Maybe I had it wrong about the ribbon magnets

I've spilled many finger-taps on those ribbon magnets that have proliferated mostly on SUVs out in my neck of the woods; the ones that tell OTHER drivers, who aren't pumping quite as much cash into the pockets of the Saudis, to "Support Our Troops."

Maybe they aren't talking to other drivers at all. Maybe those ribbons are really a protest, directed to Our President, C-Plus Caligula himself, because of his cynical, cold-hearted policies like those outlined by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell today:

The governor of Pennsylvania on Saturday said the federal government must do a better job helping America's war veterans and criticized proposed budget cuts affecting them.

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He maintained that budget cuts include "a $350 million reduction in veterans home funding, which wipes out at least 5,000 veterans' nursing home beds."

"If the president's proposed budget cuts are enacted, nearly 60 percent of the 1,600 veterans will lose their daily stipend that allows them to stay in our state's nursing homes, literally forcing them out into the cold."

Vet co-payments for prescription drugs were tripled two years ago, Rendell said, and "now the president is proposing to again double those increased co-pays."

"In the midst of a war, when many new men and women will join the legion of veterans, does it really make sense for the president to increase the cost of vets' prescriptions by 100 percent?"

Rendell criticized a proposal calling for a $250 fee "to be paid by every vet wishing to participate in the Veterans Administration health care program. "

"There may well be some veterans who can afford to do so, but can all vets come up with an extra $250 a year to pay for health care? I doubt it."

He urged "every patriotic American" to contact their legislators and protest budget cuts for veteran services.

Just maybe the ribbon magnets are a protest against the Administraion.

Maybe.

Nah.