Tuesday, March 16, 2004

What the GOP wants you to think about:

1. Gay marriage
2. Gun rights
3. Welfare abuse
4. The Ten Commandments in public buildings
5. Keeping "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
6. Bill Clinton's indiscretions
7. Tax cuts
8. Burning the American flag
9. Going back into outer space
10. Constitutional amendments to enforce morality

What they DON'T want you to think about:

1. The $7 trillion national debt
2. The projected $550 billion dollar budget deficit
3. The children left behind by "No Child Left Behind"
4. 547 American war dead on the pretense of Iraqi WMDs
5. Dubya's AWOL from his military obligation
6. Taxes on earned income higher than on unearned income
7. Gap between rich and poor growing faster than ever
8. 3 million lost jobs since dubya took office
9. Air and water quality deteriorating while EPA is gutted
10. Osama still on the loose
11. Conservation and alternative energy sources instead of war for oil
12. Our crumbling infrastructure, particularly inner cities, power grids, roads and bridges
13. Outsourcing of jobs as a tool of economic competition
14. Whether or not your government should lie to you about matters of life and death
15. Clear Channel and Rupert Murdock controlling 80% of the electronic news media

Courtesy of stopdubya.com