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I joined AARP today thoughts opinions???

armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,478 ✭✭✭
edited May 2010 in General Discussion

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    topdadtopdad Member Posts: 3,408 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK that makes me feel better now.
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    HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998
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    xxx97xxx97 Member Posts: 5,721
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by HandLoad
    Me Too!
    shaking my head when i read the title...[:)]
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    armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife actually did join that liberal organization I could not believe her when she told me she did. I didn't talk to her for a week.
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    Hylander50Hylander50 Member Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You had me worried for a minute there. Glad to see you picked the right one to join.
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    hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was ready to have Don kick your *.
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    armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:hdcolt51
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    Posted - 04/30/2010 : 9:51:17 PM Show Profile Email Poster Reply with Quote
    I was ready to have Don kick your *.



    And I would have helped him
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    pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AARP is just another insurance company.
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    spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    costs will exceed benefits
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    carbine100carbine100 Member Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    AARP is just another insurance company.


    That spends it's members money in support of ALL the liberal causes. Was listening to an AARP radio ad today on how important bobo's "financial regulation" is and how we all need to call/write our criminals elected officials to encourage them to pass it.
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    RamtinxxlRamtinxxl Member Posts: 9,480
    edited November -1
    It's hard to tell which is the puppeteer and which is the puppet...the obumassiah and his handlers vs. aarp. The aarp is nothing more than a voice-box for the leftist disease that is poisoning America using the guise of the "most-trusted" group--the elderly. The organization needs to be abandoned into oblivion--no more dues, no more support. As a matter of fact, I relish the opportunity to pack their "BUSINESS REPLY" envelopes with the heaviest bit of garbage I can find so they pay to get it back.
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    dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,969
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by armilite1015
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    This is the only one to join [}:)]
    They quit sending me their crap when I kept sending the crap back with notes about the liberal not being my thing. The cost of the free mailing must have got to them, I HOPE [:D]
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    cccoopercccooper Member Posts: 4,044 ✭✭
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    Thank the lord! BTW, Read this letter. worth the read.

    This was sent to Mr. Rand who is the Executive Director of AARP.


    THIS LADY NOT ONLY HAS A GRASP OF 'THE SITUATION' BUT AN INCREDIBLE COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!


    Dear Mr. Rand,

    Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership in AARP by the requested date. I know it is not what you were looking for, but this is the most honest response I can give you. Our gap in coverage is merely a microscopic symptom of the real problem, a deepening lack of faith.

    While we have proudly maintained our membership for several years and have long admired the AARP goals and principles, regrettably, we can no longer endorse it's abdication of our values. Your letter specifically stated that we can count on AARP to speak up for our rights, yet the voice we hear is not ours. Your offer of being kept up to date on important issues through DIVIDED WE FAIL presents neither an impartial view nor the one we have come to embrace. We do believe that when two parties agree all the time on everything presented to them, one is probably not necessary. But, when the opinions and long term goals are diametrically opposed, the divorce is imminent. This is the philosophy which spawned our 200 years of government.

    Once upon a time, we looked forward to being part of the senior demographic. We also looked to AARP to provide certain benefits and give our voice a power we could not possibly hope to achieve on our own. AARP gave us a sense of belonging which we no longer enjoy. The Socialist politics practiced by the Obama administration and empowered by AARP serves only to raise the blood pressure my medical insurance strives to contain. Clearly a conflict of interest there!

    We do not understand the AARP posture, feel greatly betrayed by the guiding forces that we expected to map out our senior years and leave your ranks with a great sense of regret. We mitigate that disappointment with the relief of knowing that we are not contributing to the problem anymore by renewing our membership. There are numerous other organizations which offer discounts without threatening our way of life or offending our sensibilities.

    This Presidential Administration scares the living daylights out of us. Not just for ourselves, but for our proud and bloodstained heritage. But even more importantly for our children and grandchildren. Washington has rendered Soylent Green a prophetic cautionary tale rather than a nonfiction scare tactic. I have never in my life endorsed any militant or radical groups, yet now I find myself listening to them. I don't have to agree with them to appreciate the fear which birthed their existence. Their borderline insanity presents little more than a balance to the voice of the Socialist mindset in power. Perhaps I became American by a great stroke of luck in some cosmic uterine lottery, but in my adulthood I CHOOSE to embrace it and nurture the freedoms it represents as well as the responsibilities it requires.

    Your website generously offers us the opportunity to receive all communication in Spanish. ARE YOU KIDDING??? Someone has broken into our 'house', invaded our home without our invitation or consent. The President has insisted we keep the perpetrator in comfort and learn the perp language so we can communicate our reluctant welcome to them.

    I DON'T choose to welcome them.

    I DON'T choose to support them.

    I DON'T choose to educate them.

    I DON'T choose to medicate them, pay for their food or clothing.

    American home invaders get arrested.

    Please explain to me why foreign lawbreakers can enjoy privileges on American soil that Americans do not get?

    Why do some immigrants have to play the game to be welcomed and others only have to break & enter to be welcomed?

    We travel for a living. Walt hauls horses all over this great country, averaging over 10,000 miles a month when he is out there. He meets more people than a politician on caffeine overdose. Of all the many good folks he enjoyed on this last 10,000 miles, this trip yielded only ONE supporter of the current administration. One of us is out of touch with mainstream America . Since our poll is conducted without funding, I have more faith in it than one which is power driven.

    We have decided to forward this to everyone on our mailing list, and will encourage them to do the same. With several hundred in my address book, I have every faith that the eventual exponential factor will make a credible statement to you.

    I am disappointed as hell.

    I am scared as hell.

    I am MAD as hell, and I'm NOT gonna take it anymore!


    Walt & Cyndy
    Miller Farms Equine Transport
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    pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 34,929 ✭✭✭✭
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    4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    thank god, I was about to blast the hell out of you.[:p]
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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thought I was going to have to make a road trip to WI at first, Curt.

    Good one!
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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    texdottexdot Member Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My dad told me several years ago as I approached 50 not to bother joining.
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    TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,560 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They suck and I dropped them many years ago and have never looked back.[^]
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    mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,297 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At least it is a people PAC versus a lobby
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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    gary wraygary wray Member Posts: 4,663
    edited November -1
    armilite1015....now that's my AARP! Saw the movie last week for the first time and sorry to see Clint give it up at the end. Should have taken a couple of those bums out but I guess he was just too taken over by his demons. I had a friend years ago who was at Porkchop Hill and "dispatched" many of the Chinese who were trying to take it back....and he had no demons at all. Very clear conscience. Figured it was a good trade....his kneecaps that a Chinese "volunteer" got with his PpSh (the last thing he did) for the "several" he dispatched with his carbine (how he loved that little rifle, contrary to many others). He always hoped the "one or two" he got in the trench (he never would fess up to me actually how many it was) was the good Chairman's son. Funny how combat affects different folks.
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    bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had a guy order a stencil that said:

    A - ANGRY
    A - ARMED
    R - RETIRED
    P - PERSON

    He was going to paint it on the rear of his truck.[:D]
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    8000fthi8000fthi Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would join if I could get one of them cards like armilite has
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    partisanpartisan Member Posts: 6,414
    edited November -1
    The AARP is a strong supporter of gun bans!!! When I discovered this a few years ago i immediately mailed in my card with a lettere explaining why I had no use for their liberal views! I suggest ALL gun owners do likewise!
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