Gosh it sure would be swell if the government of the United States cared as much about helping tsunami victims as it does about going to war.
"People," they say, "Give what you can. -This is something the American people love to do: help others in their time of need.- So please, reach deep, and we'll help out a little bit too."
"Look, here are some past presidents."
"People," they say, "Give what you can. -This is something the American people love to do: help others in their time of need.- So please, reach deep, and we'll help out a little bit too."
"Look, here are some past presidents."
"They care. They also know that you care. Listen to them, and believe, because they only want what's best for everybody. America, we know you don't have much right now, but if we all band together, stop spending all our children's furture on (emotionally-charged yet too abstract to fully comprehend) WARS...I mean, unneccessary material possessions waitaminute (shopping IS democracy, isn't it? AMERICA: OPEN FOR BUSINESS remember? If we stop mindlessly filling our lives with mediocre devices of entertainment and distraction, does that mean that the terrorists have already won, dare I say, a second time? Does it immediately dissolve our democracy? What's exactly going on here? Maybe just ignoring all the real problems of the world, to focus more intently on the consumption at hand is really what it's all about-?) maybe something good can happen..."
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My point is that the U.S. government does everything in its power to appropriate all its own (vast) resources when it comes to killing people and blowing things up (i.e. making a mess). But when the situation at hand requires ASSISTANCE and helping people to survive (i.e. cleaning up messes), it disregards its own storehouse and access to these resources in favor of appealing to the "American" people.
I just think that sucks. In instances such as this, the priorities of the U.S. government become even more transparent.
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