July 5
One thing I like about market holidays is that they lay bare the myriad absurdities inherent in the way humans conduct their affairs.
Holidays "observed" on days other than the holiday itself are even more instructive in that regard.
Just like all citizens in all countries, Americans tell themselves manifestly silly stories about their own history. July 4 is a good (albeit not the quintessential) example.
Generally speaking, we like to pretend that a handful of enlightened "Fathers" decided t
I love it when you go ‘full cynical’ Hesisey….of course your right…..sounds so ugly stripped bare…..of course we’ve been manicuring, coiffing, dressing the monkey for a million years….
H, I just love it when you talk dirty about hypocrisy. Yuri is absolutely correct but only for “selected, approved monkeys.”
I love articles like this so much. Please don’t ever change.
You made my holiday!
Weekends and holidays are such fun around here.
Worth exploding colorful bombs, in celebration of.
I like to say “Sanity is optional,” but that’s because people get weirded out when I say “Sanity is impossible.”
A fact often glossed over in history class in the US is that the US colonists wanted to push out to Ohio and the midwest for more farmland, and to take Native Americans lands and expand their lands. The British prevented this. Although there were many reasons the colonies fought the British this was a big one.
I think it also bear remembering that only white land owning men were included in the inalienable rights discussion. Those who did not fit that land owning piece were not expected to be included in this new great endeavor but were expected to lay down their lives for the cause. Women were viewed as slightly more valuable than slaves. Native “savages” were viewed as a threat to the entitled view of expansionist hungry colonists who felt all land was theirs for the taking.
Yes, the American experiment is the real “big lie” in the United States.
Is this peak Heisenberg? Love it!
god I hope not! See what I just did there?
What things we have done for our country. Some of us died. Some of us gave speeches. (Orhan Veli)
… you gotta’ admit “unalienable Rights” together with “endowed” by a Diety was pretty stout medicine to the civilians … at the least it sure made good press back then and still does today …