With Connie in the Park

I was going through my files and found this story that Max Angst told me last year. I must have forgot to post it to my blog. Since the ideas are still relevant and true, I’ll post it now. Art

Burnie tries to run a decent house, a bar that a lady can come to and feel comfortable. From time to time we do get ladies stopping by and Connie has become a regular. Not that Connie needs any coddling, she’s one gutsy chick. It was a beautiful day in late September that I ran into her in Lincoln Park which is on my way home from Burnie’s.
She was sitting on a park bench, enjoying the great weather and invited me to join her.
“Did you hear the hypocrites speech at the UN, Max” she asked.
“No, I didn’t. You can’t believe anything he says, so why bother?” I responded.
“ It drives me nuts that the media allows him to get away with the crap he spews out. Lie after lie and the media says nothing."
“ Can you give me an example,” I asked.
“ Yeah, I can. I bought a copy of the Times with his speech in it and I can say exactly why I feel he’s lying.”
“Go ahead.”
“Okay, how about this from his speech.”

"Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten. They believe the dictators should control every mind and tongue in the Middle East and beyond. They believe that suicide and torture and murder are fully justified to serve any goal they declare."

“So?”
“What Bill of Rights was Bush observing when he rained bombs down on the people of Baghdad and the other cities of Iraq. He was the initiator of the murder of civilians and it’s a hypocritical lie for him to denounce the very thing he’s guilty of doing. As for controlling minds and tongues, it’s Bush’s corporate henchmen who have bought up all of the US Media and stifled any disagreement with his brutal policies. ” Connie said.
“ Wow, that’s strong. Have you anything else?”
“Sure I do. How about this?”

"Freedom is finding a way in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we must continue show our commitment to democracies in those nations. The liberty that many have won at a cost must be secured.

Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom."

“That’s pure bullcrap; both nations are in turmoil. The people in Afghanistan and Iraq don’t want a government that’s going to be a tool of the United States and they’re willing to fight to get a government that answerable to them and their beliefs. That’s why the US can’t stay in either country, because the people there don’t trust Bush and the liars working with him and won’t really work on getting their country in order until he’s gone. Senator Kerry would have a much better shot at getting those countries working towards a better state if he just says he regrets what has happened and wants to help set things straight.
He should try to get other countries to come in to maintain civil order and get American troops out as quickly as possible,” Connie said.
“Jeez, Connie you’ve rally thought this through, haven’t you?” I said.
“I could go on and on, Max. But its too beautiful a day to let the liars in Washington ruin it. Look, I have a six pack in this cooler here. Do you want one?”
“Do you see now why I like this lady?’