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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:37 AM
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I have started a new business: a Political Auto Repair Shop
It's great fun and I make lots of money. I fix cars in accordance with the political philosophies of their owners.

If a car owner is a Democrat, I diagnose the problem using my tools and skills, and repair the car properly, expediently and economically.

When a Republican's car comes in, I beat its engine flat with a sledgehammer then put the car in a crusher. No matter what it is--flat tire, scratched paint, full ashtray, anything--I totally destroy the car. Takes five minutes and the problem stays gone permanently.

Oh, occasionally a Republican will complain that they didn't want their car beaten flat and crushed, but I just tell them car repairs aren't the solution but rather the problem, and I'm just making their car small enough to drown in a bathtub.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:39 AM
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1. if you start a franchise it might mitigate some of our problems here
in the good ole USofA!
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:45 AM
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2. You can...
sell the car as scrap to be exported to China or India, in keeping with GOP philosophy of course.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:50 AM
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3. LOL!
As I was reading this, my daughter kept asking me, "What are you laughing at?"

That was VERY witty!

"Full ashtray"... LOL!

The last line was the kicker, "...but I just tell them car repairs aren't the solution but rather the problem, and I'm just making their car small enough to drown in a bathtub."

Sometimes it takes a bit of humor to showcase how outrageous the Republican party is--and you hit it spot on!

Thanks for this bit of morning humor!

K&R! :)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:50 AM
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4. Don't forget to set up a secret operation to sell the catalytic converters to meth-heads so you can
funnel the profits into running your own dictatorship in some poor but resource rich dictatorship.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 08:51 AM
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5. Nah, for Republicans
For Republicans, you take their wallets and use their credit cards to buy the most expensive parts available (with no input from the driver), but then actually use shoddy used parts for replacements. You pocket the difference by double-billing the driver for the expensive parts, which have mysteriously disappeared without a trace. You also charge them an extra 20% for labor because you have to have your profit margin.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 01:33 PM
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7. That's what I do for defense contractors
For rank-and-file Republicans I just use Ronald Reagan and Grover Norquist mantras.
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 09:09 AM
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6. Funny!
I will have to share this with my husband. He owns a small auto repair business and has quite a few customers who want to talk politics. For some reason they assume he is a republican (go figure-must be the greasy mechanic stereotype). Being a smart business man, he usually lets them talk without saying a whole lot. Lately though, he has started calling them on their racist BS. It's worth losing a few customers.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 05:47 PM
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8. Kick for the night crowd...
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