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The American Turkey Is Dead
By Mary Pitt
02/14/06 "ICH" -- -- That's right, Buster, I said dead. Our
national symbol of peace, prosperity, and plentitude has been
slaughtered, cooked and the multi-national ghouls are fighting
for the rights to pick its bones! When the rank-and-file
American voter rubs the propaganda-induced sleep from his eyes,
he will realize that his freedoms are gone, his patriotism is
misplaced, and the two buzzards, Democrat and Republican, are
picking the lint from his empty pockets. After bellying up to
the bar, buying rounds for our Fearless Leaders, and cheering as
our children marched off to their death and dismemberment, we
are awaking to find that we have been duped, raped, rolled, and
left for dead by both political parties in an act of shameful
betrayal that will equal the Fall of Rome in its historical
aspect.
Think about it. If you aren't mad as hell, you have not yet
opened your eyes. Not only has this administration sold you out
to the multi-national corporations with their mantra of, "They
hate us! They want to kill us!", but they have given lip service
to the cause of "democracy" for the Middle East, whether they
want it or not, while they cannot accept true democracy when it
rears its head, but must pounce upon and destroy it in its nest.
At long last, after too many years of the iron-fisted control of
Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian people have exercised their
inherent rights to self-determination and held a truly
democratic election under international supervision. However,
their choice is not sitting well with the powers-that-be in
Washington and Jerusalem. They have determined that the
Palestinian people do not really deserve democracy and their
choices must be negated by withholding of funds necessary to
rule that beleaguered land.
On the same day we learn of this, news comes out of Ohio that
the Dread "Democratic Leadership Council" has again denied the
people the right to vote for the candidate of their choice. Many
of us are still smarting over the debacle of 2004 when "the
people" found several of the political candidates in the field
who would satisfy our purpose of supporting someone who would be
concerned for our welfare and for whom enough of us could in
good conscience assist in their task of booting Bush & Co, out
of our once-revered White House. This was not to be, as the DLC
and other power groups designated the nomination of John Kerry
as "their" candidate, causing many disillusioned Americans to
stay away from the polls in droves.
The story of the day which may be enough to cause the
long-awaited uprising of the American voters just may be the
betrayal of a returned veteran of the War of Choice, Paul
Hackett. In 2004, he scared hell out of the Republicans with his
campaign of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. His exposure of the lies of the Bush cabal led the people
of his district in Ohio, a traditionally strong Republican
district, to vote "across party lines" in numbers that almost
unseated the entrenched Republican. This year he was attempting
to gain the Democratic mandate and to unseat "good Republican"
Senator Mike DeWine, and his chances looked good. But no! As
usual the Democratic Party could not stand even the faint scent
of victory! They went to Ohio and asked Paul Hackett to abandon
his cause and step out of the race so that their hand-picked
candidate could have a clear field against the senator!
Thus end the political efforts of a true American who would
represent The People and tell the voters the naked truth, that
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES! We should be forewarned that this
will be the fate of any honest person who tries to run for
office within the two-party system in our nation, to be dumped
by the very people who claim to represent us and to exemplify
our needs and our desires. They are as power-hungry if not as
dishonest as their counterparts in the other party and their
watchword is to WIN, by whatever method they think may succeed
and the people be damned.
What are we who really care about true democracy and have not
given up the hope of reinstituting the system in our beloved
nation to do? We must cast aside the worn-out mantle of
political designation and vote together as Americans, voting
in-party, out-of- party, and without regard to party, banding
together in support of truth-seekers and truth-tellers,
regardless of party, solidifying our support into the juggernaut
that will be needed to remove the corruption at the heads of
both parties before they totally destroy us. Stop the
splintering of effort through numerous third parties with minor
agenda and vote for those who seek a true mandate of the people
and promise to truly represent the poor, the ill, the elderly.
and the middle-class working people who carry the burden of
supporting the rest. Failure to do so will bring down our own
democracy and destroy any opportunity to construct another,
following the Roman Empire into the dust of history.
If we do not have the intestinal fortitude to abandon our old
habits and stand up for our rights as American citizens, the
most important of which is the right to choose our own leaders,
we may as well simply continue to blind ourselves with the idle
chatter of the news headlines. "Did you hear that Dick Cheney
shot a guy Saturday and nobody knew it until Monday?" "So what?
That's what they do! They lie! They cheat! They cover up!" "So
who ate the last of the turkey?"
Mary Pitt - - Email mpitt @ cox.net
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