Letters to the Editor

Kennebunkport Hillbilly

Editor's Note: We received this wonderful little ditty through an on-line
reader that forwarded this via e-mail.  Like any timeless song, it pretty
much 'says it all'.

Sing this to the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies theme  song.

Come and
listen to my story 'bout a boy named  Bush.
His IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
He drank  like a fish while he drove all about.
But that didn't
matter 'cuz his  daddy bailed him out.
DUI, that is.
Criminal  record.
Cover-up.

Well, the first thing you know little  Georgie goes to Yale.
He can't spell his name but they never let him  fail.
He spends all his time hangin' out with student  folk.
And that's when he learns how to snort a line
of  coke.
Blow, that is.
White gold.
Nose  candy.

The next thing you know
there's a war in  Vietnam.
Kin folks say, "George, stay at home with  Mom."
Let the common people
get maimed and scarred.
We'll  buy you a spot in the Texas
Air Guard.
Cushy, that   is.
Country clubs.
Nose candy.

Twenty years later
George gets a little bored.
He trades in the booze, says that Jesus  is his
Lord.
He says, "Now the White House is the place I wanna  be."
So he calls his
daddy's friends and they call the  GOP.
Gun owners, that is.
Falwell.
Jesse Helms.

Come November 7, the election ran late.
Kin  folks say "Jeb, give the boy your state!"
"Don't let  those colored folks get into the polls."
So they put up  barricades so they couldn't punch their holes.
Chads, that  is.
Duval County.
Miami-Dade.

Before the votes  were counted five Supremes stepped in.
Told all the voters "Hey,  we want George to win."
"Stop counting votes!" was
their solemn invocation.
And that's how George finally got his  coronation.

Rigged, that is.
Illegitimate.
No moral  authority.

Y'all come vote now.
Ya hear?

Paid for by the Katherine Harris Foundation
for  Corrective Plastic Surgery.
Memo to President Shrub:
Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

Hail to the Thief
If You Think We'll Forget
You're Out of Your Mind

Ashcroft's Mindset

Dear Review:

Is this the person we want as Chief Law Enforcer of the United States ?
This information comes from the book "Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From
Police Power to Police State."

Exhibit A in this book is Missouri -- Ashcroft's home state and legislation he
proposed. In the index: Ashcroft, John.  81-82, 84-85, 145. It reads:
"Under that legislation, if a teen were caught with a marijuana cigarette
in a shopping mall, the teen's entire family would be evicted from public
housing."
Ashcroft also demanded that driver's licenses be revoked if a person was
simply arrested on suspicion of using marijuana.  He said no trial should
be necessary; accusation by a police officer should be sufficient grounds
for punishment.

Ashcroft in 1992 would have converted a third misdemeanor marijuana
possession offense into a felony.

All this at a time when our country is supposed to start moving towards a
sane drug policy?

Sincerely,

Curtis List
Bridgeport

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