A Challenge To Our President
Back in 2003 my son Brian was known as Staff Sergeant in the US Marine Corps.
He was stationed in Kuwait and Iraq at this time but forwarded Robin Williams'
solution to some of the United States' problems.
I think he came up with the perfect plan:
And I quote:
Robin said "I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace.
So, here's one plan."
1. The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past and present.
We will promise never to "interfere" again.
2. We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea,
and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station those troops at our borders.
No more sneaking through holes in the fence.
3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a
free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered and deported immediately,
regardless of who or where they are. France would welcome them.
4. All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 day visits unless given a
special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be allowed in. If you don't like it there
change it yourself, don't hide here. Asylum would not ever be available to anyone. We don't
need more cab drivers.
5. No "students' over age 21. The older one are the bombers. If they don't attend classes,
they get a "D" and its back home, baby.
6. The US will make a strong effort to become self sufficient energy wise. This will include
developing non pollution sources of energy but will a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan
wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it we go someplace else.
8. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not 'interfere'. They can pray
to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides, mot of what we give
them gets "lost" or is taken by their army. The people who reedit oat get very little anyway.
9. Ship the UN Headquarters to an island some place. We don't need the spies and fair weather
friends here. Besides, it (the UN building) would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for
illegal aliens.
10. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way no one can call us "Ugly
Americans" any longer.
Now, ain't that a winner of a plan?
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying "Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses."
She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, "You want a piece of me?"
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Brian compiled the e-mails and stories sent to him and brought them back. We were also able to receive his phone calls. Much better than the letters I wrote on a piece of C-ration cardboard back
in 1968.
