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Emily Salmon	Post subject: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:56 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 16, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 86	By Joanne Kenen<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the AARP, the influential lobbying group for the elderly, tried in vain to burn their membership cards Wednesday to protest against the group's endorsement of the Republican Medicare bill.<p>A few dozen people in their 50s and 60s gathered in the rain outside the AARP's headquarters in downtown Washington and tried to burn their cards, but cut them up instead when the plastic coating would not catch fire.
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:13 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	We did much better when it was bras and draft cards.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:55 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I become eligible to join AARP in a couple days. Despite the group's fascist leanings, I can't wait to join. I've waited all this time for a license to bitch, and that's what I consider an AARP card to be.<p>Plus, you can't beat getting a nickel off a cup of shitty McDonald's coffee. I won't be burning my card anytime soon.
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:31 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bumfketeer: I become eligible to join AARP in a couple days. Despite the group's fascist leanings, I can't wait to join. I've waited all this time for a license to bitch, and that's what I consider an AARP card to be.<p>Plus, you can't beat getting a nickel off a cup of shitty McDonald's coffee. I won't be burning my card anytime soon.<hr></blockquote> Come to think of it, I can't imagine why they haven't found me yet, given that I hit the magic number in October. I thought they found everyone.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:20 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	They will find you. Trust me.
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Emily Salmon	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:18 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 16, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 86	Well, Osama bin Laden is 46, so it should be only a few years before he's found.
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Re: Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:23 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SusanV: Come to think of it, I can't imagine why they haven't found me yet, given that I hit the magic number in October. I thought they found everyone.<hr></blockquote><p>AARP sent me a membership card without my asking when I turned 30.[cq] Maybe I should have applied to be a copy editor for them.
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