RESISTANCE DISPATCHES

The BBBR Mailbag

Posted June 26, 2001

Updated June 27, 2001

 

BETH ON A GENDER-NEUTRAL

"ROLL YOUR OWN BEAT-OUT"

 

 

From: <Beth>

To: < thediva@coup2k.com >

Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 2:29 PM

Subject: RYOB

 

 

Dearest Diva:

 

Much as I appreciate the timely and inspired Action Alert for Roll Your Own Beat-Out, I fear I must take issue with the blatant sexism of this proposal.  While many Peanut Butter People are men, many others are women.  We must also boycott something a female PBP would do just to be the opposite of us. 

 

Think of it: what is the female PBP to do on July 7th to show her opposition to us?  Poke herself in the lower abdomen until she thinks she's hit ovary?  Have a helper drop bricks on her pelvis?  This is much too unwieldy and imprecise.  I recommend we designate July 7th as a day when we women will *not* pierce any portion of our Georgia O'Keefes, (as I heard a comedienne say).  Think of the ramifications.  Imagine if their counter-protest took off.  Hundreds, nay, thousands of socially conservative rich white Republican women, (often identifiable from a distance by their scarf-with-suit ensembles), suddenly extreme pierced like punk college students and sexual deviants.

 

(Note: In deference to our pierced friends, while the thought of it makes me cringe, I do not consider piercing genitalia as senseless as beating same with a brick.  I would just find it funny if the opposition women did so.  Or, for that matter, the opposition men.  Since this is the era of governmental cognitive dissonance, it would only be fitting if the man telling you you would burn in hell for being a homosexual commie pervert had a Prince Albert.)

 

July 7th.  Lots of sore and cranky conservatives.  Since we are the true party of compassion, maybe we should stock up on ice packs to offer our neighbors. 

 

Beth

 

[DIVA NOTE:  I hereby pledge not to pierce any part of my Katy on July 7, 2001, in order to show my opposition to George W. Bush's invasion of Planet Earth.  It's the least I can do...]

 

 

PEANUT BUTTER PERSON IN DISGUISE?

MAKE McCAIN SENATE MAJORITY LEADER?

 

From: < delbert223@yahoo.com >

To: "Diva" thediva@coup2k.com

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:00 PM

Subject: Leadership...

 

 

[DIVA NOTE:  Edited for sanity.  A whole mess of Peanut Butter-Inspired Rambling deleted, then....]

 

Lastly, Tom Daschle is silent on exposing Rove and O'Neill's ethical lapses for fear that King George II will attack Tom Daschle himself for his past ethical lapses.   I say invite John McCain to the Democratic Party and make him Majority Leader of the Senate. McCain would not have the same problems in investigating Rove and O'Neill and would relish the opportunity to indict these two criminals.  We need to move on, fellow progressives and provide leadership to our fellow Democrats.  McCain was slandered by King George II in the South Carolina primary last year.  McCain is more motivated than any of us to give King George his rich reward.  Why not actively recruit McCain to our side?

 

Sincerely,

 

Delbert Franklin

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)"

To: < delbert223@yahoo.com >

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:06 PM

Subject: Re: Leadership...

 

Dear PBP Delbert:

 

That wouldn't be the same John "Mr. Clean" McCain that got busted in the Keating Five scandal, would it?

 

No, surely it couldn't be...

 

And it certainly couldn't be THIS John McCain, could it:  "McCain climaxes his stump speech with a promise that "I will always tell you the truth, no matter what." But McCain's public comments on abortion, for example, verge on incoherent. Last year he stated that he would not repeal Roe v. Wade "in the short term, or even the long term." He subsequently backpedaled and has repeatedly brought up his pro-life voting record without explaining why he still holds to it. If McCain is not masking his position, he is, at the very least, failing to share the full complexity of it. Worse, McCain has flip-flopped on the Confederate flag, eventually settling upon agnosticism, the reason for which he has likewise failed to elucidate."

 

Or this one?  John McCain to Jim Lehrer, Feb 2, 2000: "If you inspect my 17-year voting record, it's a proud conservative Republican."

 

Or the one spoken of here?  Time correspondent Jack White:  "What's really amazing here to me is that this is one of the great acts of political alchemy we've seen in a long time. They've taken a Western, ultra-conservative like John McCain, and they've turned him into, in the eyes of some voters at least, sort of a liberal centrist."

 

Honesty?  My ass.

Centrist?  My ass twice.

Democratic ideals?  My ass, three times.

 

Please remove me from your "list."  I have no personal interest in being subjected to unsupported accusations against liberals, or in supporting a far-rightwing ideologue for MAJORITY LEADER OF A DEMOCRATIC SENATE.

 

I try, at all costs, to keep interaction with Peanut Butter People to a bare minimum.

 

Thank you so very much for your prompt attention to this matter.  It is greatly appreciated.

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

From: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:41 PM

Subject: Re: Leadership...

 

 

Tammy,

 

Thanks for the history lesson of John McCain.  I guess we can add John Glenn (D:OH) to the Keating Five list as someone who should have gone to jail instead of back into outerspace at government expense.

 

You find me any honest politicians and I'll support them (assuming they are pro-Bill of Rights and reasonable people). 

 

I'm not here to defend John McCain, I simply made the statement that John McCain is George Bush's enemy.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.  Is that so hard to understand?

 

Sincerely,

 

Delbert Franklin

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@respectperfection.com>

To: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

Cc: "Rose Rose" <roserose@earthlink.net>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:49 PM

Subject: Re: Leadership...

 

 

PBP Delbert wrote:

<<The enemy of my enemy is my friend.  Is that so hard to understand?>>

 

 

Dear PBP Delbert:

 

Not if you're a Peanut Butter Person.

 

But for me, yes. 

 

For me, my friend is my friend.

 

:)

 

But then, I am SANE.

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

From: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:26 PM

Subject: Should I be insulted?

 

 

Tammy,

 

Let me in on your inside joke.  Why do you insult people you don't even know by labeling them "peanut butter people?"  You're no different than Shrub when you label other people.  Even my worst enemy I wouldn't label, unless of course, the person was a criminal. 

 

Delbert

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@respectperfection.com>

To: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:50 PM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

You wouldn't get it.

 

Peanut Butter People don't get it.  That's why they're PBP's to begin with.

 

LOL!

 

:)

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

From: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:12 PM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

Try me.

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@respectperfection.com>

To: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:48 PM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

Dear PBP Delbert:

 

No, thank you.  I try to keep communication with PBP's to an absolute minimum.

 

Standards...You understand.

 

...Well, maybe not.

 

LOL!

 

:)

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

From: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:57 AM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

Tammy,

 

You're not credable.

 

Delbert.

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@respectperfection.com>

To: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:38 AM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

PBP Delbert wrote:

"Tammy,

 

You're not credable.

 

Delbert."

 

 

Dear PBP Delbert:

 

I should certainly hope not, since there is no such word...

 

LOL!

 

Did the voices in your head tell you to call me that?

 

If so, before you obey them in the future, you should check and make sure that what they are telling you will make sense to the sane.

 

Get well soon.

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

From: <delbert223@yahoo.com>

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:06 PM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

 

Tammy,

 

I'm sure that your psychological evaluation would reveal some very interesting results, such as your obsessive need to denigrate others. 

 

I sure hope you aren't responsible for the care and feeding of any other fellow human beings.  Heaven help them.

 

You wouldn't happen to be a femininst as well, would you?  Psychobitches from hell are my personal favorite.

 

:) 

 

Delbert

 

 

 

[DIVA NOTE:  AND HE'S OUT!  FINALLY!  WOO-HOO!

Here is my letter to his "Fellow Progressives" hit list,

letting them know that they had a mole in their midst:]

 

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)"

To: < delbert223@yahoo.com >

Cc: "Rose Rose" < roserose@earthlink.net >

Bcc:  PBP Delbert's Hit List

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:43 PM

Subject: Re: Leadership... PEANUT BUTTER PERSON "DELBERT" OUTS SELF

 

 

Dear "Fellow Progressives" (as PBP Delbert would say):

 

You have a mole in your midst:  One PBP extraordinaire, but as all PBP's, not smart enough (or in enough control of his psychological state) to keep from showing his true colors.

 

He recently wrote to you, advocating that John McCain be made leader of the Democratic Senate Majority (a huge hint in itself):

 

==============

>... I say invite John McCain to the Democratic

> Party and make him Majority Leader of the Senate.

> McCain would not have the same problems in

> investigating Rove and O'Neill and would relish the

> opportunity to indict these two criminals.  We need to

> move on, fellow progressives and provide leadership to

> our fellow Democrats.  McCain was slandered by King

> George II in the South Carolina primary last year.

> McCain is more motivated than any of us to give King

> George his rich reward.  Why not actively recruit

> McCain to ***our*** side?  [DIVA NOTE:  Emphasis is mine]

> Sincerely,

>

> Delbert Franklin

==============

 

I responded to his wiggy proposal, and struck up an e-mail correspondence with him, endeavoring to poke around his obvious lack of good mental hygiene, and to get him to out his own sorry self.

 

My tactic succeeded brilliantly (it always does, and none to my credit, since PBP's are no match for the sane), when I flushed the mole out of his hidey-hole, and into the open.

 

Here is his last e-mail to me:

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: < delbert223@yahoo.com >

To: "The Diva (Tammy)" < thediva@coup2k.com >

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:06 PM

Subject: Re: Should I be insulted?

 

Tammy,

 

I'm sure that your psychological evaluation would reveal some

very interesting results, such as your obsessive need to denigrate

others.

 

I sure hope you aren't responsible for the care and feeding of

any other fellow human beings.  Heaven help them.

 

You wouldn't happen to be a femininst as well, would you? 

Psychobitches from hell are my personal favorite.

 

:)

 

Delbert

 

 

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Granted, he did not use the tried-and-true Rushism "feminazi," but I think you get his drift...

 

Just a heads-up, and a warning:

 

Beware the Peanut Butter People.  They are not like us.  They lie.

 

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

 

LETTER TO BN.COM REVIEWER OF

DERSHOWITZ' "SUPREME INJUSTICE"

 

From: < thediva@coup2k.com >

To: <Don Mitchell>

Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:57 PM

Subject: Excellent Review of "Supreme Injustice"

 

 

Dear Mr. Mitchell:

 

I've not had a chance to read Alan Dershowitz' "Supreme Injustice" yet, but I am hoping it is another expose in the vein of "The Betrayal of America" by Vincent Bugliosi, which I have read, and consider very important.

 

I plan to purchase and read "Supreme Injustice" immediately.

 

I want to thank you for your excellent review at BN.com, and for continuing to speak out on the Bush v. Gore decision.  Your voice is sorely needed. Many non-lawyers smell sulfur when they read the Per Curiam, but feel unqualified to judge it on its merits, or to speak out forcefully against it.

 

(In the interest of full disclosure, I now consider speaking out the purpose of my life.)

 

You are a hero to many, and one of many such vocal heroes, though you may not know it, and I thank you.

 

A BBBR Resistance Fighter and Fellow-Traveler,

Tammy

"The Diva"

WebMistress of BBBR

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

 

ON MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS

 

From: "The Diva (Tammy)"

To: "Jane Doe"

Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:57 PM

Subject: Re: spilling the beans

 

 

[DIVA NOTE:  This e-mail was written in response to a Resistance Fighter who is dealing with Post Coup Stress Disorder, and her boyfriend's jealousy over her magnificent pro-democracy obsession.]

 

Dear "Jane":

 

You and I are leading parallel lives.  There is NO NEED to explain.

 

Chuck (My Consort) is in the same boat as your boyfriend.  He has watched me go from a happy-go-lucky love bunny to an angry Resistance Fighter and committed Diva of Democracy, and is a bit concerned about the changes in me.  Mostly, he is very concerned about my health...

 

But we do fight about my obsession...

 

An example:

 

I am reading Dershowitz' book now, and got off on a rant when I read a particular passage about the death penalty.

 

It's complicated, but basically, here is the story...  It takes FOUR justices to hear any case.  It takes FIVE justices to issue a stay of execution.

 

Back when the Supreme Court was peopled by decent human beings, if four justices voted to hear a death penalty case, one of the other five would cross lines to make a stay of execution possible, pending review of the case.

 

Since the Rehnquist Court became packed with monsters, this no longer happens.  The upshot?  Prisoners are executed while their appeals are set for a hearing before the Court, which then dismisses the appeal, on the grounds that, "dead people have no standing to appeal," so the case is moot.

 

Well, when I read this, I FLIPPED.  I mean, I fully wigged-out.

 

And my boyfriend, a cynic from prior to the election, seemed not at all shocked by this reality, which pissed me off.

 

Why wasn't he angrier?

 

The short answer -- that Chuck believes our government is just f***ing evil -- did not satisfy me.  I wanted to see my passion in him, not realizing that, for men, that kind of passion is extremely unpleasant, because it begs a violent response.

 

Anyway, we made up.

 

But I know where you are coming from, BELIEVE ME.

 

-Tammy

"The Diva"

http://www.coup2k.com

 

 

CEFEPRESS IS HAVING A SALE?!
STOP THE PRESSES!

 

From: "CafePress.com"

To: "CafePress.com Member"

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 11:02 AM

Subject: CafePress.com Webby Special - $5 off Mousepads!

 

 

[DIVA NOTE:  A little shameless promotion of the Coup Couture Designs.]

 

------TWO IMPORTANT MESSAGES FROM CAFEPRESS.COM------

 

THIS WEEK ONLY - OUR FIRST SALE - $5 OFF MOUSEPADS!

 

To celebrate our Webby nomination, CafePress.com is having its first ever sale!  From now till June 30, 2001 - all mousepads are $5 off.  Store owners will continue to receive their full commissions on all mousepads. We encourage you to promote this sale to your audience over the next week! Its a great way to encourage your audience to visit your store and buy a few products!

 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  LAST WEEK TO VOTE FOR THE WEBBIES.

 

In case you haven't heard - CafePress.com was recently nominated for "Best Commerce Site" at the 2001 Webby Awards.  If you haven't heard about the Webbies, they are like the "Oscars of the Internet" and spotlight the best Web sites online.  Winning a Webby will help raise awareness of all our store owners including your stores.

 

Currently, CafePress.com is in second place for the People's Choice Award.  We need your help!  Please visit:

http://www.webbies.com/peoplesvoice/register.html

... to register and place your vote.  Voting ends July 4th, so place your vote today! When voting, take advantage of the comments section to promote your store.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

CafePress.com

 

 

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