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If you were the neighborhood bully

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From: KB
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:12
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If you were a neighborhood bully on steroids, with the biggest, baddest
arsenal in your neighborhood, and if you thought that gave you the
right to screw over anyone you felt like screwing over, to take their
assets against their will and kill or imprison all who go in your way,
you'd have much in common with the US government.

In fact, there would be lots of good people who truly love justice, who
would love to see you get your big fat head get chopped off.

If you were a big old apeman, maybe you'd concentrate on enlarging your
arsenal, but  if you were a decent, normal, imperfect human being - you
would look at what caused all those people to want you  dead and you'd
sprout some humility. You'd stop screwing them around, try to make
amends, and seek their forgiveness. You'd try to make the transition
from bad to good.

If we really want to solve the problems of the world, we have to work
on the causes, rather than the effects (of US government backed
arrogance, corruption, extreme greed, and extreme violence).  We have
to be honest with ourselfs, and admit that we are no better than anyone
else, ie:  we stink up the air with our sh__  just as bad as anyone
else.

We've dropped thousands of tons of bombs on the Iraqi people - and
justified it all with lies.  Our government has destroyed many
democratically elected governments that refused to become slave
plantations or US colonies.  US economic hitmen have cheated third
world countries out of  trillions - and on and on.

The billionaires who control the US politicians, news media and
military know or beleive that super rich corrupt regimes before them,
got away with exploiting the hell out of the weak and ignorant, so they
beleive that they can do it too. They are wrong.

They're going to have to stop solving everything 'the old fashioned
way' with force and deception.  Business as usual won't hack it much
longer. It's time to use our heads rather than our muscles. Everybody
on earth matters, everyone is important, and politicians who decide to
bomb other nations for any reason,  are genocidal maniacs who need to
be locked up and treated by mental health professionals. . It is our
job to keep (or get) them out of power.

Tidings of comfort and joy!
 
:-D 

Do the right thing, vote to:
http://www.ImpeachBush.org
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Subject: If you were the neighborhood bully
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