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Skriven 2006-04-16 19:36:00 av BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEFF BINKLEY
Ärende: Self made man
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http://shitouttaluck.com/blogs/gene/archive/2004/09/30/199.aspx

Jeff gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his
morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal
fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he
takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some
stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as
advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan
because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical
insurance - now Jeff gets it too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Jeff's bacon is safe to eat
because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing
industry.

In the morning shower, Jeff reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly
labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some
crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body
and how much it contained.

Jeff dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is
clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop
industries from polluting our air.

He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking
and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable
public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a
ontributor.

Jeff begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical
benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal
union members fought and died for these working standards. Jeff's employer pays
these standards because Jeff's employer doesn't want his employees to call the
union.

If Jeff is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker
compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he
should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Jeff needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills.
Jeff's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal
wanted to protect Jeff's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking
system before the Great Depression.

Jeff has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market
federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Jeff and the
government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over
his lifetime. Jeff also forgets that his in addition to his federally
subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

Jeff is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm
home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the
safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety
standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the
house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to
make rural loans.

The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his
nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social
Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal
made sure he could take care of himself so Jeff wouldn't have to.

Jeff gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show.
The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good.
He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every
protection and benefit Jeff enjoys throughout his day. Jeff agrees: "We don't
need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a
self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I
have."

... Corruption Central, aka the Bush White House
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