The Houston Chronicle just published a story about the proposed Botox tax, or Botax. I scooped them months ago, so I thought I’d re-post my blog to prove that I’m a visionary –  a visionary who’s too hung over and lazy today to come up with a new blog.

It takes a cause near and dear to my heart to stir up political activism, and I’ve been stirred to my very core. The U.S. Senate and Finance Committee is discussing a 10% tax on cosmetic surgery. We’re talking nose jobs, Botox, tummy tucks, lipo, boob jobs and even teeth whitening. Dr. Malcolm Roth, a plastic surgeon in NY, said it best when he said it "would be a discriminatory tax against women, since 86 percent of patients are female” Testify Dr. Roth! This tax is aimed at ladies because society demands youth and beauty in order to obtain and to keep a job, and -- to get laid. Listen up U.S. government, don’t be afraid of the Italian mafia, or the Russian mafia, fear the labia mafia.

Women must band together and send an avalanche of emails to senator Max Baucus who proposed this bill at:

http://baucus.senate.gov/?p=contact

Feel free to copy and paste this well-crafted and semi-threatening letter.

To: Max Baucus chairman of the senate finance committee

Shame on you for proposing a tax on cosmetic procedures. Be warned, if this tax is implemented, all hell will break loose, and our country will have to resort to martial law. There’s no Green Beret or Navy Seal more dangerous than a woman denied her lip injections, she’ll kill you just as soon as look at you.

Sincerely,

Gratitude Cocktail Girl

If our email campaign doesn’t work, we’ll just have to find some activist judges to overturn this. You know Judge Judy would be first in line. One look at her and you know the girl loves her Botox. I’m grateful for political activism because it’s a way for me to express my opinion and help my less fortunate and more wrinkled sisters.

That’s why I’m grateful for political activism (pt. 2).