  I've heard of people looking for love on the internet, but this website is a touch worrisome. Simply titled urlLink A Family Proposal , I wonder what kind of people are actually interested in something like this.
I'm sure there are plenty who have responded in earnest, but my response to that is: What the f*ck?!? As many times as I've emailed my fantastic blog to myself so that I could post, it keeps getting lost along the way. Seems that someone in our IT department at work sucks. Luckily, I printed it out today and will now post it so I hope that it has the same passion that I had the other day writing it. If not, blame the IT guy - I am. So, here goes: So there's this guy who is so upset with the current presidential administration that he has put a plea out on the Internet to raise enough money to move his wife, child and himself to the Netherlands. He supplies numbers and percentages of people supporting/against Bush, the economy, job loss, etc., but I don't think all of his facts are straight. Granted, I voted for Bush in 2000 and I'm not sure how I'll vote in 2004, but I loathe that EVERYTHING gets blamed on Bush and the current administration. Something tells me that we didn't lose all of those jobs just because Bush is in office. I agree that the Patriot Act isn't the best solution to today's problems, and yes, we have "lost" certain freedoms that we once took for granted. I don't think Iraq was as an imminent threat as we were once told, but a threat nonetheless. And I don't think it would have been long before it would have become an imminent threat.
There has to be some other underlying issue here - perhaps it could have something to do with the former administration, but to be honest, I don't know and I don't care enough to spend all my days combing facts & figures trying to point fingers when finger pointing won't get the job done. If anything, it feels like the Bush Administration is running this country like a business. This guy has even gone so far as to imply that Bush will somehow rig the voting machines in the upcoming election since the maker of the machines, Diebold, is a Bush supporter.
So to urlLink Daryl , I say, "Haul your ass to The Netherlands and I don't give a shit how you get there! You won't get any donations from me. I had to work hard and save to get myself and all of my shit to NYC, so you can do the same, buddy.
" Oh! And when people tell this guy to just leave the US, his response is, "I always find this to be a strange contradiction for a nation that prides itself on 'satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. '" Ok, Daryl, are you talking about America or Wal-Mart here? Strangely, I've never heard of this catchy little national motto he speaks of unless of course I'm standing in line at a store or I've just ordered something AS SEEN ON TV. I seem to remember America's jingle being something like: IN GOD WE TRUST. I don't know - call me crazy. 
