Here's a gift that's sure to please (everyone but the recipients of the Hellfire missiles on the real thing). This teeny weeny Predator Drone will fit nicely in any of today's Ultra stretch Super sized Christmas Stockings.
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| Get yours today; they're disappearing off store shelves fast!!! |
Your child (or children; heck, get one for everybody) will squeal with joy at the site of this small scale model killing machine. Yes - It's "Your Adventure, Your Way." Just as the U.S. gets its way just about everywhere in the world (and where it doesn't it institutes "regime change") your child can have his or her (girls can pilot drones too) way. One can never be too young to learn the important lessons of Empire.
After all; that's what Christmas is all about - that cool story about Herod (and the empire over which he ruled), who saw the baby Jesus as a threat and wanted to murder him. And along the way he murdered his father-in-law, several of his ten wives and two of his sons. And if that wasn't enough, after being outwitted by those three wise men Herod ordered the slaughter of all boys two years old and younger in Bethlehem and its environs. Phew!!! Is this a story of unbridled ambition, fear, hatred and more??? What a reality show this would have been!
Herod ignored the laws of God to suit himself and chose the favor of Rome over his own people (I know; this is sounding really familiar). But hey - he was a skilled politician who knew how to get things done (to keep Rome at the top of the heap). Wow, does this story sound familiar???
Oh yeah, please excuse the impromptu history lesson. The point is that kids are never too young to be indoctrinated learn. As for the warning on the package that the Predator Drone is suitable for "ages 3+", I'll leave that decision up to you parents.
Peace on Earth (at least our little part of it).
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Editor's Note: But really folks, isn't it time to ditch the drones??? Are there not alternatives to violence and killing (in the name of National Security, Homeland Security, War on Terror)??? Is there not another way, and didn't the very person who is central to the Christmas story show us that way??? Isn't nonviolence the only way for those who claim to be Christians???
Drones are but one (major) manifestation of the violence that is becoming so deeply rooted in our society. We must begin to plant seeds of nonviolence and nurture them to build a nonviolent society (and world). Now is the time to begin, and drones are a concrete issue that we must address.
Please look up Drones Watch, a national coalition campaign to monitor and regulate drone use. There you can learn more about drones and take action for positive change. It's all about the world in which we want to live - one at genuine peace with justice, or one of perpetual war.
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