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Yankee Doodle Deadly!
Here they come again – the Sousa bands, the waving flags, the cheering
crowds, and the fabulous fireworks. Ah, yes, it’s Yankee Doodle time
again in America. So let’s get ready to party.
It’s just that I really don’t understand what we’re celebrating.
I don’t really understand why millions of people in this country still
pretend that they live in America the Beautiful. I don’t understand why
they are not wailing in grief because Yankee Doodle is no longer
“dandy.” I don’t understand why there is no widespread sadness about the
tragic transformation of their national image.
In fact, in this eighth year of our Bush/PNAC captivity, far too few
people in the United States are willing to acknowledge that Yankee
Doodle Dandy has now become Yankee Doodle Deadly. The sad truth is that
too few people are even remotely aware that the American flag, like
Yankee Doodle, has lost every bit of its meaning.
For sure, on this Fourth of July, millions of US flags will be flown as
if nothing untoward has happened to the nation they represent. So many
Americans have no clue that their flag has lost its glory. They do not
realize that Yankee Doodle – along with any other symbol of the USA –
now stands for immoral wars, a shattered Constitution, domestic spying,
legalized torture, and cor****ate greed.
I hate to admit it, but I don’t think any of this really matters. After
all, it’s a national holiday, so God will Bless America, the flag-draped
coffins and maimed bodies of our soldiers will remain hidden, and
patriotism will abound as the band plays on.
Full article here:
http://tinyurl.com/6lgq7m
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