Thursday, September 21, 2006

Get Over Yourselves, Americans

If you thought Charlie Rangel's pompous bloviating on Thursday about foreigners speaking out against your president was over the top, this is not directed at you.

If, however, you got out of your chair and shouted 'USA! USA! USA!' when you heard Rangel's attack on free speech when he said this (video), listen up.


'You do not come into my country, my congressional district, and you do not condemn my president. If there is any criticism of President Bush, it should be restricted to Americans, whether they voted for him or not. I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chavez or any other president, do not come to the United States and think because we have problems with our president that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our Chief of State'

Where to begin...?

Look, Rangel (and CNN's Jack Cafferty who also agreed with him): what your so-called president does affects the rest of the world and this so-called president in particular has so damaged your credibility and standing that any of us 'foreigner(s)' who don't speak up are not doing our duty as global citizens.

Your so-called president:

- condones torture.
- violates your constitition continually.
- breaks your laws with his 750+ signing statements.
- ignores, opts out of or tries to rewrite international treaties.
- secretly hides kidnapped detainees from humanitarian groups in other countries.
- bases his policies on his religious beliefs.
- started an illegal war in Iraq founded on lies.
- left Afghanistan in ruins.
- backed Israel's decimation of Lebanon.
- dropped the peace process between Israel and Palestine.
- acts like he's the Global Sheriff.
- continually threatens other countries.
- wants to wall of your southern and northern borders.
- treats women, gays, the poor and anyone who doesn't agree with him as second class citizens.
- sics his pitbull Rove on his politicial opponents like a dog after raw meat.
- panders to the extreme Christian right.
- spends money like a drunken sailor - on wars.
- dismisses scientific facts.
- destroys your environment

Need I go on?

And you expect us not to criticize this ignorant, selfish, delusional bully while forgetting the fact that you're supposed to be in favour of free speech - or does that right only apply to you?

Get over yourselves and stick your 'USA! USA! USA!' attitude where the sun don't shine. Your president is as embarassment. He's dangerous. He's a threat to peace everywhere and, as matter of fact, he does act like he owns the world and anyone who would even suggest that we foreigners ought to just shut up while you expect us to sit back and take it is just enabling his thuggery (I'm talking to you, Nancy Pelosi). If you think you're the only people who have the right to take him on: do it now instead of defending him because he's your so-called president.

So you Democrats didn't like what Chavez said. Big deal. Do you realize you've just propped up your worst.president.ever by treating him like he's some fragile flower who needs to be protected and, as a result, most likely just gave him a boost in the polls? Don't go whining to your supporters once you've realized what a huge mistake you've just made. It's all on you and I, as a foreigner, reserve the right to keep on slamming your criminal president even while you're busy giving him a group hug.

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