Hi everyone! Been awhile and I really, really missed you all, though I have to admit that I did occasionally lurk around your blogs. I know, 'shame on me!'
Over the years of writing this blog, I have had visitors from every continent. I know that people from other countries actually read some of my posts and respond (thank you). So, today, I'm writing to ask you all a favor. Big favor.
The United States has been a powerhouse in international relations. We stand up on our mighty righteous soapbox, though lately it is showing some wear and a tad bit of dry rot. We make demands, impose sanctions, justify blockades.
Of course, all of our actions are totally justified...just ask us! Almost every sanction is rationalized (no matter what the back story is) with "human rights violations"! Yeah, that would be us, protecting the distressed and exploited from foreign tyrants.
Except in our own land. You see, we, Americans are really screwed up; not so much individually but as a group. We have treated each other (and some of you) in the most deplorable manner.
I'm sure many of you have heard of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest. If you have heard or read about the protest than you are surely aware of the Dakota Access Pipeline Abuses. Incredible abuses.
You don't need a history lesson to know that we, as a government, and even some of our more soulless citizens have abused, slaughtered, incarcerated and pretty much committed every human rights violation there is. We don't tell you about it because we are different from some of you other countries. Our freedom of speech is a little bit of a myth. In some of your countries, if you speak out about the abuses, some soldier or policeman slams you up against a wall, yells out to the crowd that you were talking too much and shoots you. In America, we get hit by trucks or get arrested for some sort of deviant behavior that we really never knew existed.
So, back to my favor. I am asking you to put your own sanctions on us. Don't come here on your next vacation. If you already bought the tickets and made the reservations, cancel them. Don't stay at American owned hotels in Europe or Asia or Africa. Write to your government and tell them you are sick of the way America is abusing these peaceful protesters. Demand that your government demand that we stop. Don't purchase anything manufactured in the United States (though you would be hard pressed to find such a product). Don't buy our wines, our whiskey or our corn (I've heard that France has some pretty decent wine, Ireland produces excellent whiskey and corn is truly over-rated).
Help us help ourselves. Demand that we stand up to what we preach.
Thank you!
Over the years of writing this blog, I have had visitors from every continent. I know that people from other countries actually read some of my posts and respond (thank you). So, today, I'm writing to ask you all a favor. Big favor.
The United States has been a powerhouse in international relations. We stand up on our mighty righteous soapbox, though lately it is showing some wear and a tad bit of dry rot. We make demands, impose sanctions, justify blockades.
Of course, all of our actions are totally justified...just ask us! Almost every sanction is rationalized (no matter what the back story is) with "human rights violations"! Yeah, that would be us, protecting the distressed and exploited from foreign tyrants.
Except in our own land. You see, we, Americans are really screwed up; not so much individually but as a group. We have treated each other (and some of you) in the most deplorable manner.
I'm sure many of you have heard of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest. If you have heard or read about the protest than you are surely aware of the Dakota Access Pipeline Abuses. Incredible abuses.
You don't need a history lesson to know that we, as a government, and even some of our more soulless citizens have abused, slaughtered, incarcerated and pretty much committed every human rights violation there is. We don't tell you about it because we are different from some of you other countries. Our freedom of speech is a little bit of a myth. In some of your countries, if you speak out about the abuses, some soldier or policeman slams you up against a wall, yells out to the crowd that you were talking too much and shoots you. In America, we get hit by trucks or get arrested for some sort of deviant behavior that we really never knew existed.
So, back to my favor. I am asking you to put your own sanctions on us. Don't come here on your next vacation. If you already bought the tickets and made the reservations, cancel them. Don't stay at American owned hotels in Europe or Asia or Africa. Write to your government and tell them you are sick of the way America is abusing these peaceful protesters. Demand that your government demand that we stop. Don't purchase anything manufactured in the United States (though you would be hard pressed to find such a product). Don't buy our wines, our whiskey or our corn (I've heard that France has some pretty decent wine, Ireland produces excellent whiskey and corn is truly over-rated).
Help us help ourselves. Demand that we stand up to what we preach.
Thank you!
on the same line, regarding the orange shitstain...
ReplyDeleteresist. by any means necessary. no compromise.
absolutely! Resistance is my new middle name!
DeleteWait! Wait! Don't cancel those flights and reservations. Apparently while I was ranting the Army Corp of Engineers resolved the pipeline issue!
ReplyDeleteEither you all are really efficient or this post was the typical "day-late- -dollar-short" item. Maybe my brother is right when he called me the village idiot!
Either way, glad there was resolution. Thank you, Veterans for helping. Thank you Army Corp of Engineers and, with great gratitude for the generations to come for the possibility of clean drinking water, thank you Protesters. You are all heroes.
Very few believe that this is not the end of the story. The government has a long history of breaking their promises to our Native Americans.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. We'll see but I would really love it if the people of the world would tell America there will be sanctions if the government continues to abuse the disenfranchised.
DeleteI'm sure you're thrilled to hear the good news about the halting and rerouting of the pipeline!
ReplyDeleteMe,too. Hopefully during the new environmental study, which should take 2 years and existing contracts will have expired, we will focus on alternative energy resources.
DeleteBrava! I hope folks will stay away as long as we continue to abuse the people who were here first, and their history, and their land!
ReplyDeleteWe'll need to see what President _____ does when in office because he owns stock in the company building the DAPL.
I wonder how that will play out!
I love your "president-who's-name-should-not-be-spoken"!
DeleteI'm wondering also what the light at the end of the tunnel will be.
The story about that pipeline has reached us up here in Canada and I was thrilled when I heard that it was halted. The whole situation was sickening.
ReplyDeleteTotally.
DeleteWe heard here in California that Canada invited Washington, Oregon and California to become southwest portion of your wonderful country after our atrocious election. I'm all in!
Following the Standing Rock protest in England which plays in our news as well. Good news for the moment, but of course what the future holds is unpredictable. As for that man, think there is a certain mood in this country that he should not be allowed to step foot on our ground, though of course he goes up to Scotland harassing the people around his golf club.
ReplyDeleteHe is definitely scary.
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