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Jan 18, 2004 I’m having trouble sleeping tonight because my mind is a jumble of idiot thoughts that need to escape to paper. Mars? The Moon? Pipe-dreaming for the youth. Let China spend its money for a change. Merge NASA into the Department of Transportation. Bring back the rail system and make bullet train travel available to the masses. That’s what you can do with those three quarters of a billion dollars. Mars and the Moon will still be there in 200 years or so. Let the kids handle it. “Syrian Leader Visits Turkey” Now that’s interesting! It turns out Syria was holding secret talks with Israel until some crud let the cat out on that. Do I detect another Arab rollover in progress? The Army in Guantanamo Bay is said to have prevented as many as 34 suicide attempts among the war prisoners down there. You would think the ACLU or somebody might be upset that the “State” was getting involved in something obviously “Religious”. The Army is infringing on the Islamic rights of these guys to get to Paradise and their 70 virgins. I sense a lawsuit in the brew. The infected cow [singular]. The infected cow [singular] from Canada. The infected [6 years ago during the Clinton administration] cow [singular]. Is, of course, all President Bush’s fault for not stopping the importation of this infected cow [singular] from Canada in August 2001. I bought 3 double cheeseburgers the day that cow [singular] was found and ate all three of them. The boy is mad, I tell you. The recent Demic-rat tax debate was a test to see if “all” or just “some” of Bush’s tax cuts would be reversed or eliminated. There are two “camps”. The “all or nothing” camp is being lead by Mr. Dr. Dean; while Mr. Lieberman is leading the “Some through the use of the lie” camp. The “lie”? Tax cuts only benefit the rich. Where is my FLAT TAX? I want my FLAT TAX! Is there not one Demic-rat willing to look at a FLAT TAX proposal? I might even vote for somebody like that. Wouldn’t you like to have my independent vote? FLAT TAX! FLAT TAX! RAH! RAH! RAH! Headline: “Dean Lags Behind Bush in Money Race” No! You Think? I see Afghan terrorists are again using bicycle bombs. Could that mean the Taliban can’t afford to buy cars and trucks anymore? I think Osama needs to get out of his cave and hit the ATM. I read, “China doubts N. Korea has uranium enrichment program” so I guess we can all go home now. All we want is an agreement from N. Korea of a “complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement” of its nuclear [weapons] programs. North Korea admitted it was enriching the stuff to make bombs to protect itself from mean old America and to use as blackmail leverage against the Gore Administration as it did against Clinton. They really weren’t expecting Bush to get elected because Bush wasn’t getting any of the illegal Chinese campaign contributions like the Clinton/Gore gang. OOPS! Who is telling the truth here? China? N. Korea? I don’t believe or trust either one. Let’s stick with the multilateral talks and get these communist bad guys disarmed. Pirates (not from Pittsburg, PA), but REAL pirates are alive and well and stealing stuff from ships in Indonesian waters. Gee, I’m glad I don’t sail there. There were recorded three hundred and forty-four instances of piracy in 2003 alone. “We have no choice but to cut spending, which is what caused the crisis in the first place.” AH! Out of the mouths of political babies. Arnold Schwarzenegger knows exactly what he has to do and is going to make the tough and correct choices. If he fixes California, can the Presidency (with a hefty load of waivers of course) be far behind? Arnold for…maybe, Secretary of the Treasury? Mr. Chuck Tyler, one of our UK colleagues admits to being a Democrat. Chuck, I just want you to know, when I write the McCraeism “Demic-rat”, I do not include you in that. You may be on the left, but I don’t read you amid the left most. I’m about worded out now. I’m still reading “Legacy” by Lowry. I know if I were to meet Willie Jeff tomorrow I believe I would only be able to laugh, shake my head and say, “Yep, that’s some legacy you got there, bubba.” Good night. ------------ About the Author: Independent, Conservative, Christian. Married 29 years with 5 children raised and one grandson being raised. 30 year Army Veteran and published poet with www.poetry.com since Y2K. Email Michael John McCrae: michael.mccrae@us.army.mil Comment on this column in the forum. Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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