That footprint, obviously, is Election 2016 and I was a little surprised to hear Cadillac Man say he's not particularly impressed by Americans either and for the same reason. Why aren't any of them standing up.
Given a universal draft, all of this crapshot fighting from Obama would stop tomorrow. Cadillac Man agrees the situation is one of out of sight, out of mind but that's only an explanation and not an excuse. I know the Millennials are livid and they want to fight but they're getting mobbed by Clintonistas and Trumpites who scream like fishwives but have nothing whatsoever to say. The Johnsoporifics are as progressive as a New England clam bake. Pfft.
The thing busting my ass about it most of all is how Washington and the right wing have distorted the view of nationalism from the unique cultural aspects of American life as nationalism appears anywhere else to a horrifying panorama of flag-waving and dead people.
Maybe you think that's just flapping my gums but where else in the world came up with soda fountains. Yes, some do exist and there's one in Dallas at Travis and Knox. That soda fountain has been there for a hundred years or more and it's not the only one left. There are other revival soda fountains in a few places and they're apparently done up quite well but may suffer from newness because glitz can't possibly hide that, if anything it emphasizes it.
Nowhere else in the world came up with soda functions and there's not a damn thing wrong with owning that here.
Reference: Highland Park Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain, Dallas
Some look to baseball but ball games are as ancient with humans as playing chess and sacrificing virgins. America and Britain do have uniquely-boring ball games in baseball and cricket but they are unique to each country even if ball games aren't really unique to anywhere. They may have been cooler when Cossacks played field hockey with a severed human head but I don't know since I never actually saw such a game.
Even today, Cossacks are not dead and Ukraine probably is but they're not. (Yahoo: In Ukraine, protests resemble Medieval battle)
There is speculation about playing ball games with human heads but the only one I uncovered in a quick search just now was by the Mayans, yah, the peaceful Mayans.
Jazz is a standard for proclaiming American culture and it's a good one but not necessarily so owned entirely by Americans due to its heavy African ancestry. That fact notwithstanding, jazz is uniquely American and much of the world loves it even when, ironically, many Americans do not. It's a fair reason for national pride and I haven't seen a flag in any of this yet.
There are many aspects of fair national pride which doesn't hurt anyone and doesn't need a shred of the ridiculous red, white, and blue bunting. Not withstanding the divine guidance of the musical masters of Deutschland, it doesn't need fucking tubas or sousaphones either. Tip: don't be the idiot reporter who dropped his microphone inside one and couldn't get it back out again.
Right now, the general perception around the world is America was just subjected to an IQ test and failed. I rather think Americans can do better than that and I'm getting damn tired of waiting. Cadillac Man has a similar reaction and he's somewhat more tolerant than I but he still doesn't like running into people who have turned off their minds and don't listen to anything anymore.
We're still waiting for Americans to stand up and, yes, I do believe they can still do it but the waiting is interminable and the speeches insufferable.
Given a universal draft, all of this crapshot fighting from Obama would stop tomorrow. Cadillac Man agrees the situation is one of out of sight, out of mind but that's only an explanation and not an excuse. I know the Millennials are livid and they want to fight but they're getting mobbed by Clintonistas and Trumpites who scream like fishwives but have nothing whatsoever to say. The Johnsoporifics are as progressive as a New England clam bake. Pfft.
The thing busting my ass about it most of all is how Washington and the right wing have distorted the view of nationalism from the unique cultural aspects of American life as nationalism appears anywhere else to a horrifying panorama of flag-waving and dead people.
Maybe you think that's just flapping my gums but where else in the world came up with soda fountains. Yes, some do exist and there's one in Dallas at Travis and Knox. That soda fountain has been there for a hundred years or more and it's not the only one left. There are other revival soda fountains in a few places and they're apparently done up quite well but may suffer from newness because glitz can't possibly hide that, if anything it emphasizes it.
Nowhere else in the world came up with soda functions and there's not a damn thing wrong with owning that here.
Reference: Highland Park Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain, Dallas
Some look to baseball but ball games are as ancient with humans as playing chess and sacrificing virgins. America and Britain do have uniquely-boring ball games in baseball and cricket but they are unique to each country even if ball games aren't really unique to anywhere. They may have been cooler when Cossacks played field hockey with a severed human head but I don't know since I never actually saw such a game.
Even today, Cossacks are not dead and Ukraine probably is but they're not. (Yahoo: In Ukraine, protests resemble Medieval battle)
There is speculation about playing ball games with human heads but the only one I uncovered in a quick search just now was by the Mayans, yah, the peaceful Mayans.
Jazz is a standard for proclaiming American culture and it's a good one but not necessarily so owned entirely by Americans due to its heavy African ancestry. That fact notwithstanding, jazz is uniquely American and much of the world loves it even when, ironically, many Americans do not. It's a fair reason for national pride and I haven't seen a flag in any of this yet.
There are many aspects of fair national pride which doesn't hurt anyone and doesn't need a shred of the ridiculous red, white, and blue bunting. Not withstanding the divine guidance of the musical masters of Deutschland, it doesn't need fucking tubas or sousaphones either. Tip: don't be the idiot reporter who dropped his microphone inside one and couldn't get it back out again.
Right now, the general perception around the world is America was just subjected to an IQ test and failed. I rather think Americans can do better than that and I'm getting damn tired of waiting. Cadillac Man has a similar reaction and he's somewhat more tolerant than I but he still doesn't like running into people who have turned off their minds and don't listen to anything anymore.
We're still waiting for Americans to stand up and, yes, I do believe they can still do it but the waiting is interminable and the speeches insufferable.
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