Oh, how I hate the Fourth of July. And Canada Day... and Dia de la Revolucion in Mexico. And any other day celebrating a nation state.
What an absolutely ridiculous concept, to celebrate your own enslavement.
As in most countries, the date chosen to celebrate your enslavement is usually the date when the nation state was founded or when it freed itself from the enslavement of another nation-state. In the case of the US, it broke free from the tyrannical rule of England in favor of a more local tyrannical rule.
Hilariously, now, Barack Obomba cowtows and proudly extends his video greetings to the UK royal family from which the US seceded, talking about what a "special relationship" the US and the UK have. Not only does he seem to harbor no ill will for all the terrorist attacks done by the UK in the US during the times of succession, but he even seems to have put aside any resentment for the torture of his grandfather by the English under the rule of the very same Queen to which he now loves so deeply.
In 1949, according to writings from his bizarre and mostly delusional, Dreams From My Father, who he never knew or met (mostly because his mother was a slut extraordinaire and an amateur porn star – see naked photos of her here), he says his paternal grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, who served as a cook in the British Army, was imprisoned in 1949 by the British for helping the anti-colonial Mau Mau rebels and held for several months. During that time, according to Sarah Obama, they would sometimes squeeze his testicles with metal rods. They also pierced his nails and buttocks with a sharp pin, with his hands and legs tied together. He was lucky to survive, she said.
Apparently Barack can let bygones be bygones as he makes no mention of that to the Queen! That may be, however, because it was all made up lies.
Anyway, the Prince of Peace now oversees torture and the killing of thousands of innocents worldwide, so he may not want to bring that up too much although he certainly would never resort to squeezing testicles with metal rods! That's barbaric. Now he hangs people upside down and creates the sensation that they are drowning repeatedly. It's a much more civilized way of torture... probably another reason he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
PATRIAUTISM
Luckily I was no where near a TV for the entire day of July 4th so I missed most of the action. I know what it entails as I've seen it countless times before. Slaves lathering themselves into a frenzy at sporting events when some nameless troop walks out as they sing the national anthem to celebrate all the glorious and beautiful bombs bursting in air from a fight they had nothing to do with but take special pride in for some unknown reason.
But, a TDV subscriber ruined my day and forwarded me a "July 4th Chain Email" which was making the rounds asking all "proud Americans" to pass it along and give thanks for living in the freest country in the world. Cough. Gag. And that god should bless the murderers on welfare... the troops, for protecting those freedoms by taking $1 of every $15 produced in the US each year and paying for them to go off and murder people on the other side of the world. Better they murder people over there than have them murder people here the saying goes, I think.
The word patriotism is thick in the air on days like this. But a better word for it is patriautism.
Patriotism is defined by Reference.com as "a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion." and autism is defined by Wikipedia as being "a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior."
Putting the two together, patriautism can be defined as "a disorder of neural development characterized by a love and defense of your slaveowner or captor often including repetitive behavior such as repeatedly stating that their country is the freest country on Earth despite all evidence to the contrary".
It's sort of a Stockholm Syndrome with flag waving.
WE'RE #1!
I shouldn't pick on Americans too much here.
Almost every country on Earth has the same patriautism disorder. Canada, America's freezer, is even worse than the US now. The Canadian dollar, which had lingered at about $0.55 to the US dollar for decades recently surpassed the US dollar, turning Canadians from funny people who joked about themselves in the days of Bob & Doug Mackenzie to furiously proud Canadians who are adamant they live in the best country on Earth! They've even begun expanding their military empire worldwide to spread the virtues of ice hockey, insane taxes and "free" medical care through bombs from above. They're still working out the kinks in Libya.
Even in Mexico many people proudly fire (illegal) guns in the air on Revolution Day to celebrate the courage of the people in 1910 which overthrew dictator José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori. I ask them, "When's the next revolution?" which is often met, like in the US, with blank stares.
The thing that no one seems to get is this. If everyone who is born in a country just happens to think their country is the best... then everyone else, outside of their country, must be wrong if they are right. What a coincidence that everyone born in a country thinks their country is the best! If I ever meet an American who is celebrating Gabon Day on August 17 with some sparklers and a Gabon flag on his porch because he really feels that Gabon is the best country on Earth then I might actually stop and listen to why he thinks that.
If he's got an American flag and some stupid bumper sticker about the US being #1 then he's just got patriautism.
PATRIAUTISM IS SO 2012
The thing that most people are completely missing is that a massive paradigm shift is already in progress. Nation states are dinosaurs on their way out. Think about it.
Humanity started as tribes which were mostly a big family. Over time, as population grew they began to associate on the basis of religion or through feudal overseers... Kings and Queens... some of whom still exist today as embarrassing artifacts. Then, as people realized it was ridiculous to worship or work for royalty a new idea developed... democracy! It sounded great. We, the people, could rule ourselves.
This has been proven completely wrong now. But, because of never before imagined wealth and prosperity due to free market innovations over the last century it is changing the political landscape.
In the olden days of the 20th century people were mostly still homogenous in a certain geographic region. This made nation states make sense somewhat. Mexicans were all descendants of the Aztecs and Mayans. The Thais were all Thais.
No more. Thanks to air travel, the internet, mobile phones, bank machines and countless other conveniences we can now live almost anywhere... only limited somewhat by the imaginary borders of the dying nation states. And so the Great Migration has begun. There are more Chinese in Vancouver than Anglophones. Many places in Mexico are becoming overrun by Americans and Russians fleeing their countries. Mexicans are fleeing the US in record numbers. And Europe is and will be mostly Muslim in the coming years as Africa and the Middle East migrate North.
It's an interesting time. Most of Africa would like to move to the US for its perceived security and opportunity. Most of the US would like to move to Asia for the opportunities or to Latin America for the lifestyle. And many in Asia are migrating all over the world to places like Chile, Paraguay, Canada and many more.
It's geographical musical chairs. You won't even recognize the world twenty years from now. And that just goes to point out the stupidity of Patriautism.
Humanity is in motion and to think that the people who grew up around you are your countrymen is ignorant. I grew up in Canada and I can assure you I had nothing in common with almost anyone there but I find that the people in the area where I live in Mexico are much more aligned with my idea of what is correct in life... and many are moving down to Acapulco to join me as I spread the word!
Many people think we are headed for another World War but I don't think so. You think Chinese, Black, Muslim and White people who live in the geographic region known as the US are going to go off and fight Chinese, Black, Muslim and White people from another geographic region? Thanks to modernity and technology, war is obsolete... governments are obsolete... and with it, patriautism is already so 2012.
It doesn't matter. 7/4 is NOT the BIRTHDAY of the United States of America.
You are correct, it is the date the 13 individual States united and announced their secession from England. It was a Declaration of the united States. (notice the lower case u) Every territory added after the 13 original States should have separate "birthdays".
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
Correct, and the united states of America were considered These United States of America until the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln decided that we were no longer These United States, and instead, we were The United States of America.
Correct, and the united states of America were considered These United States of America until the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln decided that we were no longer These United States, and instead, we were The United States of America.
....and honest Abe(who only won 39% of the vote) waged a war against the states that were legally seceding from the Union resulting in the genocide of 600K Americans.
Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman (Modern War Studies)
Correct, and the united states of America were considered These United States of America until the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln decided that we were no longer These United States, and instead, we were The United States of America.
The use of the word "the" was his way of declaring that there would be no others, referring obviously to the southern states that found out the hard way, that membership was for life.
"I have given too much of myself already. Henceforth, I shall hunt only when it is convenient for me to do so, and only because it honors the memory of my angel mother.. only because it honors Ann's memory. I care not for the unsuspecting gentleman on the darkened city street. I care not for the Negro sold at auction, or the child taken from its bed. Protecting them has not profited me in the least. On the contrary, it has left me even poorer, for the items my errands require are furnished at my own expense. And the days and weeks spent hunting are days and weeks without a wage. If what Henry says is the truth-if I am truly meant to free men from tyranny-then I must begin by freeing myself. There is nothing for me here(in New Salem). The store is failed, and I fear the village is not far behind. Henceforth my life shall be my own."
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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