Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Robin Williams' Plan (Not!)
1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those "good ole boys", we will never "interfere" again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we'll go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of know that what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.
11) The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we'll go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of know that what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.
11) The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...
# posted by Grant Jones @ 3:59 PM 
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#8, #9, and #11 have the right spirit. The rest are typical anti-immigration conservative nonsense with the myth of "energy independence" thrown in. Also, the Leftist / Libertarian "non-interventionism" of #1. I googled this up and I see posts indicating that this is considered "South Park Conservatism". More reasons why I am not a conservative. Robbin Williams is a comedic genius. I enjoy him for that. For political (and philosophical) solutions I'd rather look to the Ayn Rand Institute.
This reminds me much of a similar list attributed to George Carlin which circulated widely a few years ago. I find it hard to believe that this list comes from Mork.
I fail to see how wanting the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN is "anti-immigration," anymore than insisting immigrants learn English. How is not assuming endless rescue missions "anti-immigration?"
I didn't think Williams wrote this, but that is how it was sent to me so I posted it as is.
I didn't think Williams wrote this, but that is how it was sent to me so I posted it as is.
So, you're fine with perpetuating an error, in spite of evidence to the contrary? What a libertarian!
If I got sensitive every time an entry went uncommented, I'd have given up blogging for therapy years ago....
But now that you mention it, it's cute.
But now that you mention it, it's cute.
I agreed with #9 about the UN. #2 has that "fortress America" conservative mentality to it. #3 is anti-immigrant conservative nonsense; stressing the non-fundamental "illegal" vs "legal" immigrants. Typical conservative anti-intellectuality. Actually come to think of it, #4 and #5 are valid during wartime, if only the US would officially declare war. But after reading it again I like their spirit too.
So the good: 4,5,8,9,11
the bad: 1,3,6,8
#2 is mixed. Yes we should withdraw our troops from altruistic assignments around the world but we shouldn't militarize the southern border. "Fortress America" wont work and is an expression of a deffensive mentality; ultimately an expression of weakness.
I like the anti-Saudi spirit of #7 but it is economically ignorant. Oil is a fungable good.
#10 is stupid.
#11 should apply to all government functions. But there is a typical anti-immigrant conservative sentiment to it. At root I think it is racist although I admit it is not shared by all conservatives.
So the good: 4,5,8,9,11
the bad: 1,3,6,8
#2 is mixed. Yes we should withdraw our troops from altruistic assignments around the world but we shouldn't militarize the southern border. "Fortress America" wont work and is an expression of a deffensive mentality; ultimately an expression of weakness.
I like the anti-Saudi spirit of #7 but it is economically ignorant. Oil is a fungable good.
#10 is stupid.
#11 should apply to all government functions. But there is a typical anti-immigrant conservative sentiment to it. At root I think it is racist although I admit it is not shared by all conservatives.
For those of you that belive #3 is anti-immigrant conservative nonsense I would like you to think on this "Ask the american Indians what happens when you DON'T control or put a stop to immigration"
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