Jim Hightower wants a political party for Christmas

if i could have my heart's desire realized, it would take care of my christmas wishes for years to come...

Dear Santa: There are so many toys I'd love to find under my tree this year! All kinds of new kitchen gizmos have caught my eye, and a bunch of CDs have caught my ear. Oh, I love gardening stuff, too. Plus, I hear there's a little robot that goes to the fridge and gets a beer for you -- could I have one of those? Pleeeeeze. There are so many things, and I know I can't be greedy and ask for them all, so I've been making a list of my very top favorites.

But last night as I was looking over my list ... I suddenly tore it up! Ripped the whole thing to bits and trashed it. I still like toys, mind you, but well, we live in a weird time, don't we Santa?

Even if I got everything on my list, by Christmas afternoon I'd be asking myself: Is that all there is? I don't mean I'd want more stuff. Stuff is the problem! Stuff is an insidious diversion, and it's so ... so ... so unsatisfying.

"stuff" is just and only that - "stuff..." i've leaned up on stuff to the extent that i have very little left... (i can hear my son at this very moment expostulating on the boxes i continue to store in his garage...!) but i came to the conclusion some years back that you don't "own" stuff, it "owns" you... anyway, back to jim...

As I wrote when Bush first began to run for president in 1999, "George W is an absolute corporate wet dream" and an ardent "practitioner of crony capitalism." Throughout their careers, BushCheney&Company have always been loyal corporate servants and always will be. That's why they were put there. Santa, here's the question people ask me everywhere I go: "Where the hell are the Democrats?"

With no strong national voice, Democratic officials in Congress now proclaim themselves to be the leaders and conscience of the party. God help us.

yes, indeed, jim, god help us...

So, Santa, bring me no stuff. Instead, the one and only thing I want is this: A REAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ALIVE AND KICKING!

all right, i can buy that... however... MY heart's desire is to see bush, his vp, and his entire damn cabinet RESIGN... and, barring that, i want the s.o.b. IMPEACHED...!

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