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In my opinion, one of the effective ways to deal with Big Brother is to ridicule him. I recently sent this letter to Herr Matthew Bettenhausen, a political appointee of Herr Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sometimes these people actually answer these kinds of letters. For example, a Junior Bush Under Secretary of State responded to a letter which should have been obvious satire to anyone with an IQ higher than that of a squashed vegetable. I urge DUers to write them!
An Open Letter to Matthew R. Bettenhausen
Attention Matthew R. Bettenhausen Executive Director Governor's Office of Homeland Security
Dear Sir:
I am gratified to learn from the Los Angeles Times that, in your courageous, unrelenting struggle against terrorism, you have monitored the activities of the dangerous animal rights activists in our beloved State of California. It seems that California Homeland Security was out in force monitoring the activities of an animal rights rally outside the Canadian consulate office in San Francisco to protest the hunting of seals. Kudos to you for this defense of the fatherland.
The purpose of this letter is to report suspicious terrorist activity right here in my own neighborhood. And, mind you, it is a family neighborhood, so that means that our precious children - the hope of the fatherland's future - are at risk!
My neighbors, Mr. Bettenhausen, are vegetarians. And they are absolutely unrestrained zealots, motivated by a passion for the love and protection of animals that strikes fear in the hears of any rational person. We are at risk, here in Altadena. Who knows where this fanaticism may lead? My own fear is that, because they are apparently always so hungry, so anemic, and protein deprived, that they will turn to cannibalism. It may sound far-fetched to you for me to suggest that there is a danger that they may feast on the tender bodies of our neighborhood homeland children, but please hear me out! They value animals so far above humans that this is in the realm of possibility. Certainly, if given a choice, they would dine on an infant's succulent toes, rather than, say, the legs of a frog or chicken.
I see that your California Office of Homeland Security coordinates with that stout band of brothers, the California Highway Patrol (who are often seen in our neighborhood blocking off streets so that Hollywood may make its soaps.) Please inform the CHP of my concerns and be so kind as to contact the Altadena sheriffs as well. In defense of the fatherland I will certainly do my patriotic duty to turn in my neighbors for any and all suspicious activity. ( Actually one of them seems to view pornography, an activity that Homeland Security views as a threat to the fatherland. Would you like his name? )
(By the way, sir, I'm a little short of cash and wonder if I could become one of your paid informants.)
As a patriotic citizen concerned about the welfare of my neighborhood, our children, and, indeed, that our land of liberty, protected by the world's oldest living constitution and Justices Scalia and Thomas, I beg you to protect the children of Altadena.
Sincerely, Radicalman Post Office Box 505 Pasadena, CA 91102
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