Huh? Anyone notice a contradiction there? If you don’t… enlist! Be all
that you can be! Well… give it your best uh… shot… until an IED blows
up you and your worn and dilapidated Hum Vee.
The bottom line is that we’re going to be asked to
“sacrifice.” Mark me if I’m wrong but it seems there’s been more than enough sacrificing.
Let’s see. The number of sacrificed U.S. soldiers has
topped 3,000.
That’s a bigger “sacrifice” than the fatalities due to 9/11. Then there
are the sacrifices of families and friends of the dead and the maimed.
Let’s not forget the permanently wounded. Such physical and emotional
wounds don’t go away. So let the sacrifices begin… uh… escalate! Sounds
like ancient Rome.
The U.S. citizen has sacrificed plenty! The U.S. has gone from a subtle
police state under Richard Nixon to a blatant police state under George
W. Bush. Been to an airport lately? Tried taking a tube of toothpaste
onto an airplane? Did you get your Free Total Body Microwaves the last
time you went through Security? Don’t miss out! No carry-on hair gel
for your dream vacation, for which you’ve been saving for the past ten
years? Oh and make sure your socks are clean and
without holes!
Once protected by the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, the
sanctity of your mail has been sacrificed!
Who knows what evils lurk in the mail of men? The Shrub does! And he’s
going to snoop through your letters to get the real skinny.
Matter of fact, except for the Third Amendment, the whole Bill of
Rights is dead. The sole remaining protection ensures that Soldiers
cannot demand to hang out in your house watching the Super Bowl and
making long distance,
tapped, phone calls. I guess the Bill of Rights have been abbreviated, just like
Keith Olbermann says. Now it’s the “Bill of Right.” Well, that’s simpler.
Oh yeah… the Iraqis need to make more sacrifices too. Only
655,000 dead Iraqi civilians? That is not enough?! The citizens of Iraq had better gear up for a
surge in sacrifices.
Since we know all this stuff, do we have to listen to it? Can’t we just
turn off the talking monkey and watch a video? Then all you have to do
is to throw the next morning’s paper in the trash and don’t forget to
stay off the Internet for
one day!
What if nobody in Congress showed up or the White House Press Corps telephoned in sick that day? I’d say
Helen Thomas deserves a day off.
So, hypothetically speaking, on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, what if George were to speak and
nobody listened? Would it count? Does he even make a sound? What
is the sound of one fool yapping… if no one listens?
Elizabeth Gyllensvard contributed to and edited this story.
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