From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:37:29 PST
Hi All...
I saw this tonight and made me think:
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Open Letter To President Bush
From a Parent Who Lost Everything
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak my mind. I lost my
job this past year while you were the president. When Bill Clinton was
president, I was secure and prosperous, but in the last year, we had
to close our operations. We simply could not compete with foreign
labor. This foreign labor force worked for low pay under very bad
conditions. They worked very long shifts, and many even literally died
on the job.
This competition could hardly be called "fair." I was forced out of
the place where I had worked for 34 years.
Not a single of your government support programs was there to help me.
Mr. Bush, how can you call yourself "compassionate?"
Far worse, I lost two of my dear, patriotic sons in your evil war in
Iraq. They gave their lives for their country, and for what? So that
you and your oil buddies at Halliburton can get rich? The pain of
losing my sons is indescribable.
While it is trivial next to the loss of my sons, I regret to say that
I also lost my home. I simply have nothing left. Mr. Bush, how can you
call yourself a Christian when you neglect people like me? I am a
senior citizen with various medical problems. I'm not in a position
where I can begin a new career. I was reduced to the point where I had
to live in a hole in a ground, all because of your policies.
And when your government finally reached out to me, did they have any
compassion for my misfortune and ailments? No. In fact, I was
arrested. Mr. Bush, I dare you to look me in the face and tell me you
are a compassionate man! I dare you to look me in the face and tell me
you are a Christian. If I had any money left, I would donate half of
it all to the Democratic Party.
If Al Gore had been elected in 2000 I would still have my job, my
home, and most importantly, my dear sons!
Regards,
Saddam Hussein
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;)
--Jim "Ike" Newton
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