A bumper sticker while going north on Watt Avenue in Sacramento:
I LOVE YOU AMERICA,
But I think it's time that we see other people.
Driving the car was a sanctimonious looking female who had Obama voter written all over her. I wanted to yell to her to not let the door hit her ass on the way out. She proudly displays a bumper sticker dismissing the United States, yet she's still here, isn't she?
Good Day to You, Sir
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
5 comments:
Your post immediately brought to mind that old Merle Haggard song:
¨They love our milk an' honey,
But they preach about some other way of livin'.
When they're runnin' down my country, hoss,
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it:
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Two long quotes as rebuttal to the bumper sticker:
"On September 4, 1961, the Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act . . . The Act mandated the creation of an agency to administer economic assistance programs, and on November 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
USAID became the first U.S. foreign assistance organization whose primary emphasis was on long-range economic and social development assistance efforts. Freed from political and military functions that plagued its predecessor organizations, USAID was able to offer direct support to the developing nations of the world."
And,
"USAID works in agriculture, democracy & governance, economic growth, the environment, education, health, global partnerships, and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries. . ."
In 2008 the agency invested $2.37 billion to support economic progress and poverty reduction and increased funding to Africa by 54% ($4.4 billion).
Yup, we don't think about anybody else.
George
Anyone who tries to impress you with their intelligence by having a witty bumper sticker isn't worthy of your contempt.
Does she need a bus ticket?
I'll even pay for it... one way ticket only.
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