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Dumbass Anti-Obama Chain Emails

sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
I've been the happy recipient of two retarded emails from "well-meaning" folks who just want to warn me about Obama or the DANGERS of showing my support for Obama. They're fucking HYSTERICAL, especially today's:

"Subject: Warning about Newark (insert any major urban/predominantly black area here)

THIS NOT A JOKE OR CHAIN EMAIL.

Newark, New Jersey

ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NOVEMBER IS "BLOOD"
MONTH..WHICH MEANS RANDOM KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE WILL BE GOING ON IN AND
AROUND THE CITY OF NEWARK AS PART OF THE BLODD GANG INITIATION.

PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO WEAR OR ADVERTISE ANY OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA ON THEIR CARS OR HOUSES. YOU COULD BE A TARGET FOR
A SENSELESS CRIME. THE COLORS RED AND BLUE THAT APPEAR IN THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN POSTERS, TEE SHIRTS, STICKERS AND LAWN SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE
TARGETS FOR THE GANGS.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS BUT TRUE. LETS NOT FORGET WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE
WEEKEND. AND THESE KIDS WAS CAUGHT SHOPPING AT JERSEY GARDEN MALL!!!!
THEY WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE FRIDAY AFTERNOON KILLING AND WOUNDING
INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO GO SHOPPING AFTER THAT AT THE
MALL!!

PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!"

here's what i sent back:

"sorry, i'm not buying it. this email doesn't make sense. wouldn't that apply to ANYTHING in red, white, or blue? how about the american flag?? this sounds like another of those mccain supporter's anti-obama smear chain emails. i think they just don't want people to show their support for obama. i wouldn't put it past them. in fact, as someone who actually WORKS in newark, i think showing support for obama here would be a good way to protect yourself from violence, not provoke it!

by the way, mccain/palin bumper stickers have red & blue in them, too.

lame."

and:

"i work here, and this is just a scare tactic from the desperate right. "ooh, be very afraid of the black man! ooga booga!" gimme a break. think about it- why would it ONLY be obama-biden stuff that's targeted? and why would it be in newark of all places? that's just dumb.

you need to see this thing for what it is, which is propaganda silliness. vote for who you want to vote for, and may the best man win."


the previous email i got was the one that supposedly quotes him from Dreams From My Father as saying something to the effect that he harbors resentment towards his mother's race. that line's not even in the book!

it's obvious that mccain supporters are feeling more and more desperate, and they are getting more and more lame in their attempts to scare people away from obama as time goes on. and it's working on some people because they don't want to take the time or spend the energy THINKING about what they're being told.

i guess courting the DUMBASS VOTE is what mccain's folks are all about. just what we need, four more years of morons running things.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    hopefully you replied to all ....

    very nice use of "ooga booga" ... :D
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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    jimed14 wrote:
    hopefully you replied to all ....

    very nice use of "ooga booga" ... :D

    yep, i did "reply to all" and they're not happy about it. :D they're getting all defensive now because i caught them asleep at the wheel, drooling.

    and i thought the ol' ooga booga would work well considering halloween is just 2 days away. :)
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    let me say that this is almost 99% a fake email chain crap thing and I am not defending it.


    However as to Newark and the Bloods. It does have a point. I know you work in Newark, but where? I worked in Newark on the streets in a lot of neighbor hoods and I can tell you that the Bloods have a very large presence. I was robbed twice and shot at once(well not direct fire but there was gun fire where I was). I was a service tech for the phone company at the time and I used to see it all from dog fights to drug deals to hookers(taking johns in an alley).. you name it I probably saw it.

    Also, as to the shooting at the Jersey Garden Mall, its true. Here is the article from the Ledger - http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/2_arrested_in_connection_with.html


    I do remember a similar warning coming out in the summer of 2004 in Newark about the Bloods. This could be the same warning but modified to fit a Political need. As someone who’s family(some still live there) is from Newark and who used to work there I can tell you its pretty rough in some neighborhoods and you really need to watch your back.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    yoke wrote:
    let me say that this is almost 99% a fake email chain crap thing and I am not defending it.


    However as to Newark and the Bloods. It does have a point. I know you work in Newark, but where? I worked in Newark on the streets in a lot of neighbor hoods and I can tell you that the Bloods have a very large presence. I was robbed twice and shot at once(well not direct fire but there was gun fire where I was). I was a service tech for the phone company at the time and I used to see it all from dog fights to drug deals to hookers(taking johns in an alley).. you name it I probably saw it.

    Also, as to the shooting at the Jersey Garden Mall, its true. Here is the article from the Ledger - http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/2_arrested_in_connection_with.html


    I do remember a similar warning coming out in the summer of 2004 in Newark about the Bloods. This could be the same warning but modified to fit a Political need. As someone who’s family(some still live there) is from Newark and who used to work there I can tell you its pretty rough in some neighborhoods and you really need to watch your back.

    dude, you're missing the POINT: why would ONLY obama stuff get you killed? that's what the original email claims. can you NOT see through this?

    i realize you started this out saying it was 99% BS, but that figure is really 100% in this case.

    if it said ALL red & blue stuff could get you popped, that would at least give it SOME credibility, but it doesn't.
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    "ooga booga"


    :D
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    sweetpotato wrote:
    I've been the happy recipient of two retarded emails from "well-meaning" folks who just want to warn me about Obama or the DANGERS of showing my support for Obama. They're fucking HYSTERICAL, especially today's:

    "Subject: Warning about Newark (insert any major urban/predominantly black area here)

    THIS NOT A JOKE OR CHAIN EMAIL.

    Newark, New Jersey

    ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NOVEMBER IS "BLOOD"
    MONTH..WHICH MEANS RANDOM KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE WILL BE GOING ON IN AND
    AROUND THE CITY OF NEWARK AS PART OF THE BLODD GANG INITIATION.

    PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO WEAR OR ADVERTISE ANY OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL
    CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA ON THEIR CARS OR HOUSES. YOU COULD BE A TARGET FOR
    A SENSELESS CRIME. THE COLORS RED AND BLUE THAT APPEAR IN THE OBAMA
    CAMPAIGN POSTERS, TEE SHIRTS, STICKERS AND LAWN SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE
    TARGETS FOR THE GANGS.

    THIS IS RIDICULOUS BUT TRUE. LETS NOT FORGET WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE
    WEEKEND. AND THESE KIDS WAS CAUGHT SHOPPING AT JERSEY GARDEN MALL!!!!
    THEY WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE FRIDAY AFTERNOON KILLING AND WOUNDING
    INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO GO SHOPPING AFTER THAT AT THE
    MALL!!

    PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!"

    here's what i sent back:

    "sorry, i'm not buying it. this email doesn't make sense. wouldn't that apply to ANYTHING in red, white, or blue? how about the american flag?? this sounds like another of those mccain supporter's anti-obama smear chain emails. i think they just don't want people to show their support for obama. i wouldn't put it past them. in fact, as someone who actually WORKS in newark, i think showing support for obama here would be a good way to protect yourself from violence, not provoke it!

    by the way, mccain/palin bumper stickers have red & blue in them, too.

    lame."

    and:

    "i work here, and this is just a scare tactic from the desperate right. "ooh, be very afraid of the black man! ooga booga!" gimme a break. think about it- why would it ONLY be obama-biden stuff that's targeted? and why would it be in newark of all places? that's just dumb.

    you need to see this thing for what it is, which is propaganda silliness. vote for who you want to vote for, and may the best man win."


    the previous email i got was the one that supposedly quotes him from Dreams From My Father as saying something to the effect that he harbors resentment towards his mother's race. that line's not even in the book!

    it's obvious that mccain supporters are feeling more and more desperate, and they are getting more and more lame in their attempts to scare people away from obama as time goes on. and it's working on some people because they don't want to take the time or spend the energy THINKING about what they're being told.

    i guess courting the DUMBASS VOTE is what mccain's folks are all about. just what we need, four more years of morons running things.

    I was born, raised and lived in Newark for the first 23 years of my life and lived there for about a year recently. There is no such thing as Bloods month.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Oh yeah, I got an extremely offensive email saying Obama was the anti-Christ. I was shocked.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    sweetpotato wrote:
    dude, you're missing the POINT: why would ONLY obama stuff get you killed? that's what the original email claims. can you NOT see through this?

    i realize you started this out saying it was 99% BS, but that figure is really 100% in this case.

    if it said ALL red & blue stuff could get you popped, that would at least give it SOME credibility, but it doesn't.


    I agree with you and I wasn't missing the point. I should have said it was 100% crap but I like to leave 1% open just incase. Hey you never know.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    mammasan wrote:
    I was born, raised and lived in Newark for the first 23 years of my life and lived there for about a year recently. There is no such thing as Bloods month.


    What neighborhood? We may know some of the same people. I doubt it, but maybe.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    yoke wrote:
    What neighborhood? We may know some of the same people. I doubt it, but maybe.

    Ironbound.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    I live near Trenton, a place that within the last few years has become infested with gangs like the Bloods. And there certainly is such a thing as "Blood Month." It's the month in which they test new gang members. We all got an e-mail around here once saying not to flash our brights at cars without their lights on at night because that car could be a Blood car. Basically, the new recruit then has to run me down and kill me once I flash them as part of their acceptance into the gang. This is serious stuff.

    It says Obama stuff because Obama's stuff is the only stuff that has red, white, and blue. The majority of McCain stuff doesn't have those colors. I haven't heard of this particular "method" of initiation, but it's quite possible that it's true.

    I think it was really dumb of you to reply in the way you did. There's really no way to know for sure that this is false.
    I pledge to you a government that will not only work well, but wisely, its ability to act tempered by prudence, and its willingness to do good, balanced by the knowledge that government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
    -Reagan
  • OlDiamondbackOlDiamondback Posts: 100
    MattyJoe wrote:
    I live near Trenton, a place that within the last few years has become infested with gangs like the Bloods. And there certainly is such a thing as "Blood Month." It's the month in which they test new gang members. We all got an e-mail around here once saying not to flash our brights at cars without their lights on at night because that car could be a Blood car. Basically, the new recruit then has to run me down and kill me once I flash them as part of their acceptance into the gang. This is serious stuff.

    It says Obama stuff because Obama's stuff is the only stuff that has red, white, and blue. The majority of McCain stuff doesn't have those colors. I haven't heard of this particular "method" of initiation, but it's quite possible that it's true.

    I think it was really dumb of you to reply in the way you did. There's really no way to know for sure that this is false.

    LOL! Wut?

    You don't seriously believe that crap do you? Growing up in Denver in the 80's we heard this exact same crap as we had an influx of gangs coming in from LA. I remember going on a field trip into Denver and they wouldn't let us wear red or blue because they said we would be the targets of gang violence. Of course it was all just paranoia. Same with flashing brights. This shit is old urban legend stuff. LOL

    Is this crap just now reaching the east coast? Ha, ha. Nice to see it picked up a political twist along the way.
  • PJ_SalukiPJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    Yeah, I'm sure the bloods are going to kill Obama supporters. Y'all know how those Bloods are: anything to keep a black guy from getting elected.
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Ooga Booga. i'm still laughing and I read the whole thread. Fucking hilarious. Also, kinda funny that the same warning came out in 2004. Go figure, our last election year. Good for you for calling their bluff. Ha, bloods month. Sounds like a chicks period awareness month.
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Remember to stay away from the malls on halloween because terrorists are going to unleash attacks on every mall in america, especially the targets no one would ever think about hitting: Lightly populated towns in rural areas of america!!!
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    mammasan wrote:
    Ironbound.


    Me too, Dad grew up on Vincent St and my mom was on Brill I think. She worked at Angelos Pharmacy(I think thats the name) growning up. Some of my cousins still live there but not sure what streets. Gram left Vincent St in 2003 only after we made her(she had cancer) and brought her down to us in Belmar.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Ooga Booga. i'm still laughing and I read the whole thread. Fucking hilarious. Also, kinda funny that the same warning came out in 2004. Go figure, our last election year. Good for you for calling their bluff. Ha, bloods month. Sounds like a chicks period awareness month.


    that warning was in Aug, I just looked it up. It was actually targeted towards cops.

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1186665/posts


    the link to the Star Ledger isn't good anymore, but they are the ones who ran it first.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    MattyJoe wrote:
    I live near Trenton, a place that within the last few years has become infested with gangs like the Bloods. And there certainly is such a thing as "Blood Month." It's the month in which they test new gang members. We all got an e-mail around here once saying not to flash our brights at cars without their lights on at night because that car could be a Blood car. Basically, the new recruit then has to run me down and kill me once I flash them as part of their acceptance into the gang. This is serious stuff.

    It says Obama stuff because Obama's stuff is the only stuff that has red, white, and blue. The majority of McCain stuff doesn't have those colors. I haven't heard of this particular "method" of initiation, but it's quite possible that it's true.

    I think it was really dumb of you to reply in the way you did. There's really no way to know for sure that this is false.
    :D
    Any connection between your reality and mine, is purely coincidental.
  • SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
    sweetpotato wrote:
    I've been the happy recipient of two retarded emails from "well-meaning" folks who just want to warn me about Obama or the DANGERS of showing my support for Obama. They're fucking HYSTERICAL, especially today's:

    "Subject: Warning about Newark (insert any major urban/predominantly black area here)

    THIS NOT A JOKE OR CHAIN EMAIL.

    Newark, New Jersey

    ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NOVEMBER IS "BLOOD"
    MONTH..WHICH MEANS RANDOM KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE WILL BE GOING ON IN AND
    AROUND THE CITY OF NEWARK AS PART OF THE BLODD GANG INITIATION.

    PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO WEAR OR ADVERTISE ANY OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL
    CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA ON THEIR CARS OR HOUSES. YOU COULD BE A TARGET FOR
    A SENSELESS CRIME. THE COLORS RED AND BLUE THAT APPEAR IN THE OBAMA
    CAMPAIGN POSTERS, TEE SHIRTS, STICKERS AND LAWN SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE
    TARGETS FOR THE GANGS.

    THIS IS RIDICULOUS BUT TRUE. LETS NOT FORGET WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE
    WEEKEND. AND THESE KIDS WAS CAUGHT SHOPPING AT JERSEY GARDEN MALL!!!!
    THEY WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE FRIDAY AFTERNOON KILLING AND WOUNDING
    INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO GO SHOPPING AFTER THAT AT THE
    MALL!!

    PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!"

    here's what i sent back:

    Having quite a few republican friends I see the most incredible anti-obama emails. This one is just ridiculous. I used to work in Newark too, years ago, and it still has a large black population. I agree, wearing an Obama pin in Newark will probably keep you safer.

    Glad to see gangs have their own months now. It was getting pretty boring just having breast cancer awareness month and African American February. LOL! ;)
    "Where there is sacrifice there is someone collecting the sacrificial offerings."-- Ayn Rand

    "Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
    But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    Having quite a few republican friends I see the most incredible anti-obama emails. This one is just ridiculous. I used to work in Newark too, years ago, and it still has a large black population. I agree, wearing an Obama pin in Newark will probably keep you safer.

    Glad to see gangs have their own months now. It was getting pretty boring just having breast cancer awareness month and African American February. LOL! ;)


    Don't forget, October is also Domestic Violence month.
  • SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Don't forget, October is also Domestic Violence month.
    Well then I guess November Gang Month is the perfect follow up. Who knew?
    "Where there is sacrifice there is someone collecting the sacrificial offerings."-- Ayn Rand

    "Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
    But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
  • Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,170
    it doesn't matter how stupid or baseless these things are, there are people who take them as gospel. two Long island yentas were yapping it up in a DR's office the other day. One said she could never vote for a guy who was sworn in on the Koran. The other was talking about ayers
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    yoke wrote:
    Me too, Dad grew up on Vincent St and my mom was on Brill I think. She worked at Angelos Pharmacy(I think thats the name) growning up. Some of my cousins still live there but not sure what streets. Gram left Vincent St in 2003 only after we made her(she had cancer) and brought her down to us in Belmar.

    Nice. I grew up on Delancy St. Did you go to elementary school in Newark?
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,170
    chiefojibwa wrote:
    dude, that shit about flashing your lights is a fucking URBAN LEGEND. i've been hearing about it since i was in high school! wake up!!


    perhaps, but I know a guy who works with a girl whose uncle met a girl while online to vote for Kerry in 04. They struck up a conversation, went back to her "place", and next thing he knew he woke up in a bathtub full of ice minus one kidney. 'true story........
  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    yoke wrote:
    I agree with you and I wasn't missing the point. I should have said it was 100% crap but I like to leave 1% open just incase. Hey you never know.

    ok, i'll forgive you. ;)
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    MattyJoe wrote:
    It says Obama stuff because Obama's stuff is the only stuff that has red, white, and blue. The majority of McCain stuff doesn't have those colors. I haven't heard of this particular "method" of initiation, but it's quite possible that it's true.

    I think it was really dumb of you to reply in the way you did. There's really no way to know for sure that this is false.

    :confused: what colors ARE they? green with purple polkadots?

    http://www.stickergiant.com/mccain-palin-08_mp08.html

    and you really should avoid posting when you're drunk.
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    I don't support Obama but damn that's dumb.

    I still get e-mails from people who believe microsoft or whatever company will give them a million dollars if they send that mail to 44 people. It's always the same people too. The last time I sent a mail back to ask if I could borrow some money. I told him I didn't believe in the e-mails and never forwarded them, but I was in trouble and I really needed the money, not much, you know 10,000 or so... which should be nothing for a guy who has repeatedly received millions of dollars from all kinds of corporations.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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