Press Action ::: A Holiday Wish List

Monday, December 06, 2004

A Holiday Wish List

Dear Santa,

I hope that you have had a good year. It seems like a long time since I last sent you a letter. I am sure you know that things have not been going very well. Our country has made this a time of war on Earth and bad will toward all. Please do not hold that against all of us. Some of us have tried very hard to work for peace and show good will to our brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, there are not enough of us who really care.

Here is my wish list. I want Ralph Nader to be president and William Blum to become Secretary of State. I want Phil Donahue and Vladimir Posner to be given a new three-hour-long talk show. There is now an anchor position available at CBS. Could that job please go to Peter Mansbridge?

Santa, is there something that you can do about all of the war toys and violent video games? I am sure that you will not be putting any of them in children’s stockings.

Please help all of the homeless people. Give every one of them a warm house to live in. Could you please make sure that everyone has health care. If you don’t help, 18,000 people in the United States will die needlessly next year. A single payer system would be nice. Also a raise in the minimum wage would be big help. I know that you pay your elves a livable wage. While you are at it, could you please cancel all student loans?

The United States has harmed many people all around the world. It is very important that all of those who are victims of U.S. policies be paid reparations.

I really wish that when I wake up on Christmas morning, I will read in the newspaper that New England has seceded to Canada and that Texas has been given back to its rightful owner and is now, once again, part of Mexico. Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina should be given to the Iraqi people. We have contaminated their land with depleted uranium so we should give them some of our land that is not quite so contaminated. Of course, the rest of the country should be returned to the Native Americans.

Santa, please don’t believe anything bad that you have heard about me. I have been very good all year. In fact, I have been so good that when I was arrested, the police said that we were the nicest people that they had ever taken into custody. I promise that when I am arrested again next year, I will be just as polite to the policeman as I was this year.

Say, “Hello”, to Mrs. Claus and the elves for me.

Your friend,

Rosemarie

Rosemarie Jackowski is an advocacy journalist living in Vermont. She can be reached at dissent@sover.net.

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