That was what the nutbag really meant, but Greg Bacon at Goon Squad shows us what the maniac SHOULD have said:
“Today, my fellow members, I come to you with a heavy heart and broken soul, to ask for your forgiveness.
Since Israel was illegally created by a bribed and intimidated UN back in 1947, the Khazars and Commie Russian thugs that have moved into Palestine and stolen large chunks of the indigenous Palestinians land thru force; deception, thuggery and outright murder, all in an insane dream called Eretz Israel.
To that end of making an Israel that would stretch from the River Nile to the River Euphrates, Israel and it’s fellow Zionist travelers, along with sold-out politicians in the USA, Britain, France and Germany have been sowing misery, death and destroying around the world, then getting our Zionist owned MSM to blame our bloody acts on Muslims, vilifying Islam.
From our craven, sneaky unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty in our 1967 War of Aggression, to the FALSE FLAG/INSIDE JOB of 9/11, it was Israel behind those acts of treachery, that we then blamed on Islamic nations, like Iraq, so we could have our pit bull, the USA, go into those nations we castigated and have them destroyed,all to benefit Israel and Israel alone.
We stand guilty of a multitude of crimes, like wrecking the world’s economy after our 9/11 attacks against the USA. We had our Zionist friends at the Federal Reserve and those ‘Too Big to Fail’ Wall Street banks loot, pillage and plunder trillions of dollars from the world’s economy, because we knew that most Americans would be too damn scared of our fiction, al Qaeda, to notice that slippery set of fingers stealing their life savings.
We also stand guilty of numerous crimes against humanity, especially against the Palestinians in Gaza, were we have been operating the world’s largest concentration camp.
Another of our convenient scams is making people think 6 million Jews were killed by Germany during WWII, when anyone who investigates this matter can easily see it was the world’s biggest scam, designed to engender sympathy and money, lots and lots of money, to help Israel have a non-stop supply of wealth from other nations.
The list of our crimes against the world would fill a book, so I will conclude my ‘Mea Culpa’ by asking the world’s forgiveness and vow to NEVER AGAIN let this happen and to ensure we don’t remain the #1 threat to world peace, I am ordering that all our nuclear weapons be neutralized and that the enriched uranium and plutonium be delivered to Russia and the USA.
I am also ordering the dismantling of AIPAC, so that organization will stop running the USA and buying politicians.
I also ask that the International Criminal Court begin and immediate of our crimes, and to lock me and my cabinet members away, awaiting trial.
Thank you”
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It Would Be An Honor To Serve My Country, Return With PTSD, Sit On A Mental Health Care Waitlist, Then Kill Myself
By U.S. Army Pfc. Edwin Quinones
August 15, 2012 | ISSUE 48•33Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of joining the Army. So as soon as I could, I went down to my local recruiter and enlisted, knowing full well that I’d probably be sent to Afghanistan. Now, with my first deployment less than a week away, there’s only one thing on my mind: how incredibly proud I’ll be to fight for my country, experience crippling psychological trauma, wait indefinitely for the proper health care, and then eventually become so depressed and mentally ill that I commit suicide.
It’s what I’ve always known I was born to do.
It’s a matter of principle, really. From a young age I was taught that throughout our history, Americans have had to stand up and fight for the freedoms we enjoy. I always knew that when the time came, I would serve with honor and nobly suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder until my only recourse was to end my own life. So it’s with eager anticipation that I head off to the battlefield to defend, be ignored by, and then—left all alone, with my personal demons closing in—kill myself for the land I love so dearly.
Honestly, it would be my distinct pleasure and privilege to not get the medical help I need for injuries suffered while risking my life for my country.
That’s why we take the oath, isn’t it? To do our jobs with humility and valor, and to come home haunted by visions of our commanding officer, who promised he’d bring everyone back alive, being blown to bits by a cleverly disguised roadside bomb? In my mind it doesn’t matter what unspeakable horrors I witness, I’ll just be grateful for the privilege of having to wait at least six months to see a VA psychologist and in the interim turn toward alcoholism and drug addiction until I decide the only path to relief is putting a bullet in my head.
I know no greater honor than relying on an agency with a backlog of more than half a million claims that can’t get its shit together enough to transfer its paper files to a central computer.
HOO-ah!
I’m reminded of all the patriotic men and women who came before me. Those who had the chance to accidentally breathe Agent Orange in Vietnam and never get a proper diagnosis, only to become estranged from society, spiral downward into homelessness, and eventually freeze to death in an alley alone. And let’s not forget the thousands who nobly returned from Desert Storm with a mysterious illness the Army never fully admitted or identified the cause of, a syndrome resulting in chronic pain that prevented so many from ever being able to hold down a steady job.
Knowing about the care they deserved but didn’t receive fills me with great pride for my country. And it would be a true honor—this soldier’s duty, really—to follow in their footsteps.
But let’s remember that behind every soldier are the loved ones whose sacrifices are no less important. You’d better believe I’m looking forward to coming back from war and having to drink a fifth of Jack Daniel’s every night just to fall asleep, and even then having nightmares so powerful my wife has to shake me awake. Lying in bed racked with anxiety, she’ll no doubt see her husband as a hero whose untreated illness puts her at constant risk of being physically harmed.
And to see the look on my child’s face as he watches his own father, fresh off the battlefield, crying in a fetal position in the corner of his living room because he can’t get the help he needs, even though he’s been calling doctors for three straight months—tell me, is there any feeling greater than that? I don’t think there is.
So when I finally can’t take it any longer and decide to check into a hotel to end my own life, please know that I have but one simple request: My agonizing struggle and tragically preventable death should be the last thing on anyone’s mind. Because the only thing that’s important for someone like me, who will be dedicating his life to serving his country, is that my government lets me waste away until I become a shell of my former self.
That’s what being an American soldier is all about.
h/t The Onion (no, it isn’t funny, but is representative of what seems to be happening to those who cannot see the Empire for the lies it represents)
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At What a Cost song written and performed by Mark Lentz. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Do right by them, and with them, and by their families and friends too. Posted by a former U.S. Army officer. For lyrics and related essay go to http://www.dcdave.com/article5/120711.htm
Great song and I can dig the guitar work.
h/t DCDave
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We’ve been told by the maniacs and murderers that the towel heads hate us for our freedoms and want to stop freedom from occurring in America. At least, this is one of many reasons for the American Empire given to the stooges who still believe the bullshit.
OK.
So, who in the world “loves us” for those very same freedoms?
(Crickets chirp as I await that answer)
How many Iraqis do you think love us and our brand of “freedom”? Afghanis? Libyans? Egyptians? Iranians? Chinese? Russians? Others dominated by the “Empire of Freedom” (which includes what turns out to be the entire globe, with just a handful of exceptions, including Israel)?
I used to be patriotic. I used to believe the crap. Then I truly began to pay attention and saw the lie almost immediately. So, why aren’t you paying attention?
I wonder how many rednecks have stood in line to enjoy the above taint-show personally? Not worried? So, will you submit at the TSA highway stop or the mall crotch search when you are looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Of course you will.
Why?
Only you can put a stop to it.
Noor gives us a good understanding of what American “Freedom” really is at her latest post, “Are You A Slave Of The System?”
Dr Paul Craig Roberts expresses just how lost Americans are on this “hot air day” in his post, “Can Americans Escape Deception?“.
In a single word answer, Dr Roberts…
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Submitted by Don Lucas (please reference the original article found at WSWS.org):
Brothers and Sisters
No prison time for Marine charged in Haditha massacre
By Naomi Spencer
25 January 2012As part of a plea deal, Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, leader of a Marine squad responsible for the 2005 slaughter of 24 Iraqi civilians, will spend no time in a military prison. Wuterich, 31, pleaded guilty on January 23 to a single charge of negligent dereliction of duty for his role in the massacre in Haditha and its subsequent cover-up.
The Marine faced a sentencing hearing Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, California. Previously indicted on unpremeditated murder charges in 19 of the 24 civilian deaths, counts carrying a maximum sentence of 152 years in prison, Wuterich was allowed to walk free. He still faces possible reduction in pay and rank. (OMG, not a possible reduction in pay and rank!! Jeez, it was only 24 innocent civilians.) During proceedings Monday, the court did not discuss a discharge for Wuterich, who has remained on active duty since the massacre.
The Haditha case was the longest running criminal prosecution against military personnel involved in the Iraq War and Wuterich was the last man among the original eight facing charges in the case. Six other Marines had charges dismissed, and one Marine was acquitted.
The plea agreement of Wuterich brings the three-and-a-half-week long court martial to a close, thereby suppressing more details about the killings, one of the worst atrocities committed by US soldiers against civilians since the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. (Remember, My Lai was a common occurrence too. It just happened to make the papers, the same as this atrocity)
As in other atrocity cases related to the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan—among them the Abu Ghraib torture case, the Blackwater killings of Baghdad’s Nisour Square, the Afghan “kill team,” and others—the outcome of the Haditha killings absolves higher level military and government figures of any responsibility for the consequences of policies (CYA) that low-ranking military personnel carry out.Like the massacre itself, the outcome of the case underscores the criminal character of the wars and the political establishment behind them.
Wuterich pleaded guilty to the minor charge of negligent dereliction of duty for ordering the squad to “shoot first and ask questions later” on the night of November 19, 2005.
Although the rampage began after a convoy in which the Marines were traveling was struck by a roadside bomb, testimony of the men make clear that Wuterich and others were knowingly slaughtering innocent bystanders with no provocation.
Sergeant Sanick Dela Cruz, a young corporal at the time of the massacre, testified earlier this month that he witnessed Wuterich order four teen aged students and a taxi driver out of a passing cab, then execute them as they knelt in a position of surrender. Dela Cruz, who had been granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, said he and others riddled the victims with bullets as they lay on the ground, then urinated on their corpses. Afterward, Dela Cruz told the jury, Wuterich ordered him to lie about the killings, concocting a story involving the victims running away and coming under fire by Iraqi soldiers.
After the street shooting, Wuterich ordered the squad on a sweep of three nearby houses, where families including many women, children, and elderly residents had been sleeping. The Marines went room by room, throwing grenades and opening fire on the unarmed occupants. Nineteen civilians were killed. At no point were the Marines engaged by return fire.
Squad member Colonel Stephen Tatum had testified that in one dark bedroom, he joined Wuterich in firing upon small silhouettes. (FYI-’small silhouettes’ are children) Facing the court Tuesday, however, Wuterich insisted he “never fired any weapon at any women or children that day.” He also stated that although he was entering a guilty plea, he rejected the suggestion that it was an acknowledgement of wrongdoing by his squad or the chain-of-command. “In no way should my acceptance of responsibility ever be considered an indictment of the Marines or the commanders.” (If murdering God knows how many innocent men, women, and children, is not an indictment of the Marines, they what, pray tell is? Dropping two atomic bombs on innocent civilians? No, that was the Army/Air Force, not the Marines).
“The case doesn’t end with a bang, it ends with a whimper and a pretty weak whimper at that,” former Marine Corps prosecutor and judge Gary Solis commented to the Associated Press. “When you have 24 dead bodies and you get dereliction of duty, that’s pretty good defense work.” (FYI- that is not ‘pretty good defense work”, that is a cover up from the very top)
The announcement of the plea deal provoked outrage and statements of condemnation from Iraqis. “This is a disgraceful sentence for an inhuman crime that lines up with the Abu Ghraib scandal and the Nisour Square massacre,” Hussein Ali, an engineer in Baghdad, told Reuters. “History will mention this sentence and will show how the Americans have a black history that disrespects human blood.” (Imagine if you will, the reverse happening here in the US. How do you think you would feel if 24 men, women, and children were massacred out of pure vengeance? Especially knowing that the massacre and wanton killing of civilians, even if only a few at a time, were a common occurrence in the “liberated” town you lived in. Imagine if that was your wife and children, murdered in their beds. Just a thought.)
Khalid Salman, lawyer for the victims’ families in Haditha and cousin of one of those killed in the attack, said he was in disbelief over the sentence and had to double-check the news. “This is not a traffic felony,” he said. (No, because had it been a traffic penalty he would have paid a fine.) Another Haditha resident and relative of one of the victims told Reuters, “This sentence gives us the proof, the solid proof that the Americans don’t respect human rights… This is an insult to the victims and an insult to all Iraqis.” (Like it or not, this is how “they” see “us/US”, and how they view Christians.)
The outcome of the trial completes the effort of the military to tamp down the implications of the case. From the beginning, the story was presented as one of a chaotic firefight involving insurgents and an embattled Marine squad. After an outcry from relatives and witnesses, the military offered relatives settlements of $2,500 per victim. ($2,500, is adding insult to injury) The military regards civilian casualties as a cost of doing business, and that the Marines need to get “the job done” no matter what it takes, a 2007 investigation into the Haditha killings by Army Major General Eldon Bargewell concluded.This perspective, codified in official military policy, found expression in widespread killings of civilians. Indeed, over the eight years of official occupation, well over a million Iraqi civilians were killed.
Documents found in an Iraqi dump, retrieved by the New York Times last month as they were being burned, bear out Bargewell’s findings. Among the papers were statements given by military personnel on the Haditha massacre. “I mean, whether it’s a result of our action or other action, you know, discovering 20 bodies, throats slit, 20 bodies, you know, beheaded, 20 bodies here, 20 bodies there,” Col. Thomas Cariker, a commander in Anbar Province told investigators, describing the scope of the carnage.
Major General Steve Johnson, who was commander of US forces in Anbar Province at the time, stated dismissively that “it happened all the time … it was just the cost of doing business on that particular engagement.” Civilians were routinely shot down at checkpoints, other officers explained, when the men stationed as guards got edgy or confused. “I had Marines shoot children in cars and deal with the Marines individually one on one about it because they have a hard time dealing with that,” one officer testified. (A “hard time”? As I’ve said before, PTSD is a result of soldiers witnessing, and/ or actually killing innocent human beings. It also involves seeing and/or doing all of the horrors of war. It is especially doing these things which they do in clear violation of their God given conscience. It’s not “counseling” they need, but confession and repentance.
Brief Commentary
To those among you or even to those you know, be they friends or family, if you cast your vote for any of the Presidents and/or Representatives who voted for Iraq War 1, Iraq War 2, Afghanistan War (10 years and counting), Libya and the rest of the Middle East (CIA fomented) and now it would appear the soon bombing/missile attacks, and very possibly a ”targeted nuclear attack” on Iran’s “alleged” nuclear weapons facilities, please search your heart and the scriptures (which I have reiterated scores of times) to see if you have any culpability in this endless loss of life and destruction of whole countries.
The answer to this is simple if you base your conclusion on scripture… Yes. If the answer is yes, then please repent and tell your brethren who voted for these war criminals do all they can to bring scripture light and truth to others as well. I will not belabour the point, but if you find yourself searching the Old Testament and even the New Testament for scriptures that would seemingly contradict Gods Royal Law of Love to all men (think John 3:16 as a starting place), then you are wrestling the scriptures to your own destruction.
Jesus does not authorize the death and destruction innocent life. You will find nothing in the New Testament that authorizes Christians i.e. those who in truth follow Jesus and keep His commandments, to kill innocent people. Knowing these truths, if you fail to repent of your support for these Satanic Wars of Aggression and to Warn your brethren who through ignorance (as is the case with most) have supported said War Criminals and Agents of Satan, their blood will be upon your soul in the Day of Judgement. You yourself will not be held blameless, if you have not repented and washed your Garment of Righteousness in the Blood of the Lamb which is the ONLY THING that can save you.
If you are guilty of these sins and do not repent (or even if you do repent) and then blithely go on your way thinking that by “leading others to Christ” and “making disciples of them” (which usually ends up being “regular church attenders and especially 10% tithers), you are FAILING to Warn them of the very things which can and will Destroy their eternal souls. It is not enough to get someone saved and then watch them align themselves with the Satanic evils of this world and say NOTHING. How can you stand before God with clean hands and a pure heart if you countenance these things by your SILENCE?
If you think it is enough to get them delivered from the evils of Hollywood and sexual sins, to rail against homosexuality, to rant about those “evil Democrats”, and not warn them of the dangers of supporting war criminals and ipso facto all of the Death and Evil they perpetuate, you are walking in Deception. Am I going too far? Look at the photos attached and into the faces of the recipients of Americas wars and the Christians who support them, in its multitude of other rapacious sins which I don’t have time to go into, and ask yourself…Am I innocent? It their life as valuable as mine?
Your comments are welcome.
God bless you,
don
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I call it the nut-cuttin’ issue of our lives. Virtually every foreign escapade and illegal bombing is derived from the illusions of that day. Les Visible calls it The Litmus test:
Heretic Productions present; Les Visible’s, 9/11 Is the LitmusTest
Video Sequence by: Arbogast99; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMAFvKJvwMcSmoking Mirrors at: http://smokingmirrors.blogspot.com/2008/02/911-is-litmus-…
There is one thing that defines everyone over the course of these early years of this new century. That thing is the 9/11 attack. Everyone in government and every field of endeavor the world over is defined by their position on this event. It is not necessary to know the truth. It is only necessary to know the extent of the lies in order to define any leader in any position anywhere in the world. By what they have said and by what they have not said, one can accurately judge who is an enemy of the people’s of the world. One can accurately determine who is a tool of the psychopaths or one of them.
They will pull every stunt to keep us ignorant to the truth of this day, ten years ago. They will enact legislation that congeals the lies told into a nice, heroic story. You will have POTUS candidates who, like most every other POTUS candidates, will attempt to manipulate the emotions that this day brings. Some will go so far as to sing about it and use the horrific images of that day to garner support for his dying campaign:
Just read thru the comments to get a feel for how the majority think about such a display and this character, Cain.
B’Man’s comment: Just what this country needs: another narcissistic bastard totally devoid of empathy and decency, set upon nothing more than exploiting Americans at this time in our dark history.
You, sir, are a disgrace and I hope this video is the final straw that sends you packing.
Now, I know that there are still plenty of people who believe the lies… as hard as I find that to swallow in face of all the evidence presented since that day (altho it has been totally ignored by anyone of power or the media). Maybe its easier for people to just believe the story no matter what your own eyes (or thousands of experts have to say on the subject). Just view these snapshot videos from various engineering, architectural and demolitions experts about the impossibility of the buildings simply falling down from the plane impacts.
That is, “IF” there were planes or humans piloting them:
I have to point out that there have been a lot of “solutions” provided from the “reactions” to the “problems” of “terrorism” (all of this manufactured whole cloth from the criminality of that day).
33 of 50 states are actively spying on Americans because of this.
Several changes to the laws were made after this fateful day. All under the guise of protecting Americans, when their actual purpose has been to erode our rights and liberties in this country.
The National Archives still will keep the majority of the 911 Commission report sealed, so America (and the rest of the world) are kept ignorant to even the fullness of that coverup commission.
As a matter of fact, High-Level Officials Eager to Spill the Beans About What REALLY Happened on 9/11 … But No One In Washington or the Media Wants to Hear. And you shouldn’t be surprised. It took them decades to plan and implement this new “Pearl Harbor Event” that has broken the will of the American people from ever speaking up AGAINST the oppressors (and NONE of these oppressors wear turbans, btw). And remember that the media is controlled by the state sponsor of terror that actually controls America and its politicians: Zionist Israel.
Why Israel? Because they have the most to gain from all of this. For as we never forget 911, we must also never forget that the long sought agenda of “Greater Israel” never dies.
That couldn’t be, you say? That our “ally” would never harm us, nor would they ever have a goal of expansion throughout the middle east, but globally, as well. Naw. Nothing to see there.
And maybe we are waking up a bit:
Polls Show Widespread Doubt About Official Explanations
The results of polls on peoples’ beliefs about 9/11 around the world might surprise you:
- In its January 2011 issue, the popular German magazine “Welt der Wunder” published the results of a poll conducted by the Emnid institute on 1005 respondents. The poll indicated that nearly 90% percent of Germans are convinced that the government of the United States is not telling the whole truth about the September 11 attacks
- A new poll conducted in England by ICM shows that more UK residents agree than disagree that the official account of what happened on 9/11 might turn out to be wrong in important respects. Only 8% strongly agree that they have been told the full story of the 9/11 attacks
- A new poll conducted in France by HEC Paris shows that 58% of French people doubt the official version of 9/11, and 49% believe the U.S. government might have intentionally allowed the attacks to happen
- A Zogby poll conducted in August 2007 found that 51% of Americans want Congress to probe Bush/Cheney regarding the 9/11 attacks, two-thirds (67%) of Americans say the 9/11 Commission should have investigated the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7
- A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in August 2007 found that only 2 out of 5 of those polled in India – the world’s second most populous country – believe that al-Qaeda is responsible for the 9/11 attacks
- Indeed, a poll taken by World Public Opinion, a collaborative project of research centers in various countries managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, College Park, polled 16,063 people in 17 nations outside of the United States during the summer of 2008. They found that majorities in only 9 of the 17 countries believe Al Qaeda carried out the attacks. The poll showed that in the world’s most populous country – China – only 32% believed that Al Qaeda carried out the attacks.
Yep. There are more and more people getting pissed like my buddy Ed. Some people are coming out and getting to express their anger, too:
Yes, people are pissed. Some know where to get info on this subject and many others are too busy with life or simply cannot find the time to care (as crazy a notion that is to me, I understand). So, I have my favorite places to go for info on 911. I recommend Greg’s place: The Goon Squad. I recommend Mr Friend’s blog. I like Reflections In A Petri Dish (you should really go hear 911 Was An Inside Job).
Deek has a wonderful take on it (yet with harsh language, beware):
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I know we have noticed in this household. Every penny counts with us and there are absolutely no “extras” that we can afford. As a matter of fact, my only real salvation comes from the fact that I grow a substantial amount of the food we eat and had planned to go bigger this year. This is now complicated because It appears I tore my Achilles tendon on Saturday, which will keep me off my feet for a while (going to the doctor today with money I don’t have to confirm this today).
My wife returned from the grocery store 2 days ago witha gallon of milk that cost over $3.50. Just three weeks ago it was less than $3.00.
Everything else is extremely high, but going up more. And we are not alone. Egypt, where we have been spreading Democracy for the past 30+ years to no effect have huge percentages of their income going to all food stuffs. And guess what, these are the primary reasons those people are revolting… not because they desire Democracy (especially the type that comes at the hot end of a rifle), but because they cannot afford to live and feed their families any longer.
Forbes Magazine tells us that corn is up 94% since June, soybeans are up 51% since June, and wheat is up 80% since June. This means that virtually everything you eat is rising with it (including the soon to be defunct “Dollar Menu” from that poison center, McDonald’s.
Prices on cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and asparagus (and many other vegetables) are set to double or triple starting right now (just go to the grocery store and see for yourself).
It looks like many of these items will be completely wiped out. In other words, you won’t be able to buy them at any price!
It is happening in India, as well:
Its happening in China, where they saw a 4.9% inflation in a one month period (if you do the math for the milk example I gave, you will see that it is an even larger percentage increase than 5%).
People are rioting all over the world (with a notable exception). And Americans are told that they simply need “democracy”. But I bet if you could ask those in Mozambique, Yemen, Algeria and virtually everywhere else in the world, our form of democracy is the very last thing they want. Like me, they want food for their family, no idiotic fantasy called American democracy (which, of course, WE don’t even have). Democracy doesn’t bode well in a Fascist State (just sayin’).
And I haven’t even begun discussing all the natural disasters that will complicate (even more) the food shortages and HUNGER the world is now experiencing.
Big Freezes in the SW USA and Mexico… floods in Australia…Excessive heat in S America… floods in Argentina… on and on and on. It all adds up to pricing that will make Egypt look like a dream world, once it fully hits.
And it won’t JUST be food, either. Since we demolished our textile industries here in America, our Chinese “partners” will show us that we will be getting 35% LESS clothing for our quickly becoming worthless US Dollar.
Now, we have a corrupt government that WILL (not “might”) implement austerity measures here. But it won’t come at the cost of Empire. Oh, no, no. It will come at the cost of old people who count on Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security. It will come at the price of the poorest staving children in America dying. It will come in the guise of pulling up boot straps that are worn to a frazzle and are like an old piece of leather strapping… it falls apart with just a hint of a small tug.
But the question after all of this (and my YEARS of warning anyone who will listen): Will Americans’ Even Notice?
Probably not until it is too late (which it already is).
Good Luck! You’re Screwed!
She may not be an American patriot, but she is a patriot in Egypt. She says: Grow some ‘nads, Boys, and come fight this battle with me. (Paraphrased)
h/t Organizing Notes
h/t Organizing Notes