I saw this posted on BushFlash (
http://www.ericblumrich.com/). Not sure if he wrote it or someone sent it to him.
You're born, one fine day, in an emergency room at a local hospital (since all heath-care obligations for employers have been removed by pro-life republicans, they didn't have the cash for a full hospital stay), to two hard-working parents. The day after your birth, you're brought home- no recuperative time for your mom (as maternity leave has been legislated out of existence by pro-life republicans- she has to get back to work, or lose her job.)
Luckilly, when you arrive home, your grandfather is there to take care of you, while your parents are out, working. Ya see, he had to move in with your parents, because social security has been abolished by pro-life republicans, and he has to rely on his children for support. He does a fine and dandy job of raising you, for the first few years of your life, but then, contracts an ailment, and before you know it, he's six feet under (because pro-life republicans have extended Bush's texas policy of "no pay-no life support" nationwide.)
But hey- you're now 6 years old, and ready to begin schooling. (Kindergarten has long since been abolished by pro-life republicans as a "drain on local resources.") Unfortunately for you, your local school district has had to institute "membership caps", as their budgets have been cut so severely by "pro-life" republicans that they can only accept a limited number of students per year.
But, you're blessed- you have an inquisitive mind, and realize, in the lexicon of the "pro-life" republicans, that "This is america- and it's personal initiative that sets you apart." Sitting alone in your home, while your parents are away at work, you devour books lent to you by friends of the family (because libraries has been totally cut out of the budget by "pro-life" republicans, there's no other way of getting them.) You learn on your own initiative, and bless your heart, you hone your intellect to a point that it can compete with the greatest of minds.
On your 18th birthday, you apply to colleges nationwide- this might be your chance. Your parents can no longer hope to support you (as, under the benign leadership of "pro-life" republicans, the distance between rich and poor has risen to conditions reminiscent of pre-revolutionary france.) Your best chance, is to grab for the ring of higher education.
But your appeals fall on deaf ears. "Pro-Life" republicans have voted all pell grants and student aid out of existence, and institutions of higher learning have long since devolved into the exclusive domain of the ultra-rich (who are given generous tax breaks by "pro-life" republicans, while your parents are years behind paying their back taxes, as they just aren't worthy of notice, since they make less than 100K a year.)
Woah- you're screwed!
Since you're now without much option, you apply for a job at the local Wal-Mart (pretty much the only business left in town, thanks to the deregulatory measures put into place by "pro-life" republicans) for minimum wage (which still remains at sub-poverty level, thanks to the "pro-business" policies of the "pro life" republicans.)
On this generous wage, you manage to get a small one-room apartment, and bid your parents a tearful goodbye. Unfortunately, the apartment is in an industrial section of town- the only place unpleasant enough to offer rent low enough that you can pay it.
But, you make the best of it. You work 12-hour shifts at the Wal-Mart, and since workplace regulations have been relaxed by "pro-life" republicans, you don't earn any overtime- your life is reduced to a cycle of sleep, eat, work, sleep, eat, work.
You keep at it- running the treadmill, for a year or so- until one day, you come down with a nasty lung condition. Ya see, the factories in the area in which you live have been freed of air emission standards by "pro-life" republicans, and it turns out that, since you moved into your treasured apartment, you've been breathing in solid grams of mercury, benzine, and acetylene, daily.
You fall ill- seriously ill, and can't come to work for a week- but you soon learn the same lesson that your mother did, when she gave birth to you- it doesn't pay to be ill for too long. Thanks to the policies instituted by "Pro-life" republicans, workers have no rights, and as your condition goes from bad to worse, you lose your job.
At the end of the month, you can't pay rent, as you've been bed-ridden, and can't find a new job.
Out on the streets, you try your best. All free clinics have been shut down, because "pro-life" republicans have deemed them as a breeding ground for "immoral behavior," but you keep fighting. You go to the emergency room, but are turned away, because in the years since your birth, "pro-life" republicans have determined that the obligations of hospitals to offer sustainable health care are a "drain on the taxpayer." You go to the local church, but they're overwhelmed- "Faith based initiatives" have been tumpeted by "pro-life" republicans, yet haven't gotten 1/10 the support they need to provide the care they would wish to provide.
Your condition is getting worse, and one day, in the depths of winter, during a lucid moment (which are growing fewer and farther between, with each passing day,) You venture outside into the alley behind the church which has become your last refuge, and look up....
It's snowing. In a flash, you're brought back to your childhood- you remember the first time you saw the majesty of this simple wonder of nature- it was with your grandfather, who was your companion, and tutor, when you were young- you remember the years of trials, triumphs, and ultimate failure that your life has become, and you wonder- who are those, so far high above you, who have defined these parameters, which have defned your life? President Frist has always, with a quavering voice, spoken so piously of the sanctity of life.
Vice-president Delay has always spoken of the wonder and joy of a life that "god" (as Delay defined it) provides, yet...
Where are these great "pro-life" leaders, now, as you huddle, alone, forgotten, and forsaken?
Suddenly- you feel warmth enfolding you, you're so tired, so dispirited, and without any hope, you just offer yourself to the comfort, and release.
Five days later, your body is discovered, frozen, and unmarked.
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