[Presos] Bush Said... And I Say...

[Revolu Chon]

BUSH SAID... AND I SAY...





DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2000, GEORGE W. BUSH SAID HE WOULD 
"LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND". wELL MR. BUSH, WITH ALL DU RESPECT, YOU HAVE LEFT 
MANY CHILDREN BEHIND. YOU HAVE LEFT THEM SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES BEHIND AS YOU 
PUSH FOR MILITARY CONQUEST IN FOREIGN LANDS THAT PROMISES THE BIG PAY DAY IN 
OIL AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES VITAL TO BIG BUSINESS AND CAPITALISM.

YOU HAVE LEFT CHILDREN BEHIND WITH YOUR NEW TAX-CUTS, WHICH WILL NOT BENEFIT 
THOSE WHO ARE MAKING BELOW POVERTY WAGES, THUS CAUSING THE CHILDREN OF 
POVERTY TO BE PUSHED FURTHER BACK.

YOU HAVE SAID HOW THE NATIONS CHILDREN IS OUR MOST PRECIOUS AND VITAL 
RESOURCE, BUT WHEN A MOTHER CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY HER CHILD NEW CLOTHES AND 
MUST GO TO THE THRIFT STORE AND BARELY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FEED THEM, WHAT 
IMPORTANCE DO YOU PLACE ON THIS PRECIOUS AND VITAL RESOURCE? AND HOW FAR 
BEHIND ARE THOSE CHILDREN THAT YOU PROMISED NOT TO LEAVE BEHIND, MR. BUSH?

WITH THE GROWING NUMBERS OF EXTREMELY POOR BLACK CHILDREN, WHICH IS AT ITS 
HIGHEST LEVEL IN 22 OR 23 YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND, 
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY YOUR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER DAY EXPENDITURES FOR 
MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES?

THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND REPORTED THAT NEARLY ONE MILLION BLACK CHILDREN 
IN 2001 LIVED IN A FAMILY WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF LESS THAN HALD THE 
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (DISPOSABLE INCOME BELOW $7,064 FOR A FAMILY OF THREE, 
INCLUDING FOOD AND HOUSING BENEFITS).

oVER ONE MILLION BLACK CHILDREN ARE LEFT BEHIND IN EXTREME POVERTY, 
ACCORDING TO CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND PRESIDENT MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN.

I SAY THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NEVER BEEN CONCERNED FOR THE POOR. NOT 
EVEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S REPUBLICAN PARTY CARED ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF POOR 
BLACK CHILDREN, OR ELSE HE WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD THE BORDERING SLAVE STATES 
(DURING THE CIVIL WAR) THAT THEY COULD KEEP THEIR SLAVES AS LONG AS THEY DID 
NOT FIGHT AGAINST THE UNION.

I SAY THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM (REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT) ARE BOTH THE SAME, ONLY 
DIFFERENCE IS ONE IS MORE OPEN WITH THEIR AGENDA WHILE THE OTHER IS MORE 
COVERT- BUT THE END RESULTS ARE USUALLY THE SAME.

I SAY WE OUGHT TO STOP BELIEVING IN CAMPAIGN SLOGANS AND SPEECHES AND BEGIN 
TO DEVELOP OUR OWN STURCTURES, WAYS AND MEANS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 
SELVES.

I SAY IT IS HIGH- TIME THAT SO CALLED REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVISTS FOR SOCIAL 
JUSTICE TAKE A STRONGER STAND AND BEGIN TACKLING THESE VERY REAL ISSUES AND 
NOT OVERLOOK THEM BECAUSE YOUR FOCUR IS OUTREACHED ON GLOBAL MATTERS, WHILE 
NEGLECTING THE MORE IMMINENT NEEDS DOMESCTICALLY.

I SAY TO THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVISTS THAT, IF YOU CAN SPEND THE TYPE OF 
MONEY IT TAKES TO ORGANIZE RALLIES AND HUGE DEMONSTRATIONS- WHY NOT USE THAT 
MONEY TO HELP OUR POVERTY - STRICKEN CHILDREN? CHILDREN OF ALL RACES, 
NATIONALITIES AND ETHNICITY. WHY NOT LOBBY FOR THEM?

I SAY WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM SIMPLY GIVING WORKSHOPS AND 
TALKS ON SUBJECT MATTERS THAT DO NOT CONCRETELY INCLUDE THE NEEDS OF 
CHILDREN AT ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL.

ALL THE PARADES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND RALLIES, ROCK AND BOTTLE THROWING, OR 
THE TRASHING OF POLICE CARS WILL NOT HELP FEED A HUNGRY CHILD, OR GIVE HTAT 
CHILD SHELTER, A BALANCED DIET AND HEALTH CARE NEEDS.

WE KNOW BUSH HAS LEFT CHILDREN BEHIND. WE KNOW BUSH HAS LIED TO US (AS ALL 
THE PREVIOUS POLITICIANS HAVE DONE) TO BE ELECTED INTO OFFICE- SO WHY NOT 
FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON DOING FOR THE "LEFT BEHIND" CHILD RATHER THAN 
CONTINUE TO SEEK HANDOUTS AND FAVORS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH NO LONGER 
MEANS YOU AND I, BUT THE BILLIONAIRES AND MULTI-MILLIONAIRES WHO CONTROL THE 
COURSE OF DIRECTION FOR CAREER POLITICIANS, WHO'VE BECOME THE "GOVERNMENT", 
ALONG WITH BIG CORPORATIONS, THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND THE PRISON 
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO DISMANTLE PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START AND 
BLOCK-GRANT MEDICAID, AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

THOUGH THERE IS RESEARCH THAT SUGGEST THAT OVERALL POVERTY HAS DECLINED 
AMONG BLACK CHILDREN, THIS RESEARCH HAS NOT HIGHLIGHTED THE CONDITION ON THE 
RECORD-BREAKING INCREASE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. EXTREME POVERTY.

WHILE BUSH HAS THE MILITARY SO-CALLED "LIBERATING IRAQ" AND PREVIOUSLY 
CLAIMED TO HAVE "LIBERATED AFGHANISTAN" FROM WHAT HE CALLED AN "AXIS OF 
EVIL", THEN WHY AREN'T CHILDREN BEING LIBERATED HERE IN AMERIKKKA FROM THE 
POLITICAL RHETORIC OF MASS DESTRUCTION WHICH KEEPS THEM DESPERATELY IN NEED 
AND WITHOUT VITAL NECESSITIES?

THE TIME IS NOW THAT WE FOCUS MORE ATTENTION TO THIS NATIONAL AND 
INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM, RATHER THAN, IGNORE THESE GRIM FACTS IN ORDER TO 
PROTEST OTHER ISSUES WHILE CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY.


jUNE 4, 2003             aLI kHALID aBDULLAH #148130 / 16770 S. WATERTOWER 
DRIVE /
                                                                             
   KINCHELOE, MI 49788 U$A


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