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Date: 04/07/13

Forlorn On The Fourth Of July

US flag upside down

Hey, America? Happy birthday! Hope you're havin' fun!

But when I see this:

Ten Years Of Hell: The Harrowing Tale Of Ahmed Abu Ali

And this:

Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed for months

And this:

Secret no-fly list blamed for American's Bangkok nightmare

And even this:

The Fun Police Has Arrived

Let alone all of this:

The NSA Files

Would you entertain a little question from, as it were, a candid friend?

You know that Revolution? The one you had 237 years ago?

Is there any chance that you could, like, have another? For your own sakes as much as for the rest of the planet?

Y'know, go back to that great Constitution (as amended) and Bill Of Rights and try starting over?

Only this time, without sleepwalking (or even sleep-marching) into a situation where your country is ruled by corporations and their hired shills in Congress and in State-houses from sea to shining sea? Where you are governed by Constitution-shredders, Bill-of-rights incinerators, murderers-at-a-distance and torturers? Where the political agenda is set by hick-town fundaloonies who want to turn the clock back to the Fifties (the Seventeen-Fifties, that is)?

Could you do that for us (and for US), please? Otherwise there's no Hope for you, and not much for the rest of us, especially if you keep on trying to lecture us about how wonderful y'all are. It's gettin' difficult to believe, guys, really.

Have A Nice Day!