Open letters to elected officials
Dear Mr. President,
May I make a suggestion? If you’re genuinely interested in being a uniter, not a divider; if you want to appear to be more "compassionate"; and, in general, if you don’t want people to jeer at you —
then maybe, just maybe, it might not be a good idea for part of the latest government funding package to be earmarked for "a presidential yacht".
I realize that it’s a petty thing to fixate on, just a drop in the bucket of a $338 billion funding package in which there are much bigger things to provoke ire (on which more below), but … it’s the symbolism of it, you know? I doubt you’re a fan of William Carlos Williams, but his poem "The Yachts" came immediately to mind when I read that news story. Perhaps you might like to read it and draw your own comparisons?
Dear Congress,
The same goes for you, too. And don’t EVEN get me started on that anti-abortion provision in the same bill. You know what happens when you make abortions more and more difficult to get? You don’t end abortion. You just ensure that women who are really desperate to end a pregnancy, and who can’t afford to get an abortion from a reputable provider, will start resorting to desperate measures. Do you know what that means? Women will die. Do you want that on your consciences? (Yes, I am also looking at you, Supreme Court. And at you again, Mr. President, the next time you have to appoint a justice.)
Signed,
One of those evil "elitist" liberals,
- who gets really, really pissed off when her elected officials cut funding for education and health care, but then award themselves big expensive toys;
- who thinks that it’s horrific that lower-income women will undoubtedly be the ones who’ll suffer the most if Roe v. Wade gets rolled back;
- who thinks it’s a disgrace that 12.9 million children under 18 in this country live in poverty (17.6 percent, or nearly one in five, according to the U.S. Census Bureau), and wonders how exactly that contributes to the so-called "culture of life";
- whose government does not seem to care about any of this, which is dismaying;
- and who is now going to end this list before her blood pressure rises to the point of apoplexy.
(Links via Joseph Duemer and LiL.)
Wow. Thanks for pointing this article out. Not like I didn’t get this before, but one more piece of evidence that you know who is you know what. Gosh.
*sigh* It’s hard dealing with the outrage,isn’t it? There’s something new and ghastly every damn day.