Bomb the Children

Munchies Not Murder

Paying taxes would be less painful if they went to a better cause.

The media, bought by and speaking for the rich, insists on cuts to our meager social welfare net. People who can’t afford food and medicine have no political power. This same media asserts, by its assent, that continual war spending is wise and unquestioned. The rich American warlords “contribute to election campaigns” (bribe) for political influence, to keep the blood flowing.

Feeding the hungry and healing the sick are noble goals for every society, “religious” or not. A great nation should take care of its poor, widows, orphans, sick, and disabled, always and without question or censure.

On the other hand, what a complete waste of money to bomb, torture, and murder people in far away countries for no reason. No religion’s holy book suggests blessing the War Salesmen.

In general, it is much nicer to feed people than to kill them. Maybe even more “righteous”.

So go ahead, peace-loving nations. Spend tax money on policemen and firemen, libraries and colleges, food and medicine. Not on bombs, planes, ships, and death. There is helpful stuff for our soldiers to do right here. Maybe the engineers of destruction could build something useful.

Money for munchies and medicine, not murder and mayhem!

Beat the Children

A bunch of States want to make food stamp recipients pass a drug screening. The Drug Testing Industry is delighted; a big chunk of the food stamp budget potentially devoted to collecting, shipping, and analyzing wee-wee. Lawyers too, for the flood of challenged results. 30 million drug screens (monthly? yearly?) will be a whole new industry in itself.

Brilliant. The best part is the kids meal deal. Your folks use drugs, little Susie, so now you can’t have anything to eat. That’s family friendly. Sniff this white powder, sweetie, you'll feel better.

Most drug users can quit any time for job and probation wee-wee “screening.” If not, they find a way to cheat the system, which are many. Or switch to good old alcohol, the culturally approved and most vicious killer of all. So, mostly, this is a bonus for the testers, and the politicians scoring points on the backs of the poor.

To whatever extent drug testing “weeds" out the “druggies," the #Occupy movement may be the winner. Hungry mobs are angry mobs, to quote Marley’s ghost.

No one in this land of plenty should ever go hungry. A little bread for the poorest, for children and old folks and disabled. Even for healthy adults, during times of true unemployment. The Good Samaritan did not ask for a pre-assistance urine sample.

Food stamps are one of the few good things our beloved bureaucracy bestows on Average Man. Leave them alone you greedy self-righteous buggers. So what if a few stoners get fed--in fact, give ‘em a few bucks extra, they’ve got the munchies.