PUT PEOPLE FIRST, NOT POLITICS

All right now, Mr. Bush. You say drug addicts support terrorism. I say oil
addicts do.

In truth, we are a nation of addicts from chocolate to coffee and tobacco
to countless pill companies (who push their products through corporate
advertisements.) You say close our borders. I say we are America. We fear
only God, our creator, who founded this country with the influx of immigrants.

America needs to remain open and honor Miss Liberty's pledge. Have you ever
read her solemn promise? Do you comprehend it?

America cannot be sold unity! We are either united or divided. The drug war
is a miserable failure. Release all non-violent drug offenders. Reverse
mandatory minimums. Encourage citizens to vote. It's time to vote your kind
out, Republican or Democrat. Both parties blindly argue over non-issues,
and the roots, the sturdy trunk and branches, the people, are parched,
while only the top of the tree flourishes.

Big brother: three balls, two strikes, but no worry. Little brother is on
deck. Don't throw the ball game!

Russ Olenick
Raeford