Unquenchable Republican thirst for revenge

A letter from Todd and Jill Schneider, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Dear Friends,  

Re: American Taliban by Daniel Patrick Welch, JUST Response, Dec 21 2002

At our house, here in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, this is what we think. War for oil, imperialism, Bush's ego – yes, all of these things are reasons for war with Iraq. But we believe that underscoring everything is the Republican Party's unquenchable thirst for domestic political revenge and the unquestioning obedience of its subjects. At no time in our great republic's history have we been closer to a dictatorship.

And the methods, time-honored and proven, insinuate that any voice of opposition aids the enemy, which in the Rove Administration encompasses the Democrats, the Constitution, the environment, the poor and middle class, women in general, the disabled, unions and any federal law aimed at protecting the public from the unscrupulous money man.

At the end of the rainbow is the day when Big Business can suck every last cent and every drop of blood from the other 99 per cent of the population that isn't them. All with the government's blessing!  Are we the only ones to notice that every bill you get in the mail has increased by leaps and bounds (even in the midst of a severe economic downturn when businesses usually try to give the consumer some sort of break)?

Just look at the current face of our Federal Government. Agencies charged with enforcing the laws and keeping the citizen's trust are under-funded and cronied-up with directors that don't believe they should exist in the first place. Meanwhile, the new secret government
department of Homeland Security is given a blank check, and woe to the citizen that stumbles into its path.

The problem is Bush, Rove and their minions. The problem is our state religion of Consumerism. The problem is Us – through our lack of action. And the price is the end of freedom. 

Note: This letter was published by JUST Response on January 25 2003.

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