Jon Nadleberg has a great analogy that directly links the actions of George Bush with those of the very real Pirate Captains Walt Disney based his famous attraction on.
Not too many people are aware of the background of the auction section of Pirates of the Caribbean. In this scene, the captain of the ship has gathered the women of the town together and is selling them off to the crew of the pirate ship.
This is based on what actually used to happen with clever sea captains. Back then, the captain would get an equal share of the loot stolen from the city as just another member of the crew. In this manner all would seem fair to the crew who only followed the captain so long as the captain did right by them.
That's a pretty good analogy for democracy, btw. It's well past time for us to find a new captain.
However, the captain did get other spoils, such as the town’s women while the crew may have gotten the town's liquor. A wily sea captain would then be able to get back much of the loot shared between himself and the crew by selling these desired items back to the drunken crew. In this part of the ride, the captain has handed the treasure to the crew with one hand, and is now taking it back with another.
As Jon points out, this is exactly what George Bush and his partners in crime are doing with the unjustified war of agression against the Middle East. Even worse, the stimulus checks are just another play in the Pirate handbook.
what has this to do with the stimulus checks? As mentioned, they want you to spend your money. What does that mean? It means you are going to cash the check, take the money, and go to a store and buy things. The money will be going to corporations such as Exxon who will take that cash and make themselves richer for it. It certainly is not going to be lining the pockets of individual members of the public. With gasoline prices going to four bucks a gallon and rising, this stimulus money will very nicely help people fill their tanks a few times. This money is not going to the people; it is going to Exxon, Walmart, and other similar giga-corporations at the expense of our nation.
So how to keep our money out of the hands of those Pirates and Profiteers? Use it to put the good guys in office. Use it to support a charity that will make a big difference in turning around this sad state of affairs. Use it to buy solar panels or windmills and reduce our dependency on oil.
Please chime in below with your own suggestions on how to keep our money, the stimulus checks, out of the Pirate Kings hands.