My friend Carol in Vermont sent me this. I offer it to you to print out and hand to your crazy Uncle who claims that government does nothing and we’d be better off without it.

Do not use Medicare.

Do not use Social Security

Do not become a member of the US military, who are paid with tax dollars.

Do not ask the National Guard to help you after a disaster.

Do not call 911 when you get hurt.

Do not call the police to stop intruders in your home.

Do not summon the fire department to save your burning home.

Do not drive on any paved road, highway, and interstate or drive on any bridge.

Do not use public restrooms.

Do not send your kids to public schools.

Do not put your trash out for city garbage collectors.

Do not live in areas with clean air.

Do not drink clean water.

Do not visit National Parks.

Do not visit public museums, zoos, and monuments.

Do not eat or use FDA inspected food and medicines.

Do not bring your kids to public playgrounds.

Do not walk or run on sidewalks.

Do not use public recreational facilities such as basketball and tennis courts.

Do not seek shelter facilities or food in soup kitchens when you are homeless and hungry.

Do not apply for educational or job training assistance when you lose your job.

Do not apply for food stamps when you can’t feed your children.

Do not use the judiciary system for any reason.

Do not ask for an attorney when you are arrested and do not ask for one to be assigned to you by the court.

Do not apply for any Pell Grants.

Do not use cures that were discovered by labs using federal dollars.

Do not fly on federally regulated airplanes.

Do not use any product that can trace its development back to NASA.

Do not watch the weather provided by the National Weather Service.

Do not listen to severe weather warnings from the National Weather Service.

Do not listen to tsunami, hurricane, or earthquake alert systems.

Do not apply for federal housing.

Do not use the internet, which was developed by the military.

Do not swim in clean rivers.

Do not allow your child to eat school lunches or breakfasts.

Do not ask for FEMA assistance when everything you own gets wiped out by disaster.

Do not ask the military to defend your life and home in the event of a foreign invasion.

Do not use your cell phone or home telephone.

Do not buy firearms that wouldn’t have been developed without the support of the US Government and military. That includes most of them.

Do not eat USDA inspected produce and meat.

Do not apply for government grants to start your own business.

Do not apply to win a government contract.

Do not buy any vehicle that has been inspected by government safety agencies.

Do not buy any product that is protected from poisons, toxins, etc…by the Consumer Protection Agency.

Do not save your money in a bank that is FDIC insured.

Do not use Veterans benefits or military health care.

Do not use the G.I. Bill to go to college.

Do not apply for unemployment benefits.

Do not use any electricity from companies regulated by the Department of Energy.

Do not live in homes that are built to code.

Do not run for public office. Politicians are paid with taxpayer dollars.

Do not ask for help from the FBI, S.W.A.T, the bomb squad, Homeland Security, State troopers, etc…

Do not apply for any government job whatsoever as all state and federal employees are paid with tax dollars.

Do not use public libraries.

Do not use the US Postal Service.

Do not visit the National Archives.

Do not visit Presidential Libraries.

Do not use airports that are secured by the federal government.

Do not apply for loans from any bank that is FDIC insured.

Do not ask the government to help you clean up after a tornado.

Do not ask the Department of Agriculture to provide a subsidy to help you run your farm.

Do not take walks in National Forests.

Do not ask for taxpayer dollars for your oil company.

Do not ask the federal government to bail your company out during recessions.

Do not seek medical care from places that use federal dollars.

Do not use Medicaid.

Do not use WIC.

Do not use electricity generated by Hoover Dam.

Do not use electricity or any service provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Do not ask the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild levees when they break.

Do not let the Coast Guard save you from drowning when your boat capsizes at sea.

Do not ask the government to help evacuate you when all hell breaks loose in the country you are in.

Do not visit historic landmarks.

Do not visit fisheries.

Do not expect to see animals that are federally protected because of the Endangered Species List.

Do not expect plows to clear roads of snow and ice so your kids can go to school and so you can get to work.

Do not hunt or camp on federal land.

Do not work anywhere that has a safe workplace because of government regulations.

Do not use public transportation.

Do not drink water from public water fountains.

Do not whine when someone copies your work and sells it as their own. Government enforces copyright laws.

Do not expect to own your home, car, or boat. Government organizes and keeps all titles.

Do not expect convicted felons to remain off the streets.

Do not eat in restaurants that are regulated by food quality and safety standards.

Do not seek help from the US Embassy if you need assistance in a foreign nation.

Do not apply for a passport to travel outside of the United States.

Do not apply for a patent when you invent something.

Do not adopt a child through your local, state, or federal governments. 89.Do not use elevators that have been inspected by federal or state safety regulators.

Do not use any resource that was discovered by the USGS.

Do not ask for energy assistance from the government.

Do not move to any other developed nation, because the taxes are much higher.

Do not go to a beach that is kept clean by the state.

Do not use money printed by the US Treasury.

Do not complain when millions more illegal immigrants cross the border because there are no more border patrol agents.

Do not attend a state university.

Do not see any doctor that is licensed through the state.

Do not use any water from municipal water systems.

Do not complain when diseases and viruses, that were once fought around the globe by the US government and CDC, reach your house.

Do not work for any company that is required to pay its workers a livable wage, provide them sick days, vacation days, and benefits.

Do not expect to be able to vote on election days. Government provides voting booths, election day officials, and voting machines which are paid for with taxes.

Do not ride trains. The railroad was built with government financial assistance.

The fact is, we pay for the lifestyle we expect. Without taxes, our lifestyles would be totally different and much harder. America would be a third world country. The less we pay, the less we get in return. Americans pay less taxes today since 1958 and is ranked 32nd out of 34 of the top tax paying countries. Chile and Mexico are 33rd and 34th. The Republicans are lying when they say that we pay the highest taxes in the world and are only attacking taxes to reward corporations and the wealthy and to weaken our infrastructure and way of life. So next time you object to paying taxes or fight to abolish taxes for corporations and the wealthy, keep this quote in mind…
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Michele Bachmann now has her own Super-PAC, where she can raise as much money as she pleases and doesn’t have to tell where it comes from.

You’d have to need to be watered twice a week not to think this is an attack-Perry PAC.

To make matters even funner the guy running this Super PAC is a former Jesse Helms staffer, so the ads will be vicious.

I am of the belief that either Perry or Bachmann can call the flying monkeys, my pretty, so watch for primate poop.

Okay, Guys, one more day without 3G on this trip. However, I need your help with something pretty important. My friend Steve, who is an amazing writer, sent me this email —

TN’s Lt. Governor has come out in support of Perry for Pres. sending out an email on the state email service with things like this in it: Click here to see it all.

“Even Gov. Perry’s detractors concede that the economic success of Texas throughout the Obama Recession has been nothing short of miraculous,” stated Ramsey. “Slice the numbers anyway you like, Gov. Perry’s record in Texas doesn’t lie. I’m eager to see Gov Perry’s Texas recipe for economic growth served up to the entire nation.”

That doesn’t jive with what little I know but could you help me with some direction and specifics?

Steve

I have faith that you guys can help Steve and save Tennessee from Rick Perry.

Sic ’em.

I’ll be gosh-darned if I’ll let Grover Norquist outmean me!

Norquist hammered home his message: “Republican elected officials who vote for a tax increase are rat heads in a Coke bottle!” (Rats enjoy a special place in Norquist’s ideological imagery: Back during Bill Clinton’s presidency in the mid-1990s, ATR’s office mascot was a pet boa constrictor named Lysander Spooner, after a 19th-century tax-hating anarchist. Every week Norquist and his employees conducted a ritual sacrifice of a live jumbo white rat; just before dropping the piteous creature into the ravenous snake’s cage, they’d name it for a prominent Democrat.)

If you guys thought Dick Cheney was a Sith Lord, read this article and prepare to meet the Devil Sith Lord Vlad the Impaler.

Last night, the Fort Bend Independent School District appointed itself a new board member:  Cynthia Lenton-Gary.

This would not be newsworthy except for the fact that Ms. Lenton-Gary has run for the school board before and got whipped so badly that her grandchildren will be born shaking.  She also ran for Mayor of Missouri City last year and got beat like a tom-tom on tom-tom day by a nationally ranked tom-tom beater.

I’ve had a few run-in with Ms. Lenton-Scary myself because she’s joyfully dumb.  She is so lazy that we have to put out stakes to see if she’s moving at all.  But, Lord, she loves titles.  She will do anything if you give her a title, and if you have a crown she can wear, she’ll kiss your patootie.

Ms. Lenton-Gary has lost every race where she’s had an opponent.  That should tell you something.

So she got herself appointed to the school board.

Poor damn kids.

So how come nobody told me that Tom DeLay was backstage at the Rick Perry Hallelujahthon?

Well, I should have known.  There were cameras.  There were people who might buy his book.  There was an opportunity to be seen praying the loudest.  That, my friends, is a made-for-Tom-DeLay event.

He was there, rewriting history.

You can go see the video for yourself and see his maniacal laughter like Snidely Whiplash strapping Miss Nell to the railroad  tracks.

FANG: Regardless of the current leadership of Congress in the House, how do you think Congress should proceed in general as the C.R. runs out next month? There could be a government shut down–

DELAY: They’re going to face another shut down. And hopefully this time they’ll let it shut down until they get what they want. Everyone points to the shut down we had in ’95 and says it was a horrible thing. The horrible thing was when Bob Dole walked out on the Senate floor on Sunday afternoon and re-opened the government. Including in President Clinton’s own book, that if we’d had held out for one more day, we’d have won. […]

FANG: Were you praying today for reducing the size of government even if it comes to a government shut down?

DELAY: I’m always praying for reducing the size of government!

Well, Sugarcakes, you ought to be praying that your sweet patootie doesn’t spend 3 years in the Texas Department of Corrections after your appeal is over.

Where is Dudley Doright now that we really need him?