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Nateddi
6th March 2002, 18:23
I got this today from a mailing list



Let's get one thing straight -- this is what it means to be "unpatriotic:"

1. When you shred our constitution and eliminate our civil liberties, passing laws that make it illegal to encourage opposition to the government's actions, THAT is un-American.

2. When you send our kids to go fight and die on a foreign land so that you can finally build a pipeline for your oil backers across that country, THAT is un-American.

3. When you use the dead of September 11 to try to get huge tax cuts passed that will only benefit your rich benefactors, THAT is un-American.

4. When you allow criminals who are stealing the pensions of workers and retirees to come in and hand-pick the head of the agency which is supposed to be regulating them, and then you place some of the criminals' top brass in your administration to "serve" as the secretary of the army and White House counsel, and then these criminals turn out to be your number one financial backers -- and their law firm turns out to be your #3 backer -- and, in spite of all this you still haven't resigned in disgrace, THAT is un-American.

Supermodel
6th March 2002, 20:22
I'm reading his latest book, Stupid Whitte Men, right now.

Like many US liberals he makes a lot of broad generalizations and unsupported conclusions, but he's right on about what's wrong with our politicians.

It's one of the things that has brought me back to studying Che for the first time in years. Why in the US do we no longer have politicians who are not bought and sold? Where are the good folks who just want to serve the people? Isn't this just a modern day phenomenon?