Fun with Politics (62)

 

It is imperative that the economy gets a positive injection; now. Just watch Lou Dobbs and his incessant bitching about immigrants (yes, I take it personally) and remember how dissatisfaction with the economy led the Germans straight into the welcoming arms of Nazism. When the economy is on its ass, the foreigners get blamed; that’s how it’s always been, and that is what is happening now. It couldn’t be anybody else’s fault, could it?

 

Somebody needs to remind Bush that a $600 to $1200 check isn’t going to help those that are really in trouble, and tell him to come up with some better ideas. After all, it’s a few more months until that man is actually out of office; how much more damage can he do in the remaining months?

First of all, fire Cheney and give his job to somebody deserving. Then start pulling those troops out of Iraq, and use the money for something useful. I know, it’s a tired old argument, but seriously. War is expensive! Freaking expensive! Is anybody in Washington getting that? And don’t tell me this is an ideological War; we’re in it for the oil and nothing else. Imagine how much oil we could buy if we didn’t use all that money to beat the crap out of a country. And as far as Al Quayda following us home, well, if they didn’t have a good enough reason to do so before, they certainly do now.

 

Maybe if American tax money can be used for its intended recipients (i.e. Americans health care! Education! Social Security!) we can -as a society- stop being so scared of a few immigrant workers. It’s not as if anybody else is chomping at the bit to pick those oranges or process those cows. Don’t lie.