[This hit home as it has long seemed to us that GWB was not only a dry
drunk but abusive in his behavior - from blowing up frogs when he was a
teenager to blowing up countries as an adult.]

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Dear America

As a friend of the family I can't sit back and watch you do this to
yourself without saying something. Consider this a long distance
intervention. Your man is no good. He treats you like crap, lies to you,
abuses you, bullies you, exploits you, takes your money. As a friend I
want to tell you that you deserve better. You deserve a person that
treats you with respect, cares about your welfare, and your children's
welfare, but that's not George and it never will be.

Do you tell yourself that he'll stop, or that it won't get worse? He
won' t ever stop, every insult, injury and death he has caused are a line
that once crossed will never be uncrossed. Forget the dream. You will
never have the American dream with George. You have to forget about what
might have been, what George might have been, and realize that at the
end of the day you are what you do, and look at George's track record.

Notice how he's alienated all your friends? Who can blame them, they
can't understand why you stay with him when he treats you like shit and
embarrasses you in front of everybody. The more his public behavior
overshadows yours, The more doubt creeps over them, they wonder if they
knew you as well as they thought they did. You seem to have changed - if
you condone his behaviour - and your silence can create the impression
that you do. . .

Do you even recognise yourself anymore America? He is a drunken,
coke-addled loser and he always will be, you should kick him out of your
house today before he can destroy any more members of your family, your
history, your culture, before he decimates your bank account so
irretrievably that China and Saudi Arabia repossess all your stuff. . .

It all comes down to you, America. I know noone likes other people
passing comment on their relationships but this is an extreme situation.
You are in very real danger, he is hurting you everyday and he is
hurting us, your friends as well. But only you can make it stop. We are
all rooting for you, although we don't get to talk to you very often
anymore, because he cuts us off from you. We are on your side, we will
all be over the moon the day you finally kick him out. You know he
really should be thrown in jail for the things he has done to you. Him
and all of his gangster friends.

Please, please, do it America, you know I am right. If not for yourself
then do it for your brothers and sisters and children. Do it before he
kills any more of your family or anyone else's. We are all really
worried for your welfare.

Your friend,

Gail
12th Harmonic

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