At 01:50 PM 03/20/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote:The other one we hear is "You should be ashamed" which brings a chorus of
"No, we're proud" or "Have you forgotten about Sept. 11th?" We did have some
older fellow stopped at the redlight ranting about us needing to go back to
Russia, which was pretty amusing. Amazing how red in the face some of those
people get.
Then there's the old "America: Love it or Leave it" line, from folks who got really really upset when people _did_ leave it to avoid Selective Slavery during the Vietnam Police Action.
Not only were people prosecuted for attempting to leave these beknighted states, but look into what happens if one tries to get his _money_ out.
The American Empire now treats attempts to transfer money out exactly the same way the Soviets treated money transfers.
In any case, the whole notion that unconstitutional measures are best dealt with be fleeing one's property is absurd. Those who violate the Constitution should be the ones fleeing, ahead of a firing squad.
But most of the world is corrupt. The 40 nations in the "Axis of Greed" are not supported by their citizens, in nearly all cases (as our subscribers from Europe have noted). The leaders and politicians of these nations are being bribed by U.S. taxpayer money. Witness Turkey, which is a direct neighbor of Iraq and thus presumably has the most to fear if Iraq is in fact a threat. But not only is Turkey not _sending troops_, it is not even _paying_ the Hessians, er, the Americans. In fact, Turkey is shaking down the U.S. for $30 billion in grants and aid and loan guarantees. A big chunk of this is presumably going into private bank accounts, just as with the billions in tax transfers to Egypt and the Zionist Entity and Jordan.
Shrubya doesn't care, as he just raises taxes. (Or he squawks and whines as Congress raises taxes, same difference.)
$100 billion to "rebuild and nation-build Iraq" is $1000 per average taxpayer (or about zero for most of the basic brown types and about $10,000 for the upper 10% of taxpayers). Throw in $30 billion for Turkey, countless billions for the Zionist Entity, Jordan, Syria, etc., and the pricetag for this Splendid Little War is going to be back-breaking for our already-overtaxed economy.
Shrubya sez: "We gonna open a can of nucular whoop-ass on them bad boys!"
Illiteracy meets mendacity.
--Tim May
