Pubdate: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 Source: Summit Daily News (CO) Copyright: 2004 Summit Daily News Contact: http://www.summitdaily.com/home.php Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/587 Author: Erik Rodgers Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1069/a06.html Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1073/a06.html WAKE UP, AMERICANS My favorite quote used to be, "The west is the best," by Jim Morrison. It then became, "Every couple hundred years a revolution is good even if some blood is spilled," by Thomas Jefferson. I'm sorry to say it's now, "Divided states of embarrassment, land of hypocrisy," by no other than our favorite, Marshal Mathers, aka Eminem. I want to know what the heck is wrong with our country's leaders, or maybe the question I should be asking is what is wrong with the citizens of this country? Let me rant for a bit. Our fearless leader, "W.," seems to think every country should have a democracy. Isn't the belief of democracy that people have a freedom to do what they want and vote accordingly? Maybe those extreme Muslims don't want a democracy. Where are the WMD's? Are we going to keep blowing up the world until they see it our way? That does not sound like the democracy I studied in school and college. Shouldn't the leader of these wars be overseeing them personally? Seems to me like "W." should be overseas with our boys and girls in a base camp with our troops. Or doesn't he believe in what he's doing or that our troops can't protect him over there? It's as if a disease is spreading in our nation. Reagan and his trickle-down theory seems to be affecting everything. And how about the Summit County Drug Task Force busting down doors over a smell and some tips? What the heck is that about? Here is a tip, my neighbor smells bad and keeps late hours, arrest him, please. I also hear that the big G (government) wants to put chips in criminals. I remember about five years ago they did that to pets. Here's a better idea. Let the government put one in every infant born and tattoo a six digit number on the wrist as well. And finally, let's remove our stars on the flag and add swastikas. How much can we take and how much do we let happen by our government? I suppose the thieves of Enron and Halliburton are not as bad as citizens smoking dope and doing other drugs. Wake up, Americans. Erik Rodgers Breckenridge