My Ribbons can beat up Your Ribbons

I think this country has come down with a vapid case of MRS (Magnetic Ribbon Syndrome). In my daily commute to work, every other car on the road is plastered with magnetic "ribbons". "Support our Troops" and "God Bless America", ad nauseum. I don't wish to offend, but just what the hell do we think those bits of magnet and rubber are going to accomplish? Will they bring the troops home from Iraq? Will they put an end to the bloodshed occurring on a daily basis in Iraq? Or are they simply a pacifier for an American public too dumb to realize they've been had?

Wake up people. Your magnetic ribbons won't solve a thing. Terrorism is not going to be the end of this country. Your mindless allegiance to the real perpetrators of terror, the Bush Administration, is what will bring this country to its knees. You want so desperately to have someone to hate and something to be afraid of, that you will listen to anyone who provides such targets. George Bush et al provided Saddam Hussein and Iraq as your new targets of hatred. Nevermind that there were no weapons of mass destruction to be found in Iraq. Nevermind that Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the events of September 11th. And nevermind that the United States budget is now drowning in red ink, thanks to the cowboy mentality of this administration. Let's only think about putting another ribbon on our gas guzzling SUV's and driving down the road to a ruined economy and a devastated social system. Let's remember that marriage is only between a man and a woman and hate any relationship that does not conform to that religious ideal. Hatred, selfishness, bigotry and misogyny.... those are the real accomplishments of the Bush Administration. Oh and let's not forget death. Lots and lots of deaths. But hey, as long as it's happening to someone else, why worry? Proud to be an American? Not anymore.