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Monday, December 23, 2002 :::
rant
I am revisiting my last blog.
I read a news article about our "beloved" president's upcoming Christmas celebration. The Bushes lamented the loss of many of their Christmas traditions. With changes in his work status (he is the president, after all), Christmas is no longer celebrated in Texas, but rather, at Camp David.
Of course, this is a year for changing holiday traditions in Amerika. In tens of thousands of households nationwide, new traditions will be born. The first new tradition is the fear that many parents are feeling due to the loss of their job in recent months. We cannot forget the outright despair of those families that are about to lose their unemployment extensions on December 28th.
With these come other new family traditions. Parents crying behind closed doors on Christmas Eve because they are having trouble keeping up with normal monthly bills, let alone being able to afford buying presents for their children. And let us not forget the children. We forget that they are capable of understanding more than we give them credit for most of the time. Yes, they will get over the loss of a few presents during these lean holiday times. But will they get over the images of despair that their parents are so bravely trying to hide from them?
And what about the families that are worried about their sons and daughters who are training for war with Iraq? How many mothers will pray over the holidays for their safe return only to cry in the coming year over their loss? And all so one man can curry his father's favor.
Saddam Hussein is a dangerous man, but I am wondering if Amerika's true enemy sits in Iraq or in the White House. Laura Bush is worrying about menus including beef tenderloin and ornaments for the tree, many Americans are worried about their electric bills and rent. I suppose the holidays bring one bit of relief to Amerika; Bush is taking a break from selling off our country's freedoms for his own personal and political gain.
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