My Piece
Matt LeBlanc (1-2-02)

So the United States' war of aggression against Afghanistan continues. Most recently, the United States has bombed a convoy of supporters of the new coalition government, killing 57. This is disturbing and counterproductive. If someone wants to explain the point of bombing supporters of the new government please drop me a line. In my opinion, the United States should be supporting this new, free, democratic government, not working to destroy it. Of course, the rest of the world did not let the United States install a pro-US murdurous dictator this time, unlike in Central and Southern America, and South Vietnam. Given this, I guess W. Bush and his Cabinet buddies have some reason to be a little upset. I think to combat this, the United States should invite Afghanistan to join our Union. We have destroyed their state and killed between 2,700 and 5,000 of their people. (Interesting how we keep hearing about the World Trade Center death toll, but not once from a major network has anyone heard the Afghanistan death toll.) It is the least we can do to help boost their economy, and raise them from that third-world standing we have labeled them with. Let's face it, if Wyoming and Montana weren't part of the Union, they would be considered third-world. Plus, no matter which state the worlds self-proclaimed police force, the US, picks out of a hat to attack next to keep W's ratings up (it looks like they might have drawn Somalia's name, stay tuned), the US will have one of their own states in the area which means no more barganig with these Saudi Sheiks. Also, admitting Afghanistan as the 51st state would surly boost the economy, because 103 million people who have either stuck United States flags on their vehicles or put one on their house, would have to by a new one with 51 stars on it. Goodbye Recession.