Refugees Abandoned

Author Profile Page Peter Koelliker | May 13, 2009 11:45 PM | Reply

Re: Pakistan: Obama reminds me of a small boy attempting to drain a swamp with a thimble. All he's managing to do is to stir up the reptiles. Those up in the hills of the North-West Frontier Province haven’t gotten the message yet; that the savior has already arrived. Hell, they don’t trust what their own government is saying – and with good reason.

America isn’t much different. People no longer trust their government. They feel abandoned, victimized. They’ve had to flee their 401K’s. God knows what they did with all the money that was left. They sure as hell don’t want to risk it again in anything even remotely related to the government. They’re not buying cars or houses, even clothes. Passive-aggressive is the correct stance these days. What to buy with those government rebates and welfare checks? Food, seeds and guns might yet turn out to be the best investment of all.

Who do you turn to when you don’t trust the government? There’s only yourself and the family; friends. God help us! We’ve got to live in our basements for the next 4 years. It’s a good thing we got kids who can keep watch over the vegetable patch while we sleep.

It’s summer now. There’s plenty of rain and things are growing like crazy. We’ve got some canning jars somewhere. I tried to get more, but the stores were all out. Winter’ll be the real test. If we can make it through, there’s only three more to go. They say it gets easier as you go along. Can’t expect much help from abroad, I’m afraid. Bush took care of that.