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April 23, 2004

we get email


It seems I’ve made a liberal friend. The man who emailed me earlier this month graced my inbox with a missive once again.

Mox,

Thanks for explaining conservatives to me. You right wing people are friggin' crazy and should be locked up.

It was Earth Day yesterday. I’d like to know how you celebrated it.

Cheers,
B.L.


As always, it makes me tingly to share.

9:58 AM:
Wake up to the smell of gasoline. My lawn boys were outside with the leaf blowers and lawn mowers grooming the vast grounds of the Moxtopia compound.

10 AM:
I crawl over the exhausted partygoers and yell at the lawn boys. Tell them to hurry because we will begin drilling for oil any minute.

Pass out in the arms of Don Rumsfeld to sleep some more.

1 PM:
Wake up again. The drilling has begun. Consuela is crying because she found an oil coated seal beached near the koi pond.

1:10 PM:
Call President Bush’s cell phone and suggest new ways to sacrifice the environment to fatten our wallets.

1:15 PM:
Let the shower run for a long time until the water is good and hot. Turn up the central air and open a few windows because it’s too steamy in the bathroom.

1:45 PM:
My driver takes me to target practice in the Hummer. While cruising on the freeway empty a full ashtray out the window. Laugh maniacally.

1:47 PM:
Admire the smog and the sexy mystique it gives Los Angeles.

3:15 PM:
"Forget" to recycle and throw a few glass bottles into the trash. Insist that dinner be served tonight with plastic utensils and Styrofoam plates.

4:00-5:00 PM:
Spend time in the Moxtopia labs figuring out how to destroy the ozone and encourage global warming. Because I hate cold weather.

5:50 PM:
Purchase a second Hummer. Just in case the first is out of gas.

6:00 PM:
Review a negative Environmental Impact Report and agree to invest in a huge development project in the Playa del Rey wetlands.

6:10 PM:
Freshen the 10,000 square feet of the Moxtopia compound’s east wing using a lovely aerosol home fragrance.

7:00 PM:
Recognize it is Earth Day and wonder if the iron fist of communism has been melted down and recycled.

7:50 PM:
Realize it is intact and sitting on the mantle at the John Forbes Kerry compound.

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Comments

Wow, you are amazing. Nice post, that was awesome. It made me laugh and gave me a good start to my day. Thanks.

Posted by: Jon at April 23, 2004 5:59 AM

Slacker! I spent my entire earth day negotiating a contract to buy up a large amount of wetlands for the future VRWC Golf Club down in the everglades in Florida.

Posted by: Paul Ross at April 23, 2004 7:06 AM

Oh, By the way, your VRWC homework for today is to google "miserable failure" then click on the sponsored link ( on the right side of the page) and see how big of tab we can run up on someone's credit card today....

Posted by: Paul Ross at April 23, 2004 7:32 AM

I laughed, I cried, my car leaked oil all over the damn place.

Posted by: Scipio at April 23, 2004 7:35 AM

You have made my day. I think I'll start up the Hummer and let it idle for earth day.

Posted by: RWT at April 23, 2004 9:50 AM

All I did was change the soot-black oil in my ancient diesel-belching German car.

That and glory in the way the environment in the West is far, far better than it was 50 years ago, due as much to evil "conservatives" as to "greens". (Who made the EPA law? Why, that rat bastard bete-noir Nixon!)

Posted by: Sigivald at April 23, 2004 10:01 AM

"Just in case the first is out of gas."

LOL

Thanks for these posts, Moxie. Very funny ;)

Posted by: steve at April 23, 2004 12:36 PM

Just a few activities I know you missed:

11 AM: Replaced energy efficient natural gas fired hot water heater with state of the art coal fired unit.

1:30 PM: After Consuela cleans off oil covered seals (even members of the VRWC have a soft spot for seals) feed it a lunch of pureed snail darters).

2:30 PM: Thumb through favorite photo album of scenic Kentucky strip mines.

6:15 PM: Once well drilling completed, send them off to drill next well at ANWAR, instructing them that rather than shipping oil by pipeline to dump it into open pits.

Just curious, don't you wonder if B.L may lack a sense of humor and think you're serious?

Posted by: Peredecooper at April 23, 2004 1:04 PM

I wouldn't say you should be locked up, but would it hurt to post something at least midly intellectualy stimulating once in a while? I'm beginning to hear the screams of wasted computer cycles crying out to me from out of the void every time I come here.

Posted by: Aaron at April 23, 2004 1:21 PM

Zzzzz... remember when this blog was about more than just political rants? Seriously, I miss the old blog.

Posted by: Doctah at April 23, 2004 1:30 PM

Hey! That was great!

Posted by: Dz at April 23, 2004 1:52 PM

I celebrated Ira Einhorn day by murdering my girlfriend, stuffing her corpse into a trunk, then jumping bail and moving to France.

Great site, Moxy!! You are too damn funny!

:P

Posted by: Cooper for President at April 23, 2004 2:12 PM

.. ahem, that's "Moxie."

Posted by: Cooper for President at April 23, 2004 2:12 PM

funny.

did you have the usual team of illegals to fan you while you laid out by the pool?

Posted by: mlah at April 23, 2004 2:20 PM

Acidman spent it similarly.

Posted by: Lawren at April 23, 2004 2:20 PM

moxie
a few of the riders at the fabulous mint 400 have taken a strong liking to your site. i've added you to our short but distinguished links section.

unfortunately, with the state of the present economy and my need to own three SUVs for my family of two, the cost of gas taken a chunk out of the mint's slush fund. this note serves as your only award.

dig

Posted by: seed at April 23, 2004 4:16 PM

My husband finally read your blog for today just before he drove his Durango 340 miles away going 100 miles an hour, intentionally hitting every animal in his way,including those very small-brained deer, making them instant bambi burgers and not even denting his "huge" SUV.

He will then return in a private jet (because it's going his way anyway) and proceed to cement our whole entire front and back yards, chopping down every plant, since his allergies won't allow him to tolerate anything living.

Then our children will go outside and use leaded, toxic paint to color the cement green which then proceeds to seep through the cracks in the cement, into the ground, and then, of course, into the town's water supply.

And to those who don't think that Moxie should be writing about her days, Get Over It! Those of us with a sense of humor simply enjoy her prose, which we so greatly need after a day of listening to the partisan bickering and depressing news out there.

Posted by: CJ at April 23, 2004 8:59 PM

Sounded more like an average day at the Kerrys!

Posted by: CJ at April 24, 2004 2:51 PM

you're freakin' hilarious... :)

Posted by: julia at April 24, 2004 10:04 PM

Bravo!

I look forward to celebrating next Earth Day by stuffing a landfill with used, disposable diapers. Woohoo!

Posted by: Jay Solo at April 25, 2004 10:47 AM

Excellent!

...not that there's anything wrong with political rants, but that's not how I saw it. They want evil, earth-slaughtering conservatives, you delivered.

Posted by: Key at April 25, 2004 11:05 AM

Only thing missing was a little gunfire. Did Rummy not let you use his Luger?

Oh, and Sigi -- did you remember to pour the old oil down the drain like I told you to?

Posted by: Kim du Toit at April 25, 2004 12:36 PM

Ahh... Earth Day...

I decided to give back to the Earth. I tuned up my car and changed the oil.

I dumped the old oil out behind the barn. Shouldn't be a problem... from the ground oil comes and to the ground I shall return it.

Posted by: cruithni at April 25, 2004 1:31 PM

Purchased a new Hummer, cause my old ones ash tray is full. A great post, keep it going.

Posted by: Catfish at April 25, 2004 2:59 PM

This 'your pseudo VRWC life' is boring.

Go back to your previous style, it was a lot more entertaining and infinitely less predictable.

Posted by: Steven at April 25, 2004 3:09 PM

You can say whatever you like, but there are too damn too many people on Earth to sustain it for long. 6 billion should be reduced to 2 billion within 100 years using the Chinese 1 child a family policy. I think more land should be protected as national parks. I love America, so we must protect its enviroment. We as Americans are outdoors people, hunting, fishing, walking around bare footed. That is an American. We must not forget that America is also a piece of real estate.

Posted by: Ricky Vandal at April 25, 2004 4:00 PM

1 child 1 fambly would take too long.
dubya, enviralsentimentalist that he is,
is trying to speed up the process.
so far, it's all coming out of the arab
corner of the globe.

Posted by: red clay at April 25, 2004 4:58 PM

Well now, I think you missed that 23.25 minute block of crushing seriously endangered rhino horn so that we could serve it up to Saddam and OBL just before our orgy.

Posted by: Da Goddess at April 25, 2004 8:03 PM

Ricky Vandal: You can say whatever you like, but there are too damn too many people on Earth to sustain it for long. 6 billion should be reduced to 2 billion within 100 years.

translation: Save the Planet – Kill Yourself!

Yeah I heard that limousine-liberal extraordinaire, Ted Turner, say the exact same nonsense. Of course Turner already has something like 10 kids of his own.

How about if you lead by example?

Posted by: The Serpent at April 26, 2004 6:17 AM

The planet can handle a lot more people than you realize. The number one cause of human suffering is the lack of freedom in the world. The people who say the earth is suffering is the modern day hitlers. You are listening to a fear monger and you think you are so scary smart. Don't listen to the lies !!

Posted by: themack at April 26, 2004 7:21 AM

AhHa! I just ~knew~ this wasn't on the up'n-up.

On EarthDay, *I* woke up in Rumsfeld's arms!


LiZa

Posted by: LiZa at April 26, 2004 9:44 AM

Good job, Moxie! Kim du Toit sent me here at a good time.

Posted by: Morenuancedthanyou at April 26, 2004 9:52 AM

i celebrated earthday by not realizing it was earthday, and working for a living, unlike the folks at the earthday rallies. oh, and i ate steak.

btw, you have been added to the least read blogroll on the internet. congrats :)

Posted by: francisthegreat at April 27, 2004 6:40 AM

I did exactly as francisthegreat did, however I was also preparing to interview for a job that would pay me more money so I can buy even more stuff I might or might not need. And also, as I live in Boulder, as I took a walk at lunchtime I smiled to myself at the sight of someone's dog chasing the city's protected prarie dogs.

Vermin.

moxie, this is a scream. You're on my blogroll now (even though my blog is currently lame.)

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2004 7:58 AM

Moxie:

Loved it. Great post great theme you've got going. These 'day in the life of a member of the VRWC' posts are funny, original and never fail to tweek the nose of the Loonatic Left!

Posted by: Mahatma at April 27, 2004 9:38 AM

What? You didn't power up that big ol' chain saw and buzz down a few trees?

I'm dissapointed!

Great post!

Posted by: Lisa at April 28, 2004 1:39 PM

mox, i do miss the old writing at times. give us a little taste. please?

Posted by: xan at April 28, 2004 3:58 PM

Best thing to do with old motor oil is to dump it at the base of a mulberry tree. One dose will give you several berry-free summers.

Posted by: triticale at April 28, 2004 5:39 PM

That was funny as hell. I don't care how late my comment is, Moxie. You Rock.

Posted by: Mob_Triggerman at April 28, 2004 8:16 PM

Jeebs, all I did was expel methane.

Posted by: Rob @ L&R at April 29, 2004 1:51 PM