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Seriously, what’s wrong with people? First they shoot an Iraqi journalist on his way to work, then they come over and shoot him in the head while he’s on the phone with his Mom saying he’s okay? And it’s not just this one incident, either- You hear about civilians, contractors, etc. getting murdered all the time in Iraq. Not to mention Africa. When it gets to the point that people who just want to live their life are getting killed for no reason, we’re way beyond war, and way beyond setting up a democracy. The problem with a democracy is that it’s run by the people, so the people have to WANT it. Sure, you’ll still have crime- perhaps even organized crime- but not the Anarchy you see here.

So I suggest a totally unreasonable plan that I just made up- called the Get The Hell Out plan. This would be a plan where the western countries that have room to spare (like, say, Canada) get together and offer a one way ticket for people in these countries that just want to Get The Hell Out. Give them a House, and a job building houses, neighborhoods, etc. for other arriving countrymen. Restrict their travel for, about 7 years or so to only intra-national travel. This might sound barbaric but it would hopefully act to stem any sort of crime/terror flow that might seek to take advantage of the system, though I wouldn’t expect abuse in that way, because most of those organizations can sadly afford plane tickets. Make sure they know everything it entails before hand, and then airlift them over for free once they agree. In their situation, I would certainly give up a few personal freedoms for a few years in order to Get The Hell Out. It’s like signing up for the Army- you sign a contract saying you’ll get paid in exchange for doing what we say for a few years, but instead of flying to a war zone they’ll be flown away.

And yes, while writing this I realize that it sounds an awful lot like indentured servitude, which if you recall didn’t turn out so well the last time we tried it. BUT the difference here is that my plan would be out of kindness, not greed. And it would, of course, be completely voluntary. And I would HOPE that with the abolition of slavery, the Geneva convention, and all of this “morality” that keeps coming up in candidate speeches that such a government-run program could be adequately regulated. But then I think of Katrina and Abu Ghraib and say to myself “nope, probably not.” Oh well, I did say the plan was totally unreasonable.

PS, re: the candidates: McCain flew too close to Bush the son and his wings melted. I knew he was going to go right to try to secure the nomination but at some point I would have hoped that his pandering would end (especially when it wasn’t working) and that his former more-moderate self, the guy from 2000, would step in and say “Why am I trying so hard to look like a Bush devotee when I didn’t like his policies and America doesn’t either?” As for the Democrats, it’s looking less and less like Al Gore is going to jump in and announce during the convention, but I still think there’s a chance of it happening. And I still think a Gore/Obama ticket would be really hard to beat. But if Gore stays out… man I really hope we end up with Obama/Clinton rather than Clinton/Obama.

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