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Termyn8or -> Want bullshit ? Do not read this (7/4/2008 6:45:47 AM)
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I love my country, and that is exactly why I will not be celebrating.
I love my country, like an errant child, but like in that case, I believe it is time for tough love. We have become a communist society, but not so much through the government, but by the companies that own the government.
Personal resposibility is gone. Everything is almost gone. Rights are bestowed, not assumed. Priveleges are abound all over the place. Equal justice is never even mentioned. And our people are lazy and almost worthless.
And those of you want to tell me to love it or leave it can go fuck yourselves. I am not going anywhere. At least here I know the ropes, and that's been tried. When they gave half of Europe to Russia people left it, and now THIS country is fucked up.
I speak as a patriot, a true one, not the flag waving kind. I have never recited the pledge of allegiance in it's entirety because is says to the flag. The flag is a rag. It is our national spirit and collective conciousness, coupled with our rugged individualism that makes (made) this country great. These things are gone now.
I shall explain.
When you wanted a $140,000 quad bypass for free, you GAVE them the right to ban trans fat in New York.
When you wanted to be fixed up for ten or twenty grand after finding out that you do not know how to drive safely, you GAVE them the right to make seatbelt laws.
When you wanted your house fixed for free after a fire, you GAVE them the right to inspect your wiring.
When you wanted to retire you GAVE them the right to make a deduction on your paycheck.
Are you getting my drift here ? If I have to pay when you have a car wreck, I want you not to drive if you are incapable. If I have to pay for your quadruple bypass operation I want control over what you eat. It is only right. Would you take a small personal fortune and insure Evil Knevil ? What are you kidding me ?
So don't come crying to me about all the rights you have lost, you have given them up freely.
And you know something ? Up until the last few years I heard fireworks for two weeks at least befor the fourth of July, and for a few days after. In the last week I have heard one, and only one small firecracker go off. Maybe others are coming around. Independence day my ass, Jay Leno had it right maybe, In Depends day. We all need protection.
This is sickening to me. I will celebrate. I will wash a load of clothes, get out a frying pan and fry me up a burger, and sit here and drink and smoke. I'll surf the net, who knows I might even do something work related online. Maybe I'll wash some blankets and pillowcases.
When I see the spirit of this country that I remember return, I will be by your side, blowing off bottle rockets right from my hand like I used to and spending hundreds on fireworks. But until then I see no reason to celebrate.
Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of opportunity in the US, but US citizens don't know how to use it. Immigrants come here and do well, but we can't for some reason. Can someone explain that ? Actually I can but I won't right now.
The fact is, anyone who has an inkling of a notion of how this country is supposed to be has nothing whatsoever to celebrate.
Go ahead and tell me of your patriotism. "Well we went and bought a new plasma TV and a grill, and my Husband is out there right now cooking Johnsonville Brats on it because we coudn't afford steaks".
Lay it on me. Flame me even, I kinda expect it. I don't expect this post to be well recieved, just try to be polite. Tell me to fuck off, tell me I am an asshole, just don't use the words outright. Just DO NOT tell me to love it or leave it. That is to tell me that how fucked up it is that we cannot change, we cannot pull ourselves out of the mess we have gotten into and that there is no hope. I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT.
You got kids and going to have a party ? Get out a fucking book or find something interesting about this country to relate to them. It is not all hotdogs, slide rides and firecrackers. There is supposed to be a spirit here, and it is GONE. Perhaps it can be rekindled, but not if nobody tries.
Like Christmas, what I said about letting the kids think they got nothing. You think you just do that ? Even though I am not a Christian, if I had kids on Christmas day I would explain what it is, and probably find some stories about Jesus to tell them. He was a great Man, of that there is no doubt, but his purpose in life was not to increase retail fucking sales !
Likewise with Independence day, I would orchestrate a situation by with the kids would find out something, anything, about the origins of this country and how it all came about.
On Easter I would do something similar, it wouldn't be an egg hunt. I would tell them that the Jews and I do not believe that there was a resurrection, that Joshua bar Joseph was one of the baddest mofos on the planet and they only thought he was dead. Took him probably a day to recoup, and another couple to get out of the cave. Then he went traveling. It would not be wise to be sticking around when you are supposed to be dead. And he had the smarts not to go see all his old friends and family, just git.
Thanksgiving, now that is a problem for me because it synbolizes what we are, and etches into my mind that we have been nasty for a long time. Thankgiving is a celebration of a feast that the settlers had with the natives of this country. It symbolizes what our friendship means, because the Native American welcomed the White settlers with open arms, taught them how to survive here and helped them in many ways.
Never do that, look what happened. Attempted genocide, sabotage like giving them blankets they knew were infested with a deadly disease. Taught them how to scalp, originally it was the White man who paid for scalps, like pelts. Let Thanksgiving symbolize what it means to be our friend. You give all that we want to take. Period. You get nothing.
You may see this all as negative, in fact I do. I welcome anyone to refute it though. Tell me something, something good. Anything good.
Can you ?
T
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