July, 1776
(image from Deseret News, July 04, 2014)
(image from Deseret News, July 04, 2014)
I find it impossble to say the words Happy 4th. this year when there is no real life, no liberty whatsoever and certainly no successful pursuit of happiness for the thousands of asylum seekers illegally and immorally detained in subhuman conditions on this 4th. of July in detention centers scattered across the United States of America. I see no forgiveness for our trespasses against these people crossing the Rio Grande River whose only crime is seeking the same freedoms our ancestors sought when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
As gigantic military tanks roll across the mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial with the Blue Angels and Air Force One doing flyovers during a ceremony suspiciously remininiscent of dictatorships flaunting military might instead of a country that is celebrating the unalienable rights of all people, I wonder whether the time has come when the Declaration of Independence is no longer a supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely a cuiosity in a glass case.
Happy 4th? Not this year.
Stay tuned.
I'll Call It Like I See It 
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12 responses to “happy 4th? not according to the immigrants who founded our country”
Amazing to hear that you had airports so early 😀
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Brilliant.
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Not for the fourth, Sheila, but Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend are available right now😸🐾😽💞
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Thanks so much, Granny – we are always available for Pawkisses!! Have a wonderful weekend!!
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Well, I won’t say it then. But here’s a little anecdote. Romania started seeing tanks after Ceausescu returned from North Korea in 1978. I see your President recently returned from a similar visit. Birds of a feather flock together
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Indeed, Cristina. Birds of a feather, etc. I appreciate the anecdote very much.
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I can celebrate Independence Day knowing that I am doing everything I can to make sure this horror stops. And that means speaking out–and thank you, Sheila, for doing just that–and voting anyone who stood by and let this happen and says nary a word, out of office.
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Here, here, Bob. Every last one out of office. Every last one.
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No, not this year. It’s not a happy Independence Day.
I just read this quote: The Tea Partiers prefer a white king to a black president.
And so here we are deep in the heart of interesting times. I hope our nation survives.
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As do I. I hadn’t read that quote – so very sad for our democracy.
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We have innocent children in cages in concentration camps, children being taken from their parents and ‘lost’ and ‘unaccounted for,’ from these concentration camps, in large numbers. What do you think is happening to these children? Protecting children is a core aspect of human decency. Without this what are we?
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You are truth telling today, Cindy. We have lost our way as a nation. We need a course correction in the worst way. 2020 hopefully.
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