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01/29/2004: "Have they all gone mad? Or am I just anal today?"

I am sitting here shaking my head at today's headlines. Saddam didn't have an active weapons of mass destruction program, Nancy Pelosi reveals the democrats better immigration plan that will reward illegal behavior by giving amnesty, and the President is seeking a large increase in the budget for the Arts.

Prior to its liberation, Saddam Hussein brutalized Iraq. This was a man who cut out tongues of those who spoke against him, who shredded people alive-literally, used chemical weapons against his own people, invaded his neighbors, locked children in prisons, and committed mass murder on a whim. And now I am suppose to believe Iraqi scientist when they say that they deceived Saddam? They took the development money for his weapons programs but really didn't develop any weapons. You have to be kidding me. After thirty years of demonstrated brutality, I don't think there was an Iraqi in Iraq who would have even considered actually trying to deceive Saddam and his sadistic offspring.

Flush this explanation down the toilet where it belongs. He had the weapons, we know that because he used them against the Kurds and we may never find them. That's a possibility we may have to live with. He may not have had large stockpiles of them because he didn't need to. Once the technology was developed, programs could be reconstituted rather quickly. They may have been shipped to a neighboring country awaiting the lifting of sanctions. They may have been sold off to terrorist. They may still be somewhere in Iraq. I can believe any of those scenarios, but don't tell me that the scientists fooled Saddam and all the world wide intelligence agencies who were in complete agreement that he had those weapons were wrong and expect me to believe it.

Nancy Pelosi has a better plan for dealing with illegal immigrants, or as Nancy would say "undocumented workers." It's basically a blanket amnesty program. Come here illegally and we will award you with citizenship! Once your here, you can vote for me after we issue you your driver's license! And she had the gall, to call the President's plan "a political ploy."

Okay all you politicians out there making critical decisions that affect every hardworking American's life, listen up. DID YOU NOT GET THE POLLING DATA AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED? Republican, Democrat, Independent, Man, Woman, Young, Old, citizens, and legal immigrants-DO NOT want another amnesty program. We are tired of footing the bill for your political ploys. The only people who want this are the people who will benefit from it. Illegals and politicians.

Last but not least, Mr. President, enough is enough. Can you spell fiscal conservative? I know that the federal government has a constitutional obligation to fund the "Arts." But the idea of my going to work this morning so that one dime of my tax money can wind up in the likes of Michael Moore's hands to produce another "Bowling for Columbine" or a larger endowment for NPR (National Puke-provoking Radio) is enough to make me lose all sphincter control. How about we meet our constitutional obligation by adding one more little line to my tax form "Do I wish to contribute $1 to the Arts?" Art that has an appeal to the people will thrive without government subsidy. Art exhibitions of toilet bowls and crucifixes in urine won't. Thank goodness. It's hard for those of us struggling to meet our financial obligations every day to give a rat's rectum about funding the Arts.

Replies: 2 Comments

Outstanding commentary as usual. Nancy Pelosi ( a Baltimore native) is ludicrous and I marvel that she does not know it. W is starting to give me heartburn with his open till policy. I console myself that he is only "co-opting" the dems programs as Rush believes.... I'm only afraid he'll be too good at it and force the dems into a conservative stance just to stake a claim and I'll be damned if I ever find myself on the same side as Ted Kennedy!!!

Deb in Baltimore said @ 01/29/2004 08:03 PM MST

Thanks for your comment and support. I have to correct my error of yesterday. I had suffered a lapse of skepticism when I mentioned the Constitutional obligation to fund the Arts, which I had been erroneously taught. A quick reading of the Constitution reveals no such obligation, just the obligation of Congress to enact copyright protections. Here's the link.
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html

Leslie in Phoenix said @ 01/30/2004 05:26 AM MST