'Murika: Chain Email

Anyone who has ever created an email account has gotten one of those political chain emails. You know the kind, right? One that has a big eagle flying in front of an American flag and tells you all about how we should be mad as hell and take our country back. Well, I got one the other day (I usually average someone sending me this type of thing a couple of times a month), from a co-worker. I thought I'd share it with you and then maybe take a little bit closer look at it.


Borders : Closed...




Language : English only .. .




Culture : Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!!!




Drug Free : Make a drug screen mandatory for congress and
For anyone on welfare and/or food stamps!




NO freebies to Non-Citizens !
Support Our Military!




Put God back in schools!

This one also came with a bunch of anti Barack Obama propaganda, but I didn't bother to post it. It's the same stuff that circulated about Bush, and Clinton before him. Nothing new.

So, I want to take a closer look at this, point by point;




Borders : Closed...
So we want to seal up the borders. I think it's no secret that our borders can cause a lot of problems when they can be so easily breached. That's a real issue, but it's much bigger than just saying "close the borders". From the tone of the rest of the email, I'm going to take a guess that closing the borders means keeping anyone from coming in to our country who is Mexican. I'm sure you wouldn't mind paying a few bucks for an apple or an orange, right? Yeah, shut the border down. How dare those Mexicans come over here, work for very little, doing jobs that most Americans will not take. And just like in Georgia, we can run them all off and just let the fruits and vegetables rot on the ground. Not everyone who crosses the border is a criminal. If you believe that, then you should stop reading right now, because you sure the hell won't like what I have next for you, Mr. Limbaugh. If you are not a native American Indian, you need to pack it up and go back the hell where your mutt ass came from. Because the last time I checked, our ancestors encroached upon (you can't discover something that already has people living on it) a native people and screwed the hell out of them for their land and in many cases, simply killed those native people. We brought disease, rats, and other segments of hell with us and dicked up a good thing that the native American Indians had going. Oh, and if you are black, forget all that I just said. Your ancestors were brought here to work the land and do the dirty work for the Europeans who decided there was a great deal of wealth to be had if one didn't mind taking over the land and enslaving human beings to take care of that land.












Language : English only .. .
 English only, huh? Well, whatever happened to expanding your horizons? Did the native American Indians speak English? Didn't think so. Now, you don't have to speak any language except English and you don't have to understand it either. But to alienate an entire segment of our population (ie, Mexican immigrants) simply because they don't speak English (and by the way we don't do such a great job of it ourselves) is foolish and hard headed. I do believe it would make it much easier for Mexicans to get along here if they did speak English, but what the hell is it to you?









Culture : Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!!!
Alright!!! I'm all for following the constitution and the bill of rights. So, where does that leave people who immigrate into this country legally? If we close the borders off, are we not slapping the hell out of what this nation was founded upon? And if you say you are for the rights of Americans in regards to the constitution, the bill of rights, and in civil matters, then you really can't be against gay marriage, abortion, and a myriad of other social issues. You are not allowed to cherry pick and shape what you like about our liberty to suit your life and beliefs. This country was founded on freedom. Not just freedom for white people. Not just freedom for straight people. Not just freedom for Christians. All of us should be free to pursue happiness and the famous "American Dream" and not have obstacles put in our way just because some people don't like what someone who is different says happiness is for them. If you believe in the laws and conditions that the founders of our nation enacted, then you need to read up on what they said. And with that, regardless of how you feel about an issue, you should direct yourself to the bill of rights and constitution, as well as consider the civil rights of others, when you think about whether something should be allowed or not. If one person is not free.....none of us are.









Drug Free : Make a drug screen mandatory for congress and
For anyone on welfare and/or food stamps!
 Sounds great doesn't it? Hell yeah!!! I don't want my tax money going to someone who is doped up all the time!!! Yeah....it really does sound good. Until you stop and think about it. Is it worth taking food, clothing, and maybe even shelter away from children because a welfare mom or dad puffs pot? If they are doing crystal meth and not taking care of their children, that's one thing (and probably need to have their children taken away), but a lot of people use alcohol and cigarettes to their detriment and to the detriment of our tax dollars. What's different about that? Why is that OK? If you don't like the poor drawing welfare, go look at how they are living and tell me what the alternative is. How many jobs are out there that someone can support a family on? Even getting a part time job or getting married can reduce benefits (if that's what you want to call them). What kind of fair is that? How many people are driving Porsche's and living in 100K homes and drawing welfare? Seriously, take a trip down to your local ghetto, if you dare. You'll see just how great the people on welfare and food stamps are doing. And we want to restrict them in a way that would hurt children? Sorry, but we have to come up with something better than that. As for congressional members using drugs......show me anyone who drinks alcohol, drinks cola/coffee, and smokes cigarettes/cigars and I'll show you a drug user. Oh, and by the way.....who is going to pay for all these drug tests? More of your tax money....so it will be you! It's about time we let each state decide what drugs are legal and which are not. You have heard of states rights.....right? No? Well, look it up...it's in the bill of rights. Skip ahead to amendment 10.



NO freebies to Non-Citizens !
 I guess I'm OK with that, unless we are talking about children not eating or someone having a health issue that requires immediate attention. No person, anywhere on earth should be hungry. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!










Support Our Military!
We do.....right? Don't most of us have quite a bit of respect and admiration for those who will put themselves in harms way to defend our nation? But, we don't have to and shouldn't have to feel like we are less of an American if we don't support the mission that they are sent out to do. 4,000 Americans, mostly civilian, were killed on September 11th, 2001 by Islamic terrorists (17 of the 19 were Saudi Arabian). Since then we have killed hundreds of thousands Afghan and Iraqi civilians in response. Read that again. OK....still don't get it? Read it again, or better yet, let me simplify it for you; 4,000 Americans killed by what are mostly Saudi Islamic terrorists. Hundreds of thousands of non Saudi Islamic civilians killed by us since. Yes, the Taliban did need to be toppled. But why did we go to Iraq and fuck their shit up? Because of UN resolutions that they had been ignoring long before 9/11/01? 9/11 provided us with a great opportunity to sell us going into the middle east on a war with no tangible goal, to make sure we have our finger in their oil when we really need it. We didn't build a billion dollar base in Iraq because we are skating our asses out of there. We are NEVER going to leave Iraq. So, support our people in uniform, but don't ever think you have to support the old fucks who are sending us to die for their ideas.








Put God back in schools!
So, here we are again......read the bill of rights and the constitution. Not everyone believes in "god" and when someone in this country says "god", they are talking about Jesus, not about just any god. Christians....you are the majority. You are winning. God is on money, it's in our pledge of allegiance and you are free to practice your religion anywhere.......except for on property supported by tax payer money. It's for your protection too. You can be free of government interference. It's your right to worship as you want. Just don't believe for a minute that it's your right to make others follow the same moral conduct or god that you do. If nothing else, you should be supporting the rights of all people to live the way they want to. To be free. That's why the country was founded. To be free to practice your religion your way.....or not at all. Schools are public institutions. They are not churches. Last time I checked, a church could start their own school. Have at it.


I sure hope that anyone who reads this (all 2 of you) will take the time to think about these issues on a deeper level and with that, think of all issues on a deeper level. Does your wants and needs mean more than someone else's, when looked at from a larger point of view? Is the kind of America we want, the kind of country who will deny people their civil rights, oppress people because of their skin color, sexual orientation, religion, education, or politics? Isn't there room for everyone to do their thing? Can we be truly free if we oppress the freedoms of anyone else?