12
Suggested Ways for Antiwar Folks to Pass the Time Instead of Watching
Ted Koppel in a Camouflage Helmet
by
Karen De Coster
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Send
an email to David Frum telling him that he wrote a brilliant,
insightful, objective book on the greatness of Shrub and the
Beltway Right.
-
Shop
for WWII propaganda posters on eBay. Look for the ones about
"loose lips sinking ships." Check your lips for conformity.
-
Apply
various layers of plastic wrap and duct tape to your windows
to give your neighbors the impression that you’re "one
of them" (one of the "real Americans," that is).
Use the colored Handi-Wrap for added contrast.
-
Get
creative and write a paper on why the war on Afghanistan was
"just" and the war in Iraq isn’t "just."
Check it to see if it makes any sense. Say "aha!"
Shrug it off. No one will notice.
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Buy
a John Ashcroft: A Day At the Office coloring book. Color
within the lines or you’ll be killed.
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Watch
the video replay of the embarrassing Michael Moore antiwar "speech"
at the Oscars. Shudder, and then run and hide based on the fact
that he’s "on your side" in this war thing.
-
Get
out your Microsoft Excel and lay out various figures pertaining
to the cost of reconstructing and occupying Iraq. Do
an:
Eenie,
Meanie, Minie, Moe
Catch
a taxpayer by the toe.
If
he hollers, don’t let him go.
Eenie,
Meanie, Minie, Moe
My
President told me to
Pluck
the very best ones
And
unfortunately I am it!
- Imagine
Perle, Wolfowitz, or any of the National Review or Weekly
Standard staff in a Marine uniform, trucking through the
hot desert, sand in their mouth and eyes, taking catnaps propped
up against a Jeep tire. Oops, wake up, because the alarm clock
went off and it’s time to get ready for work.
- Figure
out ways to get into the underground economy, hide some of the
money you make, and pay less in taxes. Or become a tax protestor
if you’d like.
- Get out
your excel spreadsheet (again) and log the details of the bidding
wars for reconstruction of Iraq – just for fun. Keep a
column open for corporate political donation amounts – from
those doing the bidding – to both political parties from
1999–2002 (about $2.8 million). If you’re the typical Republican,
you’ll blow this off as mere coincidence.
- Support
out troops. Meaning, help their families here at home, and protest
them being killed and maimed for Neocon Empire. Then protest
our stolen $$$$ going to pay for it all.
- Look at
the photos of the 20-year-old, peach-fuzzed, sweet-faced kids
who are part of the war’s death toll, and imagine hundreds or
thousands more of those faces before this is all over.
April
2, 2003
Karen
De Coster, CPA, [send
her mail] is a paleolibertarian freelance writer, graduate student
in Austrian Economics, and a business professional from Michigan.
Her first book is currently in the works. See her Mises
Institute archive for more online articles, and check out her
website, along with her
blog.
Copyright © 2003 Karen De Coster
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