The American Spectator

p> DUTCH THREAT br> November 2nd will be Judgment Day. Until then I will pray every day — as a human being on this planet. On November 2nd, I will not vote — because I am from the European part of the planet. And on November 3rd, I will be crying. Hopefully, it will be for relief. If not, I will be crying for every fellow creature. /p>

Crying for countless more innocent human lives that will be lost, because they happen to be in the way of a war that was started for reasons proven mistaken. Crying for countless more American families suffering ill-health and poverty, because they happen to be in the way of pharmaceutical interests that will further turn health into a luxury good which they cannot afford. Crying for countless more animal and plant species worldwide that will be lost forever, because they happen to be in the way of corporate powers that still view fossil fuels as theirs to deplete, and remain blind to alternatives that provide any kind of future energy supply. Crying, because the world, and every living thing on it, deserve so much better.

p>Or is that the Great American Dream? Is it really the Great American Sleep? Is it so hard to see that the righteous rhetoric is there — but the Real World is some place else? There are no WMD’s in Iraq; Saddam had no working ties with Al Qaeda; violence, not democracy, is king in Afghanistan; abuse at Abu Ghraib happened under U.S. command; assault weapons on the street do not advance homeland security; tax cuts for top incomes are not creating jobs; the record U.S. deficit is growing and China’s economy is merely warming up; four more years and you’ll be on your own. Time to wake up; this is it. br> — Fransje de Waard (Mrs.) br> Amsterdam, the Netherlands /p> p> ABILENE SLEUTHING br> Re: George Neumayr’s Working Kinko’s :