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As
kids, we used to be thrilled by an adventure TV show called Whirlybirds, in which a couple of guys and a helicopter swooped
down from on high to save innocent victims from dastardly criminals, or
perhaps rescue some hapless creature who had ventured where no other
human vehicle could go. “Help!!
Help!! The doggie fell over
the waterfall!! You must
save him.” And of course
they did. Helicopters
were relatively new to everyone in those days, first pressed into
service in the Korean War- -ah, excuse me- -“Korean police action”.
It’s hard to remember, as common as they are now, used by all
kinds of services from police departments, medical evacuations, TV
traffic reporter, tourist sightseeing jaunts, and soon, terrorists. Terrorists?
That’s right. Our crack intelligence community has determined that the
low-flying, highly mobile choppers may be used in the next terrorist
attack. But wait!!
There’s more. It has also
been announced that limousines may also be used.
Limos- -they usually have less trouble getting back stage, they
have more cargo space for car bombs, and, with the tinted windows, who
can tell who’s in them? This leaves me scratching my head, however.
Where will it be most likely that potential terrorists can
highjack a copter or rent a limo? Why in big metropolitan areas, of course, because, face it, how many limos are there in Fresno
or Poughkeepsie or in Fargo or Clovis? So once again we have the government telling all
Americans to be very afraid, when in reality, it’s only those in the
ground zero locations of Washington and New York that are really most
likely on the hit list. Okay, Los Angeles has lots of limos, but we’ve also had
incredible earthquakes, devastating wildfires and enough three-ring
circus court cases to keep most of the rest of the country amused for
years- -Michael Jackson, O J, Rodney King- -what else do you like? Heidi Fleiss? Robert
Blake? Kobe Bryant?
Pick one. And these
so-called terrorists think they can even get on the front page of the
local paper? Heck, the Feds
are after the Mayor at the moment.
And don’t forget “Ahnold”- -he’s in the paper every day
too. There’s a lot to
compete with. And who are these thugs anyway?
They can’t show up in “regular” American cities because
they will stand out like sore thumbs. Only in the melting pot metropolises and the major tourist
cities like Orlando or Las Vegas can they blend in.
And they surely can’t stop by the Tastee Freeze in some little
town without setting off major “suspicion” alarms. So most of us will never be affected.
More people will die from obesity-related diseases or auto
accidents and we don’t run around panicking the public about that.
Maybe we should but that won’t get politicians reelected. Let’s look closer at who some of the main players
really are. Obviously
Osama, a multi-millionaire many times over, thanks to his family’s
construction business and other related enterprises.
Dick Cheney, also a multi-millionaire many times over, thanks to
his dealings in the oil business. A
number of Saudi princes who claim to know nothing but in reality finance
clandestine operations- -all multi-millionaires.
The Bush family- -also hip deep in oil ventures and guess what?
Multi-millionaires. I’m
beginning to detect a pattern here.
A bunch of gazillionaires are quibbling amongst themselves about
the future of the world and how it will be ruled, and by whom, and YOU
and I have nothing to say about it. Now let’s check out who is down in the trenches
doing the bidding of the wealthy. Why
it’s poor suckers who can’t bet a break signing up for our army and
theirs. We should not fall
for this. And we must find
a way to convince angry young Arabs that there is no future in blowing
oneself up. Shouldn’t
that be self-evident? Allah
doesn’t care. The
joke’s on you, pal. Make
Osama and Cheney mud-wrestle each other.
They are both relatively unhealthy men of about the same age-
-dialysis machine, pacemaker and five heart attacks, or whatever.
Let them draw straws and march twenty paces at dawn with pistol
sabers or assisted breathing apparatus- -like the last comic standing. You are not going to get ahead in this world chopping
off heads- -it only angers friends and family, and then they retaliate.
If you claim your Holy Place is a sanctuary of peace and then you
use it as a military staging area, prepare to have the sanctuary part
declared null and void. The Alamo was a church.
Guess what? Can you
picture the Pope lobbing mortar shells from the Vatican?
Face it- -you’re just inviting trouble.
Allah doesn’t care. This, of course, reminds me of the old saw:
The Lord speaks to the Pope and tells him that He has good news
and bad news. So the Pope
says: “Great. What’s
up?” And the Lord says: “Well, the Good News is that the Second Coming is near and
you need to gather all the world’s foremost religious leaders- -the
Muslim Ayatollahs, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Billy Graham- -whoever
you want on the list. I
need to speak to them all.” And
the Pope says “Great- -I’ll invite them all over to the Vatican.
What’s the bad news?” And
the Lord says “Well, the bad news is that I’ll meet you all in Salt
Lake City.” I remember the days when there was supposed to be a
Communist under every bed. And
you know what? They
weren’t there. We hid
under our desks at school to be safe from the nuclear blast that may
have come at any time. Oh
sure, from the Hungarian Revolt, to the Berlin Wall, to the
Mujahadeen’s War in Afghanistan, we fought against Communists.
But mostly we were trying to help indigenous people get their
countries back, even if we didn’t always go about it in the most
intelligent way. So what are we doing now? We’re obviously not quite sure.
We have incredibly scattered policies that don’t always add up,
and at the rate we’re going, if we keep crying wolf, (and yes I know,
Wolfowitz), and don’t get our act together, that meeting with all the
religious leaders could be in Mecca.
Be afraid. Be VERY
afraid. Holy Toledo!!
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