grumpy Old Man

Comedy And America's
Foreign Policy Policy

Well look here my boy has come to see me on Sunday. What's a matter didn't want to go to church today so thought honoring one of the 10 Commandments would get you by this week? Or maybe you thought since you'd just sleep through the pastor's sermon anyway, you might as well come and sleep while I talk.

What have I been doin'? Well can't you see the paper here on the table? Been catching up on all the news. And yes your old man can still read, which is more than we can say for most Americans. 'Course I guess reading and watching Fox News don't go together.

No. You should try reading yourself sometime. A lot more work than watching them mindless sitcoms on TV but sure a lot funnier. Especially what's happen with foreign policy. I tell you, our government has more laughs in them than the Marx Brothers. Don't know who the Marx Brothers were! Never mind.

You could just put a mustache on this Rumsfeld and he'd do a good Groucho. "That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard! Want to join me, why am I coming about?"

Look here, Rumsfeld is writing how America has to go out and get them terrorist, we can't wait for them to come to us. Then in this other story, over here boy, talkin' about how the pro-American government in Bolivia got thrown out because we demanded they stop producing coke for dope and when Bolivia got into financial trouble losing it number one cash crop, Bush wouldn't give 'em the $150 million in emergency aid they begged for. That's about one day's cost of what we're doing in Iraq by the way.

So it seems we're spending so much money on hunting down and killing folks that we can't afford to support the development of friendly governments in South America. Which means we're trying to stop terrorist in the over there while ignoring the ones that will be growing over here. If it's all the same to you I'd rather have them over there.

And look here, says that Iraq is not Viet Nam. Well, that's right, in Viet Nam we was trying to stop communist from taking over a far away country. In Iraq we is trying to stop Muslims from taking over a country they already own.

In Viet Nam we eventually was able to get out. We might as well make Iraq a state! And, of course, our government lied to us night and day about what was really going on in Viet Nam and that ain't happenin' now with Iraq is it?

See what I mean about the comedy? Only with the Marx Brothers it was other actors in the movie who served as dummies for their routines. Guess what role we're playing for our funnyboys in Washington.?

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