Mitzvahpalooza
The New York Daily News reported on Nov 29
"History will forever record Elizabeth Brooks' bat mitzvah as "Mitzvahpalooza."
For his daughter's coming-of-age celebration last weekend, multimillionaire Long Island defense contractor David H. Brooks booked two floors of the Rainbow Room, hauled in concert-ready equipment, built a stage, installed special carpeting, outfitted the space with Jumbotrons and arranged command performances by everyone from 50 Cent to Tom Petty to Aerosmith...."
The article goes on to list the other big names brought in for the event, and the estimated price tag of 10 million dollars.
Meanwhile the wearers of Mr. Brooks's bullet-proof vests are kicking down doors and torturing brown people from Bagdhad to Bali to Baltimore. That ten million dollars came from the premium the rich pay so they and their agents can shoot poor people without risking injury to themselves. It must be *nice* to be the beneficiary of so much greed coupled with such a strong desire to deny freedom to other people. I'm sure that whatever god blesses crusaders, zionists, and jihadists will look down on Ms. Brooks and smile.
You can tell how much injustice a nation has by the number of cops it takes to keep it that way. So what's it going to take? How many more cops will it take before ignorant rich bastards don't feel scared anymore? Humph. The extent of ignorant fear is near infinite. Maybe the real question is, how many 10 million dollar bat mitzvahs will it take before all of Bush's supporters have had their fill? Or, maybe it's how many ten million dollar bat mitzvahs will it take before the US Gov't's Asian Creditors start to lower the boom.
Speaking of the Asian Creditors, what is their angle on the war in Iraq? Clearly, if bankers in China and Japan said 'Stop the war, or we stop paying for it,' then the chicken hawks would have to stop and take notice. It must be that China and Japan have been promised some or possibly most of Iraq's oil, once it gets developed. That would give them a reason to back Bush with their money, if not out loud in the world.
It's not even real to most Americans that this money will have to be paid back. When that time comes, it should wipe out the rest of the social programs, virtually everything the government does that does not involve violence. This is part of the Republican plan to 'drown the US government in a bath tub' after having wrecked its finances, robbed its treasuries, dishonored its military, and basicly rammed the ship of state straight onto the iceberg of destruction, with the nuclear drive Fully Engaged.
But heck, who wouldn't rather have 10 million dollar bat mitzvahs than a free country, anyway?
