- Never mind that earth-friendly technology already exists
to once and for all end dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy from
huge, out-of-control utilities and corporations. You would rather pay through
the nose for your insecure comforts, wouldn't you America, and make others
pay with their blood...
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- Dear America,
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- And so it has come to this. Your once-great nation has
fallen into madness, an affliction of mass denial that brings shivers up
the spines of millions outside your borders. Yours is a sick nation. But
most of you carry on as though nothing at all is the matter.
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- Dark, evil operations run rampant in the secret corners
of your government institutions. A dubiously constituted government pursues
war at will anywhere on earth, discussing nuclear options that become points
for cheerful chatter over lunch. Your military and intelligence agencies
employ terrorist tactics around the globe even as they insist that such
tactics are necessary in the fight against terrorism.
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- You have become a nation of monsters, America. Hypocrites.
Murderers. Fools.
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- Your constitution is a shambles thanks to "national
security" measures resulting from what might well be U.S.-government-sanctioned
terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington,, D.C., covert provocations
designed to justify a malevolent, poisonous, oil-based military economy.
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- Never mind that earth-friendly technology already exists
to once and for all end dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy from
huge, out-of-control utilities and corporations. You would rather pay through
the nose for your insecure comforts, wouldn't you America, and make others
pay with their blood.
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- At the same time, you stand by as the Israelis' secular
Zionists"whom you support through the supply of arms and money"slaughter
untold numbers of innocents in the West Bank, then blame the Palestinians
for bringing the terror upon themselves. (True, there are abominable Arab
suicide bombers in Israel's midst. But are they not driven to madness and
desperation by your infernal support of international terrorist politics?)
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- As I write these words, you support a nation run by a
convicted murderer by the name of Ariel Sharon who with impunity is carrying
out war crimes as cruel and horrendous as those of other sadistic tyrants
in history. And you say, in your utter cynicism, "When will these
Palestinians bring this war to an end?"
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- You recklessly wage combat on other fronts, too. At home,
your War on Drugs is a disastrous 30-year folly"a gigantic con game
designed to benefit lethal cartels, corrupt politicians and menacing intelligence
agencies across the planet. . . . .
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- With your government's support, crooked multinationals
like Monsanto buy up the world's water supplies, and take possession of
the world's vegetation through Frankenstein technology already known to
cause illness.
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- Does the FDA care about any of this? It does not. It
has long been on the bandwagon to foist genetically altered food on the
Guinea Pigs of the country"including every man, woman and child on
America's increasingly toxic soil.
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- You are a nation of suckers, America, to be bled dry
of your hard-earned pay through outrageous bank schemes, Wall Street rip-offs
and fake government budget grabs. Your Pentagon cannot account for trillions
in lost dollars.
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- Does this bother you? Not in the least.
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- Your whole economy is controlled by what is for the most
part ravenous, international private banking interests in the form of The
Federal Reserve, which with your government's consent leads you down the
garden path to certain financial ruin thanks to a national debt you will
never be able to repay.
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- How is it that private banks are responsible for issuing
your currency? How is it that they are allowed to charge ridiculous interest
rates on what they issue? By decree, this was supposed to be the responsibility
of your government, which could create its own currency without charging
interest.
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- Do you realize your congress could dismiss these banks
in an instant if it so wished? But don't ever count on it. More important
matters are pressing. The upcoming election needs investment.
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- These very same money men are the ones who, through unmonitored
and unrepresentative world committees, are driving countries like Argentina
into hopeless debt and social upheaval. These greedy overlords are creating
strife and suffering on a scale too tragic for words in nation after nation.
Just look at Africa.
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- They've got their sights on America, now, too; disrupting
economic stability through so-called free trade initiatives and provisions
for special favors and the endless flow of cash to corporate monstrosities
like Enron.
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- Amid all this, where are those who are supposed to represent
your interests, America? For the most part, your congressional representatives
are nothing but swine gathering at the corporate troughs. Your president
is a white-collar thug, a hypocrite who through his actions celebrates
war, repression and greed even as he gives lip service to peace, freedom
and justice.
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- George W. Bush deceives you daily, the war monger hiding
behind a phony patriotism. He is an Enron buddy boy, a spoiled child lying
in his teeth about his past and current dirty deeds.
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- Does he care about you America? Hardly. This is altogether
obvious to those outside your borders who are politically aware and awake
to the world around them.
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- You were never concerned about the disgraceful practices
of George's ruthless father, either, a Bin-Laden cohort and friend to criminals
and killers in global drug, oil and terrorist enterprises. Iran. Vietnam.
El Salvador. Chile. Guatemala. Iraq. And on and on. The never-ending bully-boy
story of blood, guns, drugs and money.
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- Does any of this matter? No, it's simply time to eat.
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- Go get your ten-billionth burger, America. Fatten your
already fat asses with bacteria-and-hormone-ridden meat and do nothing
as you sit stupefied before your mind-numbing television sets awaiting
the next episode of sad families being humiliated on "Cops."
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- Few among you are the least bit concerned that no real
investigation of 911 has taken place, that no serious investigation of
the anthrax attacks is moving forward, that no authentic investigation
of Enron, or the murder of one of its top executives, is underway.
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- How many of you give the slightest damn about the totalitarian
measures your government is taking to keep its secret meetings, grubby
files and treasonous activities from your eyes?
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- When did you stop caring, America? Was it after your
own FBI and intelligence agencies plotted the murder of President John
F. Kennedy? Or is this just the raving lunacy of the conspiracy nut? What
does your gut tell you, America? Is something a little amiss here?
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- Forget about it. Have some Pepto-Bismol.
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- Today, in futility, your own government goes to court
against itself for information you are entitled to by law. But this is
hardly deemed vital news in the community. It is a fleeting reference in
an electronic sea of meaningless banter. For proof, just look to all the
spineless wimps who constitute your mainstream news media.
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- Today, you excoriate, ridicule and ostracize the brave
and true among you. Your best investigative journalists are fired from
their jobs and ignored. Congress's few courageous souls are laughed at
and dismissed out of hand as crackpots. The most honest and conscientious
political leader in the country, Ralph Nader, is a powerless, near-invisible
curiosity easily side-lined by hired goons.
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- America, you are a goddamn shame.
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- What law matters now in your despicable state? What justice?
What truth?
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- When will you wake up?
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- If you had your druthers, you would right now gather
your courage, take to the streets and march on Washington D.C in the millions.
But I know you will do no such thing. The vast majority of you are spiritually,
emotionally and intellectually dead.
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- As I write these words, I can only imagine what additional
horrors your shadow government might be planning in what will surely be
an attempt to justify militarism and totalitarianism on a universal scale.
A nuclear explosion in one of your cities, perhaps? A massive bio-chemical
attack?
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- Or perhaps it will be some Arab terrorist who finally
commits the terrible deed, his last thought before death being the promises
you made to him before you killed his family.
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- Mr. McDougall originally wrote this letter to the Washington
Post, but that paper has not yet printed it.
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- Updated for the Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel.
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- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/McDougall082202/mcdougall082202.html
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- Comment
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- From Angela Jenkins
- an_august_moon@yahoo.com
- 8-23-2
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- Dear W.R. McDougall,
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- I can assure you the shivers probably go up the spines
of just as many (millions) of Americans with all that we see going on in
our own government these days.
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- Most of us carry on as though nothing at all is the matter??
Carry on as if we're not bothered by what we see?? Excuse me!?! Who are
you to tell me I am not bothered by something? As an American, living this
experience firsthand, I can tell you, you've got no idea what I feel. As
I wait breathlessly, hoping and praying that I am still alive at the next
presidential election in 2004, providing my right to vote isn't stripped
away from me like the rest of my rights seem to be disappearing one by
one, and providing we are not thrown into a nuclear war, he will not get
my vote.
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- I hope everyday when I wake up, and open the morning
paper I'll see the headlines read: "President Impeachment - Trial
Pending!! Vice President Steps Down!!" Since that would be too good
to be true, and fairy tale endings never really happen, we are forced to
wait patiently until the next election.
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- What's even worse, is the fact that our Constitution
may not be worth any more than a flimsy piece of paper by the time he's
done. A piece of paper that may as well be used to start fires in one of
the many fireplaces at the White House, keeping our 'placed' presidents
campaign sponsors warm this winter. With a complete lunatic in the White
House, threatening to destroy other nations with 'unstable' governments
that have the ability to produce weapons of mass destruction, while we
sit on one of the biggest stockpiles ourselves is one of the biggest hypocrisies
I'm sure the world has seen. Does this mean every American stands behind
our 'placed' president, and that we all agree with what he's doing? I can
only speak for myself when I say...ABSOLUTELY NOT!
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- Dark, evil operations run rampant in the secret corners
of many government institutions, not just here in the U.S.A. We just seem
to be on center stage at the moment.
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- Stereotypes! I abhor people who see a few people out
of millions and say, 'you are ALL murderers, monsters, fools, hypocrites
and eat so many burgers your ass is getting fatter by the minute'. The
last time I checked, none of the above described me personally, but I promise
to be careful so I don't fall into one of those groups in the future. Of
the many people I know, most have never murdered anyone, nor are they what
I would call monsters, fools, hypocrites, or any of the other degrading
titles you've heaped upon the heads of every single American. Most are
hardworking, honest individuals who despise war, and want peace in the
world in which we live. If that classifies us as monsters, then so be it.
If we eat so many burgers that our ass spreads over the sides of our chairs,
why would the rest of the world care, for that matter, why do you care
about America's eating habits? If you are getting your information from
one of the so-called 'polls' or news media, you may want to consider another,
more accurate source.
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- Speaking of the highest bidders, for the right fee, many
can be bought. Its a fact of life, and obviously one you have not come
to terms with yet. Can all be bought? Well, I guess the answer to that
would depend on whether you look at all people with the same preconceived
opinions and blatant contempt as you do. If all Americans are as you so
boldly stated, then I'd say 'yes we can all be bought'. If you look at
people as the individuals they are the answer is..and once again, I can
answer only for myself...ABSOLUTELY NOT!!
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- I noticed, you neglected to mention which part of the
anti-burger eating world you come from. With a quick search, I realized
you are Canadian. I'm going to use my new skills of stereotyping that you
demonstrated so well in your article to finish this out. I should have
rolled my eyes, mumbled something about the fact that I've never met a
smart Canadian yet, and went out for a burger and a fry. Since I don't
like hamburger myself, I didn't do that, I'll just have to say, you are
just like all the other ass-holes I've ever met!
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- Angela Jenkins
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