I fought for this??? -or- Independence My Ass!!! Date Friday, April 19, 2024 - 05:11 PM PST Topic Politics Today is the fourth of July. Independence Day. Today is the 228th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I normally celebrate this day with gusto. Reveling in what I fought for, what I was shot for, what I bled for, and what it means to be free. But today, before celebration, I read the declaration of independence (Full Text) Words that are the epitomy of the desire to be free. I find irony everywhere I look, normally. But am I the only one that sees this one? There are people out there, that as a result of our foreign policy, feel as strongly (if not more so) about throwing off the yoke of American Imperial Oppression as the founding fathers did about British Rule. Dictionary.com defines imperial as “Ruling over extensive territories or over colonies or dependencies.” American Samoa, Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau, the Virgin Islands, Serbia, Iraq – all these are territories and protectorates of the United States. I blame Bush. I know our policies of invasion and oppression predate the Bush Administration, but never before have they been so obvious to the rest of the world or to the American public. I know, I know – you are all tired about hearing about the evil that is G.W. Bush. But today, you need to hear it. Many in America are talking about Fahrenheit 9/11. I am normally against propaganda in any form, but I feel this movie is a must see for every American. It is NOT, - I repeat, NOT – a documentary. A documentary is defined as presenting facts objectively without editorializing. Moore is not objective. Now, I will also say, his facts (of which there are many) are disturbing and hard to ignore. Some are saying that it is nothing more than a rant against the Bush Administration, but this movie “is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty — and at the same time a indictment of stupidity and avarice.” There are few people that can actually dispute the facts presented in the film. Now, this film is is being threatened by a Republican PR firm. They are actually trying to get this film banned from theaters, urging the major theaters to not show it and going so far as to post the addresses of the CEO's of the theater companies. Bush has stolen our right to vote for our leader, supported the patriot act, lied to the people and now is threatening our right to free speech without censorship. We need to do something and we need to do it now. Happy Independence Day. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=701