The Party Handbook of Everyday Teachable Moments


Commentary Magazine
If I break down on the side of the road, I hope a Republican stops — he’ll fix my flat and offer me a drink. A Democrat will get busy forming a Committee to Protect Women Who Own Vulnerable Cars.” Ouch.http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/361671
This has given me an idea. The less-educated minds of the Collective (Hey, we are all equal but some are more equal than others) may not fully comprehend what their progressive duty is in everyday situations. So, as a
The Party Handbook of Everyday Teachable Moments
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Situation | Bourgeois Reactionary's Response |
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A kitten is trapped in a burning house | Rescue the kitten | Demand home-builder be arrested for animal cruelty | |
A shopper spills groceries in front of the supermarket | Help shopper recover groceries | Provide shopper with number of tort lawyer to sue market chain for defective bags | |
A street fight between a Muslim and a Juice | Attempt to break up the fight | Join in on the side of the oppressed Muslim | |
A down-on-his-luck relative needs money | Lend him some money | Demand government help needy relatives as Sarah Jessica Parker instructed us | |
A neighbor who bought an expensive home he couldn't afford is being foreclosed upon | Give family a hand if possible | Organize a mob and attack the bank president's home | |
A friend's elderly mother dies after a long bout with cancer | Send condolences | Denounce her for becoming a tool of Big Pharma and making it harder for Obama to bend the Cost Curve down | |
A new store opens in the neighborhood offering low prices on everyday necessities | Shop there to save money | Boycott and picket the store for the crime of not paying their clerks as much as a US Senator | |
An attempted burglary at a neighbor's home | Call the police | Commiserate with burglar over the lack of social justice that drove him to it. If he is arrested, call the police "stupid" and later offer to talk about it over a glass of beer. | |
A group of undocumented Democrats enters the country illegally thru your yard | Alert the proper authorities | Denounce Arizona | |
Your sister gives birth to a baby with Downs Syndrome | Offer her assistance as need be | Call her an "idiot" for not having an abortion | |
A | Stay calm and try to help as much as possible | Go down to the docks and prevent Israeli freighters from unloading |
You see, Comrades, it's easy to think like a Progressive. You simply must stop wasting time attending to the needs of useless individuals and devote yourself to the bigger task of creating political and social change! Now, everyone get out there and start making this a better society by trying to wreck it every chance you get!


This is a great reminder to the collective as to the
It is much like my mother said once that "only a savage can not tell you an A is an A" and if she were here now she would say that a D is a C and the O is FUBAR.


Thank you for this invaluable resource! We all need reminders and encouraging guidlines on what the appropriate action would be to take in times when the inner bourgeois wants to rise up and take control. I will proudly display this Handbook in my dacha.
Might I add one more to your list: " A constable knocks on your door because a neighbor called and seen smoke coming from your house"
Bourgeois Reactionary's Response: Answer the door and politely ask the officer what is the nature of his visit.
Party-Approved Progressive Response: Call the officer a "pig", flash your ACLU membership badge at them, and give them a 5-count to remove themselves from the premises lest a lawsuit be filed for racism.


Registered Nurse apparently has diabetes, has both legs removed. Three months later, her 11 year old son calls 911 because his mother has been passed out on the floor for 2 days. RN then spends 60 days in hospital, where one arm and more parts of both legs removed.
Bourgeois Reactionary's Response- Help her situation as much as possible, make sure the 11 year old boy is well cared for at a relative's house.
Party-Approved Progressive Response- File child abuse charges against her for NEGLECT, kidnap the kid.


You have just taken a dump.....
Bourgeois Response: Wipe rear end, flush toilet & spray air freshener.
Progressive Response: Smear feces over Religious Articles &/or Constitution, display as art and demand gov funding for sponsorship.


A motorist runs out of gas, and is walking down the road carrying a gas can. A regular person may kindly offer them a ride. A progressive will pull up in their Prius, denounce the oil companies, and suggest the person buy a hybrid, before driving off.


I denounce comrade Opiate for leaving out the most important one:
An Oppressed Muslim Minority Freedom Fighter opens fire on unarmed soldiers at a US military base.
Incorrect response:
Make sure soldiers carry arms inside the base to prevent something like this from happening again.
Party Approved response:
Distribute a memo showing how to attack and neutralize a shooter with a three ring binder.


Well almost anything...
What is the correct response if your free sex partner runs out of weed and suddenly develops some weird notion of bourgeois morality and begins looking for a (ick! game over!) marital partner rather than sticking their whosit in every hole that slinks into their hammock?
It's like such a buzz kill!
Peace, Love & Flowers!




60's Sweet Pea Flower.....you do indeed approach progressivism from another angle......
as it were . It is like-minded comrades as yourself that keep Nancy Pelosi in office !
Oh wow, man..........the spell-check here just put a red error line under " Pelosi"
........even the computer knows what's up......




You are truly most equal amongst comrades!
Situation:
Girl Scouts knock on your door wanting to sell you cookies
Reactionary response:
You order 3 boxes of thin mints, 3 boxes of Samoas, and a box of tag-a-longs.
Progressive response:
You call the secret police on 'em.




His charity called ONE has collected nearly 20 million dollars. Of course the charity only actually dispensed 1.2% of that to needy Africans. Over $5 million went to pay the salaries of the directors. The rest was spent on advertising to promote the charity.
As they explain it the charity exists to promote itself and in so doing raise awareness of poverty. It was never the goal of the charity to make direct contributions of aid.
So there is no longer any excuse to be unaware that poverty exists. A big thank you goes out to Bono.


Comrade Whoopie, you have a firm grasp of the necessities of
Comrade 100% Infidel, you should first confiscate all the cookies in order to test them for trans-fats and excess sugar
Obamugabe, I must denounce your denounciation of me, for your suggested "approved" response is in fact, fallacious. The correct response in this instance would be to have Joe Biden denounce Israel for refusing to budge on important Palestinian demands
Colonel 7.62, your Party Approved Response is perfect in every detail but I sincerely hope that it was not you who gave me the finger the other day when my government-issued Cadillac Escallade
Comrade Robot, you have the soul of
Comrade Scratchanitch, I am fairly certain you have posted a fake news story from the Onion in an attempt to subvert the Collective. On the remote chance that this story is real, I can only say it vividly demonstrates the
Comrade Whinny, while your approved response is technically correct, the first duty of a Progressive is to


Opiate of the People
Comrades, the Party thanks you for your excellent contributions to the Handbook and wishes it to be known that your Order ofComrade Scratchanitch, I am fairly certain you have posted a fake news story from the Onion in an attempt to subvert the Collective. On the remote chance that this story is real, I can only say it vividly demonstrates the
Naw, I would never be so silly as to present a story from the Onion as serious news (in spite of the fact that the "serious news" does on occasion present an Onion story as news).
I have however, posted several stories from the People's Cube on my other news aggregates, because the comedy was better than what the "news" was calling news.




Comrade Opiate
Obamugabe, I must denounce your denounciation of me, for your suggested "approved" response is in fact, fallacious. The correct response in this instance would be to have Joe Biden denounce Israel for refusing to budge on important Palestinian demands such as requiring all Israelis to kill themselves and thus stymie the entire peace process.http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/americas-suicide-mission-in-case-of-base-shooting-dod-says-grab-three-ring-binder.html


Always happy to contribute to the greater good:
Situation
Spend all your rubles like a drunken sailor
Bourgeois Reactionary's Response
Ensure you have enough rubles to pay your bills, save some more for a rainy day, and any extra then might be used to buy that bottle of vodka
Party-Approved Progressive Response
Get drunk, Go broke and Blame Bush
Happy to help.








ThePeoplesComrade
You are on the right track Colonel 7.62. We are now going to tax home sales which should stimulate the sagging real estate market. Sellers will enthusiastically market their homes with the new incentive of contributing more of their proceeds to the State. Conservatives, who never understand economics, oppose this glorious new tax.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered..." -Thomas Jefferson


Colonel 7.62
Personally I think the government should deduct money for housing, a clothing allowance, food card, fuel, and every other thing needed for life, and anything left over is handed to the proletarian masses for their discretionary use. Like say a mandatory purchase of a GM car every two years.Colonel 7.62,
I can't remember whether I've previously informed you about the new GM car. If I'm being redundant, please accept my apology.
Order one today!
--KOOK


Colonel 7.62
Comrade Opiate, you better Hope(TM) that wasn't you who rammed my Chevy Volt. Not only will our Motor Pool Czar, Lt. Just_a_Car be very annoyed, but I will have to sit down and redistribute some of your time to a more worthy cause. I'm thinking about pulling your file from the Lifespan Duration Security Administration unless you can properly make good excuses as to the sorry state of my Chevy Volt.Comrades, once again we are presented with a Teachable Moment.
The Bourgeois Reactionary's Response would be to own up to the damage that has been done to a fellow citizen's property and make restitution.
The Party Approved Progressive Response is to say
GEORGE W BUSH DID IT!!!!!


Obamugabe
Comrade Opiate
Obamugabe, I must denounce your denounciation of me, for your suggested "approved" response is in fact, fallacious. The correct response in this instance would be to have Joe Biden denounce Israel for refusing to budge on important Palestinian demands such as requiring all Israelis to kill themselves and thus stymie the entire peace process.http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/americas-suicide-mission-in-case-of-base-shooting-dod-says-grab-three-ring-binder.html
Hmmm, I had no idea that 3 ring binders could be used in this manner. I shall order these devices be CONFISCATED AND BANNED IMMEDIATELY in order to protect


Commodore Snoogie Woogums
Party-Approved Progressive Response
Get drunk, Go broke and Blame Bush
Happy to help.
Not only is this the approved response, it is also our plan to fix the economy.


Fraulein Pulloskies
Comrade Opiate, I must denounce you for denouncing Comrade Obamugabe. That makes you racist and we can't have any of those in our collective masses, unless so specifically deemed by Mistress Nanski,Fraulein, it is a fact that Empress Nancy deems Obamugabe to be clean and articulate and a good speaker unencumbered by urban dialects and that Lord Harry thinks Obamugabe is the hottest thing in the Senate (or is it the other way around? Ah, who cares.) These attitudes are not raaaaacist or demeaning because they are proffered by benevolent progressive
And we know that Teddy Kennedy making waitress sandwiches with fellow
In conclusion, nothing we Progressives do is negative because it is ALWAYS outweighted by all the GOOD we do for everyone. We have a permanent "Get Out of Jail Free" card by dint of the fact that we are Progressives. So comrades, feel free to go out and do something illegal or immoral today! When you are challenged, just say "Hey, I'm a Progressive! This is nothing compared to all the GOOD I do for society!" It's a wonderful country.


I shall find another to denounce, perhaps some useless prole.


What fine teachable moments you have listed. I declare you the Czar of How to Blame Others for Just About Everything.
Oh, and it's always good to mock one's accuser and predict what others will say next, instead of flat out denying what we made progresssives really are.
"He's called me a socialist for wanting to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can finally give tax relief to the middle class. I don't know what's next. By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich."


Situation: A TV station is showing programs you'd rather not watch
Bourgeois Reactionary's Response: Stop watching said show(s) or the station all together
Party-Approved Progressive Response: Walk into the HQ with a loaded gun and/or a bomb strapped to your chest demanding the network change its programing to suit your manner (and your manner alone, because, you know, everyone believes what you believe).
Situation: You made a mistake
Bourgeois Reactionary's Response: Take responsibility and try to fix it.
Party-Approved Progressive Response: Blame Bush.