By John W. Lillpop

Why is it that those who preach that “our diversity is our greatest strength” the loudest are often the least tolerant and the most non-inclusive?

A perfect example is the endless and mindless controversy over the Confederate Flag that reared it’s ugly head in Bloomington, Minnesota this week.

Specifically, three seniors at John F. Kennedy High School were suspended and restricted from the diploma ceremony because they were “carrying and waving” Confederate flags.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5005519&page=1

Rick Kaufman, a spokesman for the Bloomington Public School district, actually said the following while attempting to justify the suspension of the students:

“We believe - and have communicated with students - that the Confederate flag represents hatred, bigotry, intolerance, slavery, civil rights issues and discrimination.”

Why is it not a federal crime for any educator to deliver such a bigoted, intolerant, and hateful message to young students? Kaufman clearly does have any appreciation of free speech or tolerance.

And he certainly has zero understanding of America’s South.

America has fought many foreign enemies over the life of this republic, including Japan and Germany in World War 11.

But in 2008, the Japanese are an important ally of America, and Americans no longer discriminate against Japan because of December 7, 1941 and Pearl Harbor.

Likewise Germany, where America works in partnership with our German friends, notwithstanding the Holocaust and other atrocities from Hitler’s reign.

Over the past few years, Americans have seen foreigners (illegal aliens)take over our streets whilst flying the flag of Mexico in order to demand non-existent rights.

How is it that some Americans can forgive and forget when it comes to foreign enemies, but cannot tolerate the flying of the Confederate Flag by our Southern brethren?

To many, the Confederate Flag represents a slower pace of life, pretty belles with charming Southern drawls, down home folks who are honest, open and friendly, blistering hot summers, baseball, car racing, and Southern fried chicken.

When I see the Confederate Flag, I think of country music, eating watermelon and BBQed steak in the back yard in July, fighting off mosquitoes bigger than most dogs, swimming in creeks, and the soothing, reassuring melody orchestrated by country crickets.

Best of all, the Confederate Flag conjures up images of tranquil and serene Southern churches, black congregations being among the most colorful and spiritual.

It is true that many African-Americans see only “hatred, bigotry, intolerance, slavery, civil rights issues and discrimination” in the Confederate Flag.

To such people, one bit of advice seems appropriate: Get over it and give diversity a chance!

By John W. Lillpop

How utterly clever and gracious of arrogant oafs in Washington to “gift” American taxpayers with a pittance of the funds previously pinched from we the people by a federal government that should be in foreclosure because of fiduciary neglect wrought by wholesale corruption and incompetence.

People who should know better are making a big deal over the fact that W and fellow conspirators in Congress are sending out checks of $1,200, $600, or some lesser amount arbitrarily determined by IRS scientists using a table of random numbers to assure fair and balanced pandering to the unwashed masses.

Taxpayers at least as bright as a trellis of decayed zucchini will immediately realize that not a damn penny of that $1,200 was earned by the federal government, or any of its many affiliated contractors, subcontractors, or other whores on the public trough.

No goofy liberal in Congress or demented conservative in the White House is doing you any favors!

It’s your money, brothers and sisters!

And just where will Dubya and Congress get the dough to send we the unwashed so that we might “stimulate” the depressed economy created by these knot headed servants of the people?

As the old adage goes, “What goes around, comes around!” and that is clearly the case when it comes to windfall rebate checks.

Here is how it works:

Experts in Dubyanomics and other voodoo science decide that $20 billion dollars is urgently needed in the hands of the American public, as soon as possible.

To get the ball rolling, IRS launches a $5 billion advertising campaign just to let taxpayers know that our federal father figure will be sending out $20 billion, via the US Postal Service.

IRS economists cleverly calculate that about 30 percent of the rebate envelopes will be lost by the Post Office, thereby saving the nation billions in unredeemed treasury checks!

Even so, IRS administrative costs for processing the rebates add about $10 billion to the tab, so the total cost is now about $35 billion, sans rebates lost in the U.S. mail.

Now where in Hades will Dubya, Congress, and IRS come up with $35 billion?

This problem is particularly vexing since the national debt is already measured in trillions of dollars, thanks in no small part to Dubyanomics and six years of Congress in the hands of complicit conservatives.

Americans caught in the throes of credit card hell will immediately connect with the following solution: When unable to meet a current commitment, simply borrow some cash from Credit Card A and use that cash to make the minimum required payment on Credit Card B.

Sounds familiar, right?

Yes, of course, the result is greater debt and more interest obligations and less responsible stewardship of financial resources.

But that is precisely what happens when Uncle Sam sends you a “stimulus” check.

Rather than sending taxpayers a sack of what really amounts to “Fools Gold” from your grandchildren and their grandchildren, our federal fathers should enact deeper tax cuts and withhold less money from the paychecks of working Americans.

Washington needs to stop taking so damn much in taxes and stop wasting hundreds of billions on illegal aliens and other nonsense!

The only stimulus that America needs is for our federal father figures to get the hell out of the way of hard working, enterprising middle class citizens!