Join the American Pie movement – Tea Baggers Welcome!
March 18, 2010 posted by Robert L. Hanafin · 4 Comments
Tea baggers who complain about too much government intervention in our lives and fiscal responsibility missing in Congress and the Obama administration, sound like they are on the verge of a tax revolt, yet tend to focus all their ire and anger on health care reform. This of course only serves to make them appear to be as independent as Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh from the Republican Party.
If you really were INDEPENDENTS, and seriously concerned about balancing federal budget deficits and ending government fiscal irresponsibility then how about showing just how independent you are from both the Democratic and Republican parties, bring you tea bags (or coffee if you prefer) and join Code Pink in their EQUAL SHARE OF THE AMERICAN PIE movement.
Simply put, your independent spirit would be taken serious if you targeted BOTH health care reform AND defense (really offense) spending and the military-industrial complex. Then, just maybe then, most other serious independents would find common ground with you.
That said, if you feel that being Pro-Peace is a sign of being Democrat Party, you don’t know enough about Blue Dog Democrats who really should be Republicans when it comes to WAR profiteering!!!
Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, Veterans Today News
PROUD SUPPORTER OF AN EQUAL SHARE OF THE AMERICAN PIE!
American Apple Pie
Nothing could be more Americana than the American Apple Pie, Old Shep, and Chevrolet. However when it comes to an equal taxpayer share of the American pie, there is none. In fact, the largest slice of the American apple pie goes to the Pentagon.
That’s right, we know all too well that our government values war above the health of our communities. We are not just talking health care here, for most Veterans and certainly Military Families, we got ours. However, it‘s up to us to take these rotten apples and make apple pie by looking within, acting locally, and finding ways to feed our own communities with ripe opportunities for education, jobs and healthcare while we continue to urge our government to nourish our people.
Speaking of rotten apples
The Washington, DC City Council is poised to fork over a hefty $25m bite to the war profiteers at Northrop Grumman (who, according to their own promotional video, receives $0.65 from every $1 spent on defense!) This is corporate welfare at its most bitter! As Gloria Steinem said over a decade ago, “We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.” This is true on a personal, governmental, and a cultural level.
You can think globally/act locally and push back on DC City Council Members by sending them a special version of the postcard above! Do it today, in an act of remembrance and rage for the upcoming 7th anniversary of the war in Iraq.
After sending your no-more-war-pie-telegram, you can join Peace activists by protesting the war on the 7th anniversary, either in Washington, D.C. from March 18-20 (including an evening with Eve Ensler and Amy Goodman!) or in your own community.
Bring Money Back from War to our Neighborhoods
Unless of course you neighborhood profits (is a war profiteer) from wars and the military-industrial complexion, together, we can walk our talk and bring money for war back to our neighborhoods! What’s happening in DC is just the beginning!
To join a CODEPINK march near you, click here, or to search for a coalition peace event click here!
Eve Ensler, who will join Code Pink in DC to honor women creating peace writes
How come America has money to KILL but no money to FEED or HEAL?
“The Iraq war cost nearly $3 trillion/I can’t even count that high/but I know/that money could have/would have/ended poverty in general/which would have canceled terrorism/How come we have money to kill/but no money to feed or heal?”
Serving up heaping portions of luscious peace,
Dana, Emily, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Janna, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Prerna, Rae and Whitney
“How come America has money to KILL but no money to FEED or HEAL?”
NO KIDDING!
GOOD QUESTION!
Yea, keep listening to the Conservative wackos…
Ohhh, the poor anti-tax fanatic (who owned his OWN PLANE) struck out against the U.S. Government. There’s NO WAY to convince me this Joe Stack III guy wasn’t incited to violence by the Right-Wing Spin Machine. (AM Radio Free Conservative and FOX News) A CONSTANT drone of HATE SPEECH against ANYTHING Obama or Liberal.
Joseph Stack III was a homegrown TERRORIST and the right-wing spin machine was like a Osama bin Lunatic video calling him to murderous ACTION! This maniac used what’s become the universal sign of terrorism since 9/11… A PLANE CRASH INTO A BUILDING
I’ve researched the AM Radio Free Conservative/FOX News propaganda machine and it turns out spokespersons like O’Reilly, Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, etc… are working for foreign special interests that want to “divide and conquer” the American PEOPLE.
I’m sure the Saudi Royals (Kingdom Holding Co.) who are now majority owners of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp/FOX News, were overjoyed at the news and confident of their long range strategic planning.
IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE CONSERVATIVE INSURGENTS before they allow the destruction of the USA.
NOTE: (I can’t believe the hypocrisy of the Conservative reactionaries, some actually DEFENDING this nutcase Joe (the engineer) Stack. If this guy was of Middle-Eastern decent the right-wing would have raised such a stink, pointing fingers at Obama/Biden, Democrats, Liberals for being SOFT ON TERROR!
The thing that gets me is how these Tax Party cult members are all well-off enough to STILL be in the upper or middle class but they act like they’re being targeted and will LOSE everything to the government. I got NEWS for you retards, this kind of thing has been going on for a few decades now… ONLY THE GOVERNMENT HAS TARGETED the 40+ MILLION Americans struggling BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.
So QUIT being a bunch of shameless, irresponsible Conservative wacko crybabies and read about your FELLOW AMERICANS who have a REAL REASON to be angry at the government BUT REFUSE TO RESORT TO VIOLENCE and work within the system for CHANGE! That’s what GREAT AMERICANS DO… (ya spoiled, pathetic @$$holes)
How come America has money to KILL but no money to FEED or HEAL?
“The Iraq war cost nearly $3 trillion/I can’t even count that high/but I know/that money could have/would have/ended poverty in general/which would have canceled terrorism/How come we have money to kill/but no money to feed or heal?”
NOTE: (did you see the video of Ailes, O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck and the rest of FOX news puppets lining up t0 kiss the right shoulder of the Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talai? I especially liked the Saudi sword dance celebrating how they got ignorant right-wing fanatics to VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS!
…It’s even more sickening than all the hand holding/kissing Bush Jr. used to do at the ranch in Crawford TX. George W. Bush always resembled a smitten school girl ever time he was in the presence of Saudi Royals…
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The Founders of this country tried “working within the system for change” and
were were ignored by King George. Stack is just a symptom of what is wrong
these days and unless some changes are made there will be more like him. The
government screwed up at Waco and Ruby Ridge and Tim McVeigh blew up a Federal
building. It’s action and reaction. Cause and effect. People are acting
irrationally because our government is becoming more and more irrational
every day. In the Declaration Of Independence it says:” At each stage we
have petitioned for redress in the humblest terms. Our repeated petitions
have only met with repeated injury.” Government is the problem.
Buy your own American pie. Why should I buy anyone else’s guns or meds?
How come America has money to KILL but no money to FEED or HEAL?
“The Iraq war cost nearly $3 trillion/I can’t even count that high/but I know/that money could have/would have/ended poverty in general/which would have canceled terrorism/How come we have money to kill/but no money to feed or heal?”
What’s with all this USA (i.e. government) worship? The constitution was a wealth-transfer dictatorial scam from the beginning. Cling to that sinking ship all you want. Just don’t blame me for saying “I told you so”.