The United States is a true dichotomy.  It is an oppressive fascist country, where a majority of patriarchal, racist, sexist, homophobic, white males voted for a Nazi, who hates gays, and people of color, yet people are literally dying in attempts to get into this terrible place illegally.  Interestingly, there is no actual proof of … Continue reading Living in Nazi America

We are not de facto heroes.  We are not sacrosanct.  We are not owed anything but our retirement, VA benefits and a proper burial.  We are not owed deference or respect.

My ears and eyes began absorbing every word, sight, and bit of minutia on the screen.  I reached for my cell phone – but I had left it at home - it would not work in the US anyway.  I saw a bank of pay phones against the wall and found myself dropping Pound coins in one, and then dialing home.  All circuits were busy, and they stayed that way through boarding time.

“Winning” was never in the cards – it had been expunged from the deck and become a bad joke uttered with all seriousness on CNN by those that would be King.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.