Democracy or . . . death and destruction!

Achtung! If you refuse to capitulate peacefully to our demands that you emulate our democratic form of government, vee vill bomb your cities, killing some, but only a few, of your men, women, and children, occupy your homeland, and force your people to vote the American way.

But please do not vorry, because after we destroy your homes, holy places, and economy, vee vill give you billions of American dollars to rebuild everything in the only way -- the American way, of course.

Like it or not, folks, that's the way it is when people in countries our current administration consider a danger to the world listen to this country's leaders and witness our modus operandi.

The trite and time-honored “charity begins at home” has been changed to “charity doesn't belong at home,” it belongs to the Middle East, Africa , and wherever else we might be able to buy or force allegiance to our political philosophy and economic gain.

Placating our potential adversaries with money does not work any more than keeping employees happy at work only with a pay raise. All of this limitless foreign aid satisfies temporary needs. These giveaway programs serve to whet the recipients' appetite for more money from the rich Americans.

A recent survey of businesses in this country revealed that 59 percent of employees prefer extra time off than more money. Shucks, and most business owners try to keep their employees happy with dollar rewards. Food for thought, huh?

Social Security

Who is on first and who is on second? That is the question.

The Republicans swear they are right and . . . have the charts to prove it. The Democrats swear they are right and . . . have the charts to prove it.

We the citizens, in my opinion, don't have the foggiest idea who is right and who is wrong. One thing for sure, as far as I'm concerned, siphoning off money from social security, a social insurance program, to line the pockets of stock brokers and bankers plus add a question mark to the majority of workers' retirement income smacks of Las Vegas, where the house always makes it and damn few players win.

Sending jobs out

of the country

Piece o'cake. ABC company makes a deal with ghetto countries like Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Mexico, etc., to mass-produce belly button, ear, tongue, nose, and various other private body part-piercing jewelry, air conditioning parts, phone solicitation services, or military equipment repair that will benefit all the citizens of the USA as well as poorly paid foreign country slaves, oops, I mean, workers, of course.

Here it is: For every dollar that ABC company saves by having work done outside the USA, 60¢ is paid to the citizens of this country in the form of healthcare benefits and creative technology that will serve to create more jobs in this country.

Results? The job outsourcing companies increase their income by 40 percent and the people of this country get 60 percent of the take. Corporate greed gets a 60 percent slash.

Trade imbalance

and the deficit

Real easy to explain. When you buy more than you sell and use borrowed funds to make up the difference, you are in very deep s***. Get it? I hope so for your sake, or you are really going to “get it!”

God bless everyone. Especially our president George W. Bush, who needs all the points he can garner to get him over the mess he has created and is creating.