Posted by
Lord Archaleon on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:40:16 PM
Greetings, peasant. We the government of the United States greet you.
We do offer the following powers and statuses for the price of your obedience.
1. You may copyright your intellectual works, and you must respect others' works as they deem fit.
2. You may marry, receiving tax deductions, and you must respect others' marriages.
3. You may drive and do business as long as you do them as we tell you to.
4. You may speak on the public airwaves as long as you speak the way we want you to.
5. You may own property until we find a better use for it.
6. You may sue any business in the event you harm yourself.
7. You may procure welfare, food stamps, and medicare at the taxpayer's expense.
8. You may donate as much to political campaigns as we deem necessary.
9. You may religiously congregate tax-free as long as you don't preach about politics.
10. You may buy the things we approve of, when we approve.
11. You may murder your in-womb children via an approved procedure.
Welcome to the best nation on earth. We say. You do.
Thank your parents for empowering us to empower you.
Look, America...
You love the way things are. You republicans love knowing you can use the power of government to run Mexicans out of the country, force drug addicts to live in the shadows, and assert your calvinist values as the law of the land. You democrats love knowing you can spend other people's money on yourselves while telling everyone how to live. You both love government because nothing but power will sedate your desire to be important.
So go ahead...make your government as big and strong as you can.
Now...if you really want to test your strength...stay right where you are -- Vegeta
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Shaun, JFK said, "Ask not what your country can do for you," and people cheered. I said the same thing, and now I'm a skull-and-bones conspiracy theorist?
I was wrong. Nobody loves power. You kids love the truth, and I'm an idiot.