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April 15, 2008
Stupid American Tricks
It would be funny, if it wasn't so damn alarming.
Jimmy Carter, former peanut farmer, has proved that he is just plain nuts. His recent visit to the Palestinian territories included the laying of a wreath on Yasser Arafat's grave. How lovely that Carter honoured a terrorist who has done more to cause strife and death in the Middle East than anyone else.
What is perhaps even more worrying is that we are giving the Palestinians $500 million US dollars to build houses in the West Bank.
There don't appear to be any strings attached either; no cutting back on children's programmes that glorify suicide bombings, no moratorium on shows that call for the destruction of Israel. Nope. It's just, "here, we found this spare money lying about and wanted you to have it". Mr. Man and I can't get a bloody 'incentive' cheque for the taxes we've paid because we're supposedly so wealthy we're using greenbacks for hand towels, but our government will send that money abroad to the Palestinians instead. Wonderful! I'm sure none of it will line the pockets of officials, just as all our previous years of aid didn't go to making Yasser Arafat a billionaire.
I'm really sick of everyone else being entitled to our money - except for us. The Palestinians, the corrupt money lenders, people who are financially irresponsible, Congressmen, non-taxpaying citizens, illegals... the list is endless. They all get first swipe at our hard earned dough and our reward is that we get to fund everyone else's lifestyle; we should feel honoured.
Every tax day I am more bitter; bitter at how much it costs us to do our taxes, angry at how complicated it is, frustrated that each year it seems to get more complicated, resentful that when money-lending related PACs threaten to withhold cash from Congressional candidates, we suddenly see a housing rescue bill emerge from Congress.
All this talk from Obama and Hillary about changing things begins at one place - in their own backyard. Stop pandering to PACs, stop bailing out your buddies, stop throwing business the way of your pals, stop handing out money to every Tom, Yasser and Fannie Mae... just STOP. Practice what you preach; clean up your own bloody house before you have the temerity to come and tell me to rearrange mine.
I hope a change is coming; I hope that this bloody Democrat process has laid bare all their dirty secrets, their clandestine deals, their self-serving schemes, their hypocrisy. I believe in miracles, I believe it can happen; it HAS to happen if we are to ever really be free, to cast off this yoke of politician's making and shake free of their shackles. Both parties need to clean house mind you, but the most egregious transgressors by far are the Democrats and they must be challenged on their stupid tricks, their duplicity, their double speak.
I know tax day is painful for most Americans; remember that pain. Put it on the shelf temporarily but take it with you to meetings, caucuses, party conferences, to social events and for Heaven's sake, bring it with you to the voting booth in November.
Posted by hanyap at April 15, 2008 3:43 PM