Greetings good citizen, getting ready to spark up the grill and gather with kith and kin to celebrate...[tongue-in-cheek] Independence Day!
One thing is resoundingly clear, free you AREN'T! Like "We the People", Independence and Freedom both mean something other than what we've been taught.
Independence might be close to the mark from the YOYO [You're On Your Own] point of view, but that's not a good thing considering half of us are destitute, possessing neither window nor pot.
Most of us don't need an 'invitation' to gather around the gas grill and swill beer, the real 'treat' we get on the 4th is one of those rare 3 day weekends [even or perhaps especially when the 4th falls on a weekend!]
If Veterans day falls on a weekend you're S.O.L. but Independence Day falls on a weekend and you get Monday or Friday (which ever is closer) off!
Aren't those capitalists so nice to us? Hold on slick, they may be smart enough not to say it in front of the 'hired help' but behind OUR backs you know they grumble about having their 'pockets picked' so the peons can celebrate something they know absolutely nothing about...Freedom.
Ironically NOBODY was 'Freed' when hostilities between the colonists and the crown ceased and it's not called 'freedom day' but it's our 'freedom' that we celebrate (despite having to follow a bucket full of laws while we observe our so-called 'freedom'.)
Needless to say, back then ALL the rebels celebrated...mostly because they dodged being hung for high treason! So there is that aspect we have never been taught to celebrate...
We're taught it's all about 'the fight for justice'. Independence Day marks the birth of a nation and it's founding in Liberty and Justice for [the ruling class] but that's a lot to lay on people who just sacrificed everything for a cause they believed in so the just tacked the 'for all' on the end while crossing their fingers behind their backs and mentally discounting the slaves a 'property'...
First, I'm not telling you anything you SHOULD already know and secondly, this is the hand you've been dealt, the only thing you get to do is play it the best you can.
Little sidebar here good citizen, it's crap like this that is fueling the 'turning away' (from 'Holy Mumbo-Jumbo'.) God isn't 'testing us' nor should we even entertain the notion that the creator is coming to 'save us' (again...will the Jews join the club this time?)
If ANYTHING is going to change, it's up to US to make it happen [always has been, always will be!]
So what we're really waiting for here, good citizen, is the day WE liberate ourselves from 'tyranny'. The Slavers pulled a slick 'gotcha' back in 1779 and we've been their thralls ever since.
Probably an 'advantage', being the OLDEST estabished government on the planet. We're long overdue to water the 'Tree of Liberty.
So while you're quaffing your brews and munching down grilled treats you might want to ponder the idea that your personal 'Independence Day' is still in your future!
A Simple Plan frees ALL citizens (not just the men) and provides them the lattitude to build the kind of life they want from among the myriad possibilities. With so many able bodies and helping hands we could fashion a society that leaps into the cosmos and beyond with the only limit being our imaginations!
Many of you have a long trek ahead so drive safe and enjoy your 'me time!'
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
One thing is resoundingly clear, free you AREN'T! Like "We the People", Independence and Freedom both mean something other than what we've been taught.
Independence might be close to the mark from the YOYO [You're On Your Own] point of view, but that's not a good thing considering half of us are destitute, possessing neither window nor pot.
Most of us don't need an 'invitation' to gather around the gas grill and swill beer, the real 'treat' we get on the 4th is one of those rare 3 day weekends [even or perhaps especially when the 4th falls on a weekend!]
If Veterans day falls on a weekend you're S.O.L. but Independence Day falls on a weekend and you get Monday or Friday (which ever is closer) off!
Aren't those capitalists so nice to us? Hold on slick, they may be smart enough not to say it in front of the 'hired help' but behind OUR backs you know they grumble about having their 'pockets picked' so the peons can celebrate something they know absolutely nothing about...Freedom.
Ironically NOBODY was 'Freed' when hostilities between the colonists and the crown ceased and it's not called 'freedom day' but it's our 'freedom' that we celebrate (despite having to follow a bucket full of laws while we observe our so-called 'freedom'.)
Needless to say, back then ALL the rebels celebrated...mostly because they dodged being hung for high treason! So there is that aspect we have never been taught to celebrate...
We're taught it's all about 'the fight for justice'. Independence Day marks the birth of a nation and it's founding in Liberty and Justice for [the ruling class] but that's a lot to lay on people who just sacrificed everything for a cause they believed in so the just tacked the 'for all' on the end while crossing their fingers behind their backs and mentally discounting the slaves a 'property'...
First, I'm not telling you anything you SHOULD already know and secondly, this is the hand you've been dealt, the only thing you get to do is play it the best you can.
Little sidebar here good citizen, it's crap like this that is fueling the 'turning away' (from 'Holy Mumbo-Jumbo'.) God isn't 'testing us' nor should we even entertain the notion that the creator is coming to 'save us' (again...will the Jews join the club this time?)
If ANYTHING is going to change, it's up to US to make it happen [always has been, always will be!]
So what we're really waiting for here, good citizen, is the day WE liberate ourselves from 'tyranny'. The Slavers pulled a slick 'gotcha' back in 1779 and we've been their thralls ever since.
Probably an 'advantage', being the OLDEST estabished government on the planet. We're long overdue to water the 'Tree of Liberty.
So while you're quaffing your brews and munching down grilled treats you might want to ponder the idea that your personal 'Independence Day' is still in your future!
A Simple Plan frees ALL citizens (not just the men) and provides them the lattitude to build the kind of life they want from among the myriad possibilities. With so many able bodies and helping hands we could fashion a society that leaps into the cosmos and beyond with the only limit being our imaginations!
Many of you have a long trek ahead so drive safe and enjoy your 'me time!'
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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