http://www.progressive.org/jan05/ehren0105.html
I suspect some will love this article by .Barbara Ehrenreich in Progressive Magazine. Very sarcastic view of U.S., especially current administration. It's pretty long, but here's just a taste..
Governmental preferences: I enjoy (check all that apply):
1. leadership from within the reality-based community
2. voting on machines manufactured by a major contributor to the Republican Party (Diebold, for example) after waiting 4 hours in the rain
3. scientific medical care as a supplement to prayer
4. rule of law, any law
GREAT! You're halfway there! We'll e-mail you your country match tomorrow.
Of course, some of your friends and family may choose to remain behind. There are people who take a somewhat inflexible view of "patriotism," just as there are people who never give up on their first, childish, seventh-grade object of infatuation. Perversely, these diehards think it's their RESPONSIBILITY to remain in their country of origin just as it becomes an international source of terror and a mockery of democratic governance. Whether out of masochism or misdirected altruism, they feel OBLIGED to stay and straighten things out.
To them we say: Can't you take a hint? Would you loiter at a party where gross drunken acts are being performed and, on top of that, people are dissing you everywhere you turn?
We also say to them: Bravo and hasta la vista! We'll be back when you've got America, as we knew it, up and running again.
I suspect some will love this article by .Barbara Ehrenreich in Progressive Magazine. Very sarcastic view of U.S., especially current administration. It's pretty long, but here's just a taste..
Governmental preferences: I enjoy (check all that apply):
1. leadership from within the reality-based community
2. voting on machines manufactured by a major contributor to the Republican Party (Diebold, for example) after waiting 4 hours in the rain
3. scientific medical care as a supplement to prayer
4. rule of law, any law
GREAT! You're halfway there! We'll e-mail you your country match tomorrow.
Of course, some of your friends and family may choose to remain behind. There are people who take a somewhat inflexible view of "patriotism," just as there are people who never give up on their first, childish, seventh-grade object of infatuation. Perversely, these diehards think it's their RESPONSIBILITY to remain in their country of origin just as it becomes an international source of terror and a mockery of democratic governance. Whether out of masochism or misdirected altruism, they feel OBLIGED to stay and straighten things out.
To them we say: Can't you take a hint? Would you loiter at a party where gross drunken acts are being performed and, on top of that, people are dissing you everywhere you turn?
We also say to them: Bravo and hasta la vista! We'll be back when you've got America, as we knew it, up and running again.
