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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 11:55 AM
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I need repuke Birthday gift ideas, please...
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 11:59 AM by RevCheesehead
Today is my repuke SIL's birthday. She's 40-something. I need gift ideas, preferably something I can send on-line.

Oh, and FYI: Last year for my birthday, she gave me a gift subscription to the Rush Limbaugh newsletter. (I of course cancelled it, and asked that the money be sent to Katrina relief. It didn't - it went back to her.)
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:10 PM
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1. I really need help with this, please!!!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:13 PM
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2. Clinton's book? (nt)
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:17 PM
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5. That would either be tit for tat, or an escallation in the B'day wars.
Something mildly snarky might be better.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:15 PM
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3. Jimmy Carter's last book is very good.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:16 PM
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4. I got that for my father (for Christmas)
Hmmm... this has possibilities.
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:59 PM
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20. Or a donation to the Carter Center in her name....
yeah that will work.:evilgrin:
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:17 PM
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6. A year's membership for the ACLU
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 12:19 PM by RubyDuby in GA
Turn about is fair play after all!
Or whatever issue really pisses her off - make the donation to whatever organization in that field in her name.

On edit: sorry didn't read post # 5. Um: a gift card to a completely blue company, like Barnes and Noble???
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:19 PM
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8. Who could complain about Freedom?
Great idea! :thumbsup:

Where do I find a list of Blue businesses?
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:28 PM
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13. www.buyblue.org
That way she spends the money getting what she wants and it goes to a blue company.

:)
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:18 PM
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7. How about a copy of Fahrenheit 9/11? Or a donation to Feingold's
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 12:19 PM by jane_pippin
Progressive Patriots fund?

What else...Well you could donate to Katrina relief in her name too.

Or, skip politics and just get her a new book. Amy Tan has a new one that's supposed to be good. I'll try to think of some more non-political titles.

OH it won't get there in time, but if you get mail from Russ you might get the letter that has an offer that could be entertaining. For a $50 donation you'll get a dvd of all his political ads from his campaigns. ("I know wisconsin like the back of my hand" still cracks me up.) Of course, that could make them hate Russ and we don't want that.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:20 PM
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10. She lives in Pennsylvania...
but her hubby (my brother) would get it. :)
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:32 PM
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14. d'oh. Ok back to the drawing board.
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 12:33 PM by jane_pippin
Here are some books that look interesting:

Constant Princess--Philippa Gregory--historical novel about Henry VIII's first wife
U. S. Presidents Factbook--Elizabeth Jewell--it is what it is
The Scorpion's Gate--Richard A. Clarke--(ok so this one's political. But it's "fiction")
Team of Rivals--Doris Kearns Goodwin--Book about Lincoln and advisors who disagree with him

Or tube socks. There're always tube socks.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:20 PM
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9. Depends on if you want to "get back" at her or
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 12:20 PM by Shell Beau
you just want to get her something she'll like. Get her one of O'Lielly's books and that way she'll like it but be dumber for reading it. And she won't see it as an insult!! :rofl: Okay maybe that is too mean!! :P
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:23 PM
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11. How about some videos?




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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:26 PM
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12. Give her a card with ten bucks in it.


Cash. It's cold, it's impersonal, and Pubs love it above all.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:34 PM
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15. Omaha Steaks has some great specials.
Nothing says I love you like steak.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:35 PM
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16. Donate on her behalf to The Carter Center.
http://www.cartercenter.org/default.asp?bFlash=True
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:56 PM
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18. I LOVE IT!
What better way to counter her Compassionate Conservatism???

I've bookmarked this baby. :thumbsup:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:58 PM
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19. .
:-)

:hi:
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:39 PM
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17. Personally I wouldn't ever give her anything else ever again....
....after the Rush...slap in the face gift.....she'd get NOTHIN'...AND LIKE IT! :D
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 12:59 PM
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21. Make a donation in her name
to The Human Fund ... money for people!
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:00 PM
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22. This may be bad, but it was funny when I saw it.
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 01:01 PM by Goblinmonger
1 Quart Jar (Miracle Whip will work)
1 Baby Ruth
1 Litre of Mountain Dew

Put baby ruth in jar and fill to top with Dew. Close. Label front with "I made it for you myself."

:rofl:
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:25 PM
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24. .....
:rofl:




:spray:





:rofl:
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coffeenap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:13 PM
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23. How about "buying" a flock of baby chicks for a needy family
in "far-away Africa" from Heifer International? Or a goat? Or bees? They will send her a notification.

http://www.heifer.org/

That is what my in-laws are getting from now on. best to you.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:30 PM
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25. How about Scooter Libby's book
along with Lynn Cheney's lesbian tome? :evilgrin:
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:46 PM
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26. Well, she does like to read.
But I think she'd enjoy them too much, and it could backfire.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:02 PM
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31. I just thought
that by showing her those that it would be a slap in the face of repug morality and holier than thoughness. But the hypocrisy may be lost on someone like her.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:47 PM
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27. not online, but
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 01:49 PM by leftofthedial
you could find a polluted water source nearby--sewage effluent or the drainage from a fertilizer factory would be primo. Maybe you could find a pond near a factory pig farm or dairy farm.

seal a supply of the water in a jar, label it "Republican Drinking Water" and send it to her.

Or send her a copy of Joel Bakan's book _The Corporation_.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:49 PM
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28. Buy a Rush Limbaugh book, but
soak it urine for a day first. :-)

She might like one of the "redneck comedy tour" (whatever it's called) CDs.

Or make her some cookies.

Or a bottle of bubble bath.

Or blow-up one of the Abu Ghraib photos and frame it and write "Your Conservative Compassion Tax Dollars in Action, In the Name Of Christ, Prince of Peace, Blessed Be The Name of Bush"
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:54 PM
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29. Why not buy her a sweater?
A sweat shop sweater, maybe.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 01:55 PM
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30. Give a gift to a charity in her name ...
Like a goat or a dairy cow. Check it out at worldvision.org ... go to "Gift Catalog Giving" under the "Ways to Give" tab on top (I couldn't get the link to work).

:hi:
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:11 PM
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33. Now a charity is a really great idea, like money for a battered
women's shelter or animal welfare, etc. I like your idea. How can they argue with those charities.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:19 PM
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34. Exactly!
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 02:36 PM by AirmensMom
We "planted a forest" for our daughter one year. She was being particularly self-centered and didn't need anything, so we thought this would be appropriate. She actually loved it! And they sent her a nice card and tree ornament as a thank-you gift.

If repugs are going to whine about the "war on Christmas", what better way to show them that you really do understand the real meaning of Christmas. I guarantee she won't have the nerve to complain about that gift. :)
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:10 PM
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32. Get her the Barbara Bush biography
I gave it to a pug woman ans SHE LOVED IT. I mean she loved it. You're not going to change a pug so just get them something they will enjoy.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:20 PM
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35. the perfect online gift
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:33 PM
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36. How about a copy of Al Franken's new book?
The Truth - with jokes!
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 02:33 PM
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37. So far I there have been some wonderful ideas about donating...
$$ to a worthwhile charity on her behalf. I would urge this. Not only does it show that you are above her pettiness but it goes to someone more needy and deserving than her.

For my snark suggestion, (I don't really recommend it though), go with DVD which I have ranted about lately: www.beyondtreason.com This details three potentially devastating areas of something known as Gulf War Syndrome. (Areas our government does NOT want us focusing on, it is free to all vets btw)
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