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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 corporate 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