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 “Imagine what it's like
to be a young person living in a country that is not moving toward reform.
You're 21 years old, and while your peers in other parts of the world
are casting their ballots for the first time,
you are powerless to change the course of your government.
“While your peers in other
parts of the world have received educations that prepare them for the
opportunities of a global economy, you have been fed propaganda and
conspiracy theories that blame others for your country's shortcomings.
“And everywhere you turn,
you hear extremists who tell you that you can escape your misery and
regain your dignity through violence and terror and martyrdom.”
- George W. Bush, September 19, 2006 speaking before the United Nations
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Sounds pretty grim. Where
in the world does this land void of hope exist?
“Imagine what it's like
to be a young person living in a country that is not moving toward reform.”
This sounds like a land in
serious trouble. Could it be someplace where ten per cent of the population
controls over fifty per cent of the country’s wealth? Could it be
a land where health care insurance costs so much that 46 million, or more, go without and the elderly have no hope
but to curl up and die? Could it be a place where the workers and middle
class must work
longer hours in order to earn diminishing wages? Could it be a place where plans for
a comfortable retirement are a hopeless
dream? That
would be a country in need of reform.
“You're 21 years old,
and while your peers in other parts of the world are casting their ballots
for the first time, you are powerless to change the course of your government.”
This is absolutely unacceptable.
Wherever this country is, its motto must be “No government official
left behind!” The voters must feel in their hearts that the
elections are rigged to “elect” a candidate chosen
by those in power. Or possibly, these citizens know that their vote won’t make
any difference because all the candidates are corrupt. In this benighted land, all
choices are criminal. In this dark country, candidates for office are
bought by corporations, by special interests, and by that ten per cent
who own half the country’s wealth. Such candidates are self-serving
bloodsuckers. It is a sorry State where the citizenry is convinced that
all that is certain are more taxes and less representation.
You’ve got to wonder what
country George Bush is talking about?
“While your peers in other
parts of the world have received educations that prepare them for the
opportunities of a global economy, you have been fed propaganda and
conspiracy theories that blame others for your country's shortcomings.”
This is disturbing.
So, Bush is saying that the poor citizens of this dreadful country are
fed propaganda and conspiracy theories? These languishing souls
must live in a perpetual state of fear and paranoia. Shame on the leaders
of this land for manipulating those whom they swore to govern judiciously.
Who’s in charge of this evil scheme, Joseph Goebbels? I thought National Socialism was history. Maybe I was wrong. Or, maybe “they”
just found a new name for it.
And what of this sad country’s
inadequate provision of education? A decline in the quality of education
is the most heinous way of stealing from the citizenry. An illiterate,
ignorant populace will believe anything they are told. Test scores in
this land must be plummeting or the tests are being made easier to compensate
for increased ignorance. Maybe education is being dumbed down purposely to cover up a scandalous
government fraud.
“And everywhere you turn,
you hear extremists who tell you that you can escape your misery and
regain your dignity through violence and terror and martyrdom.”
How ghastly it must be to live
in a land ruled by silences dissent, discussion and debate? Bush must
have been referring to some place like Singapore.
In fact, it must be a place
where opposing views are viewed as unpatriotic. Only The Leader is right!
One dares not disagree with The Leader who claims that his inflexible views come directly from God.
Can you believe it? It’s
sheer madness. And what of dignity? Obviously that has been destroyed.
The entire world must look on this country with horror and disdain. This country’s reputation must have been squandered
through acts of violence and conquest. Thousands of innocent civilians
must have been killed by the aggressive tactics of this barbaric and
vengeful land. A country that engages in preemptive war and inflicts
far greater civilian than military casualties, must be viewed as a terrorist, rogue state. Pity the duped soldiers of this country
as they are slaughtered and maimed for an unjust cause by a power mad
administration hell bent on world dominance
What is the name if this God-forsaken
country? George W. Bush will tell you that he is describing some
place in the Middle East. He doesn’t know that he has described
the country of which he is president, the United States of America.
THE END Elizabeth Gyllensvard edited
and contributed to this article.
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