The follow-up to It's All True! War On Religion!
This time the letter contains actual truth.
Last week in the Readers Forum section of this paper a letter was published under the headline "Well Done". The letter decried the Obama administration's "war on religion" and extolled the work done on our behalf by our representatives in Congress; Pat Roberts, Jerry Moran and Tim Huelskamp. I trust that most of the readers picked up on the sarcasm; for you see, unlike some other letter writers, I deliberately wrote a letter where not a word was true.
If you have done your taxes for 2011, you know that the $800 tax credit you had in 2009 and 2010, called "Making Work Pay", disappeared in the pointless debt limit fight. When politicians, like our representatives, talk about the "failed stimulus", remember that legislation reduced your tax bill for two years but is gone now.
In fairness, I need to point out that this week Rep. Huelskamp voted for you to pay 2% less in FICA taxes in 2011 (the payroll tax holiday). Sen. Moran and Roberts voted "NO" and "Not Voting".
In 2008 we had a financial meltdown and a recession. In my original letter, I gave our representatives credit for figuring out to keep such a thing from ever happening again. The truth is, they have done nothing of the kind. In fact, they have obstructed other people's attempts to fix the problems by voting against legislation, threatening to nullify laws, and blocking Presidential appointments. "Well Done" is opposite of what we should say to our representatives in Congress.
The Feb. 13th letter , I mentioned a "war on religion", wherein Obama was going to force all women to take birth control pills, whether they wanted them or not. Did anyone really believe that? In reality, women will be able to follow whatever their religious beliefs are concerning contraceptives, regardless of health insurance regulations. There is no "war on religion"; have you heard of anyone doing time in Leavenworth because they are a Methodist?
This time it is all true.
Published in The Hays Daily News
You may have noticed a couple of places where I tried to inject humor in my monologue, but I did it without accusing any particular woman of being a slut and a prostitute.
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Sunday, 4 March 2012
Monday, 13 February 2012
It's all true! War on Religion!
Like many of you , I am concerned about recent actions taken by the government; specifically, the war on religion. The government’s health insurance rules concerning religion-affiliated employers providing contraception services to employees. What this boils down to is that Catholic women will be forced by the insurance companies and the government to take birth control pills despite their religious beliefs. That’s right, all women will have to take birth control measures, even if they don’t want to. The government is taking away our freedom to choose on this issue.
I also understand the war on religion, through Michelle Obama’s “exercise” campaign, will force Baptist children to dance and also require Jehovah Witnesses to celebrate birthdays. Roman Catholics will be forced to give up the Sabbath and begin worshipping on Saturdays.
Thankfully, we have Senators Roberts and Moran and Congressman Huelskamp to fight for us in Congress. So far they have saved important tax breaks for middle class workers like us when they extended the Making Work Pay tax credit AND the FICA tax holiday. They solved the Postal Service’s pension problems so no rural Post Offices will close. But their biggest success has been the reform legislation that guarantees the US financial system will never again have a meltdown like we saw in 2008. Thank you for your hard work in these areas.
(Published in the Hays Daily News, Feb 13, 2012)
As proof of the mega-massive influence possessed by the Think Tank For Freedom In America To Think (In A Tank) the previous letter was published in a small-town newspaper's Reader's Forum section. Watch out Heritage Foundation!
The intent was to see if the readers of the local paper would recognise that NOTHING in the letter is true. The government is not going force women to take contraceptives, Michelle Obama will not make Baptist kids dance, and Catholics all ready go to church on Saturday evenings.
The Kansas elected officials mentioned have NOT done anything to fix Postal Service pension problems and they have only obstructed attempts to prevent another financial meltdown. Way to go, boys! I am sure that whoever is actually paying your salaries is pleased with your decisive inaction on these issues.
In America, religious liberty doesn't include the right to impose ones religion on others. That's a Taliban kind of thing. The Amish in the USA don't try to take away your automobile because they are morally opposed to modern transportation.
Some of us are all about religious freedom (unless you try to open a mosque in New York City).
I have claimed outrageous things in Op-eds in the Hays paper but have never once gotten any kind of published reaction. No death threats, no insults about my intelligence, no questioning the circumstances of my birth. Nothing. I once said that Republicans had thrown away the real Bible and substituted their own. No reaction.
Maybe this time. Maybe some low-wattage reader will believe my sarcastic letter contains truth and will write in to agree with me. We can only hope.
I also understand the war on religion, through Michelle Obama’s “exercise” campaign, will force Baptist children to dance and also require Jehovah Witnesses to celebrate birthdays. Roman Catholics will be forced to give up the Sabbath and begin worshipping on Saturdays.
Thankfully, we have Senators Roberts and Moran and Congressman Huelskamp to fight for us in Congress. So far they have saved important tax breaks for middle class workers like us when they extended the Making Work Pay tax credit AND the FICA tax holiday. They solved the Postal Service’s pension problems so no rural Post Offices will close. But their biggest success has been the reform legislation that guarantees the US financial system will never again have a meltdown like we saw in 2008. Thank you for your hard work in these areas.
(Published in the Hays Daily News, Feb 13, 2012)
As proof of the mega-massive influence possessed by the Think Tank For Freedom In America To Think (In A Tank) the previous letter was published in a small-town newspaper's Reader's Forum section. Watch out Heritage Foundation!
The intent was to see if the readers of the local paper would recognise that NOTHING in the letter is true. The government is not going force women to take contraceptives, Michelle Obama will not make Baptist kids dance, and Catholics all ready go to church on Saturday evenings.
The Kansas elected officials mentioned have NOT done anything to fix Postal Service pension problems and they have only obstructed attempts to prevent another financial meltdown. Way to go, boys! I am sure that whoever is actually paying your salaries is pleased with your decisive inaction on these issues.
In America, religious liberty doesn't include the right to impose ones religion on others. That's a Taliban kind of thing. The Amish in the USA don't try to take away your automobile because they are morally opposed to modern transportation.
Some of us are all about religious freedom (unless you try to open a mosque in New York City).
I have claimed outrageous things in Op-eds in the Hays paper but have never once gotten any kind of published reaction. No death threats, no insults about my intelligence, no questioning the circumstances of my birth. Nothing. I once said that Republicans had thrown away the real Bible and substituted their own. No reaction.
Maybe this time. Maybe some low-wattage reader will believe my sarcastic letter contains truth and will write in to agree with me. We can only hope.
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