The Panda Bear had been tired over the weekend and was looking forward to a quiet night at home doing her dreaded home chores. Longstanding readers of the Panda Bear blog knows the thing in life the Panda Bear hates most is home chores. She was going to try an experiment to see if by doing more of these dreaded chores after work she could free up more of her weekends.
However, then she received some e-mails from groups in the United States who oppose the war in Afghanistan. The Panda Bear has come to believe that the most important political issue in the US is ending the war in Afghanistan. People are being killed and lives are being ruined. Furthermore, it is a drain on our resources which are already in short supply.
The first e-mail came from United for Jobs and Justice asking the people to call or write President Obama asking him to end the war in Afghanistan. The Panda Bear went to the White House website where it said President Obama was committed to the most transparent administration in the history or the US. The Panda Bear then e-mailed the President:
I am writing to request that you end the war in
Afghanistan. Too many Americans and
Afghans have died in this war. President
Karzai is not a trusted partner and has been highly critical of the U.S. We have many problems at home and need to
put our efforts here. Our greatest
recent security threats have been internal not external.
The US should not make the same mistakes as the British and
the Russian have made in Afghanistan and get bogged down into an never ending war
in Afghanistan. Our country is in
crisis now. We need to put our own
money and resources here.
Sincerely,
Panda Bear, USA.
She requested a response from the White House.
The second e-mail was from Emergency USA asking supporters to contact their US representatives to cosponsor HR200 a bill that aims at withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan. The Panda Bear e-mailed her representative asking him to cosponsor this bill stating that the ending the war was the most important issue facing the US because it is a burden, people are getting killed and it serves no purpose. She also requested a response from her representative.
Readers of this blog will see how the supposedly democratic government of the US responds to the Panda Bear's exercising her rights and responsibilities of a US citizen.
In some of her volunteer projects she has advanced but not in her paid work. The Panda Bear has read to move ahead in one's career one needs to visualize success and rehearse it in one's mind. The Panda Bear prides herself on being a realist and finds it hard to dream about the future.
However recently the Panda Bear was at the movies(she only goes to the movies once a year). She saw the movie The Butler(which was good). Suddenly, the Panda Bear had a flash of inspiration. Wouldn't her life make a good movie? It would be the story of a humble office worker who by blogging at night changes the world. Is this not a popular theme for the movies about how an average person hits the big time?
She can see the movie now. The Panda Bear would be played by either Julia Roberts or Juliana Moore. They would show the Panda Bear in very average office job being criticized by Ms. Patronizing -and -Nit- Picky. Then the splashy theme song and the Panda Bear would be shown blogging night. The Panda Bear's messy apartment would be shown as a luxury townhouse with a few things out of place. The climax of the movie would be Ms. Patronizing -and -Nit- Picky finds out that the Panda Bear's harsh indictment of the corrupt oligarchs have made the Panda Bear loved and respected all over the world. Suddenly, Ms. Patronizing -and -Nit- Picky changes and becomes Ms. I-Know-How-To-Kiss-Up to the Panda Bear. The Panda Bear is not fooled but is happy enough her new success to be forgiving to all.
Sigh....Time to awake from her dream. The Panda Bear needs to get ready for work tomorrow and face her average and humble job.
One morning you will walk up to your supervisor's desk and hand her a letter of resignation because you have found another job, and she will be shocked!
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