BE A GOOD REPUBLICAN

                By Ann Richards (former Democratic Governor of Texas)

                  1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was
                  due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but today's gasoline
                  prices are all Bill Clinton's fault.

                  2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success
                  all on their own.

                  3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social
                  Security checks on time.

                  4. You have to believe that AIDS victims deserve their disease, but
                  smokers with lung cancer and overweight individuals with heart disease
                  don't deserve theirs.

                  5. You have to appreciate the power rush that comes with sporting a gun.

                  6. You have to believe...everything Rush Limbaugh says.

                  7. You have to believe that the agricultural, restaurant, housing and
                  hotel industries can survive without immigrant labor.

                  8. You have to believe society is colorblind and growing up black in
                  America doesn't diminish your opportunities, but you still won't vote
                  for Alan Keyes.

                  9. You have to believe that pollution is OK as long as it makes a
                  profit.

                  10. You have to believe in prayer in schools, as long as you don't pray
                  to Allah or Buddha.

                  11. You have to believe Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde were really
                  faithful husbands.

                  12. You have to believe speaking a few Spanish phrases makes you
                  instantly popular in the barrio.

                  13. You have to believe that only your own teenagers are still virgins.

                  14. You have to be against government interference in business, until
                  your oil company, corporation or Savings and Loan is about to go broke
                  and you beg for a government bail out.

                  15. You love Jesus and Jesus loves you and, by the way, Jesus shares
                  your hatred for AIDS victims and President Clinton.

                  16. You have to believe government has nothing to do with providing
                  police protection, national defense, and building roads.

                  17. You have to believe a poor, minority student with a disciplinary
                  history and failing grades will be admitted into an elite private school
                  with a $1,000 voucher.

                  18. You have to (pretend to) believe it's your patriotic duty to go to
                  court and prevent people's votes from being counted in the most
                  accurate way possible, when it's a minor thing like a presidential
                  election at stake.

Have a good holiday season.