Give YOUR Employee — George W. Bush — His Performance Appraisal

With all the powercrazed steamrolling behavior of our megalomaniac “leaders,” it’s hard to remember that THEY work for US. We The People elected them to their positions (supposedly) and their bloated salaries come from our tax dollars.

So, how do you think George W. Bush is doing? Click here and give YOUR employee his Performance Appraisal.

The text in this e-mail is specifically about labor issues — how Bush has helped (or not helped) working people — since Labor Day is approaching. But you can add your own text to the message, so let him have it with both barrels (figuratively speaking!).

WARNING: Your message will actually go to the White House. When I sent mine I got an instant boilerplate response, something like “the president doesn’t have time to personally read each e-mail, but thank you for contacting the White House.” So don’t make your message too profane or threatening, lest you find yourself in a secret prison in Uzbekistan.

Good News From Pakistan

The tribal region of Northern Pakistan has long been a sanctuary for Islamic terrorists. This area has been suspected of harboring Osama bin Laden. But lately the local tribesmen have been turning against foreign terrorists operating in their country.

About fifty Islamic militants — mostly from Uzbekistan and Chechnya — were killed earlier today in clashes with native Pakistanis. A Pakistani official said all together about 177 foreign militants have been killed by locals since last week.

The Pakistani government has been unsuccessful in getting rid of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, especially in the tribal regions. But lately the government has been signing treaties with some of the tribes, hoping to drive a wedge between the tribesmen and foreign terrorists. This approach seems to be working.

The latest battle started when a terrorist group tried to forcibly recruit students from a local tribal school.

Now THIS is the way to fight the Global War On Terror. Persuasion. Capturing the hearts and minds of millions of people, village by village, tribe by tribe. It beats the shit out of alienating the rest of the world by bombing, invading and occupying.

Afghanistan and the tribal regions of Pakistan have never been conquered by an outside army. The Soviet Union in the 1980s and England in the early 1900s are the most recent would-be conquerors to get their asses kicked. Now it’s al Qaeda’s turn.