Happy 4th Of July! What Is It That We Are Celebrating?

This article will discuss the many myths and fables around the 4th of July, and then end with some positive, uplifting reasons to celebrate! Stick it through to the end, but keep an open mind and be willing to go through some paradigm shifting on the way there... :)

“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty five percent would rather die than think.”  Thomas Edison

Frederick Douglass said many years ago;

"It is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced."

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE MYTH THAT AMERICA IS # 1 IN ALL WAYS?

On the 4th of July... what is it that we are celebrating anyway? Could the July 4th celebration be more about a myth than reality? Is the celebration about how the US is number 1 in all categories that can be measured? Nope.. Watch Bill Mayer destroy that myth in the video above, including the freedom myth.. we are WAY down the list on that one.

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE MYTH OF INDEPENDENCE?

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Some people believe that July 4th is when we became 'independent' of the British. here is Wikipedia; "Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States of America commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (now officially known as the United Kingdom (UK)." 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

That sounds kind of sweet and innocent, wouldn't you agree? But actually, the Declaration is a popular myth, because in reality, this document was really a declaration of war against the British, because they would not allow the settlers to steal as much land as they wanted from the Indians, who already occupied the entire continent that made up what is now the United States. This is one of those myths, little known secret and part of the dark underbelly of US history.

ARE WE CELEBRATING GENOCIDE AND SLAVERY?

Wouldn't you agree that it is not ok to celebrate genocide, stealing property and owning slaves? 

In the Untold History; "And I think one of the most important of these grievances was that the King of England had opposed conditions for new appropriation of land. This is the seventh of 28 different reasons for declaring independence. And what that meant was that these settlers from Europe wanted to appropriate lands belonging to the Indians, belonging to different Native American peoples--the Haudenosaunee people, a confederation in New York; the Cherokee people of what's now Tennessee and the Carolinas; the Potawatomi, from my part of the country, in Michigan and Ohio. The settlers wanted these lands. But Great Britain, as a result of the Seven Years' War, had said that these lands were off-limits to settlement. This was part of the Treaty of Paris of 1763."

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12076


Where the US Constitution REALLY Came From - A History Lesson

After the British were defeated, our forefathers killed millions of the Native Americans inhabitants who had lived on this continent for 40,000 years, and then stole their land. The war against the King was at least as much or even more about stealing land and making HUGE profits from the natural resources on this continent, than it was about freedom. Is it any wonder that the US now has a huge issue with corporations that care nothing about community, and are all about short term profits at any cost? Hmmm, this issue seems to have a root going all the way back into this Declaration of war, wouldn't you agree?

After all, this birthday was artificially created by force and war, against millions of people that lived in a nation that was already existing and had a stable democratic form of  democratic government, as The Iroquoi Confederacy, that had a Great Law Of Peace, and a Constitution, and these Indian 'nations' definitely claimed ownership inside of that legal document..

The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Binding Law, GAYANASHAGOWA"

"The soil of the earth from one end of the land to the 

other is the property of the people who inhabit it. By 

birthright the Ongwehonweh (Original beings) are the owners 

of the soil which they own and occupy and none other may hold 

it. The same law has been held from the oldest times.

The Great Creator has made us of the one blood and of the 

same soil he made us and as only different tongues constitute 

different nations he established different hunting grounds and 

territories and made boundary lines between them."

The Great Law of Peace of The Longhouse People

No date of origin for this document has been confirmed by historians, although it is believed to be at least a thousand years old. Both the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of the United States of America are founded on the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Great Law of Peace.

http://www.manataka.org/page135.html

The settler's had to overthrow this Native Indian government, perform a (slow motion) coup, and take over the whole country, to get what they wanted, which was the land and the resources (for free). So that is exactly what they did, using the justification of Indians not being human, (done to all enemies). If Indians were not human, that meant they could be bought, sold, killed, hunted down, traded, and be treated just like animals. Religion was used along with other justifications. If someone is not a member of the same religion, that makes them pagan, and justifies their genocide, per the Old Testament, but almost all religions have this as a basic dogma and belief system, which justifies both revenge and genocide equally. 

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN DREAM?

Where did the term 'American Dream' come from? What does it really mean? Is it tied up with the 4th of July 'Independence' myth?

The American Dream… what is it really? 

As George Carlin says; "You have to be asleep to believe it."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q

Was it really worth it ethically, morally and spiritually speaking to take this whole country from someone else, just to be able to declare 'independence' and try for something called the 'American Dream'? Yes, those same forefathers had to fight the British to get it. Was the price that was paid really worth it, just to sing songs to some flag, on a 'birthday' that does not really exist, playing a game that is rigged in favor of a few people pulling strings behind the curtain?

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE DESTRUCTION OF OTHER CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, OR THE OPPOSITE? 

Additionally, the official church position of that time was that all Indians were Godless, and the Bible encouraged wiping out all pagan civilizations, so the church was behind killing them all, due to their pagan belief system. Native American children were forcibly removed from their parents and homes. Those children were then indoctrinated in how to speak, dress, believe, and speak in a 'proper' way. Their parents were forced to move off out of their homes and away from their lands, unto worthless 'reservations' that no one else wanted..

On the positive side, after the initial purging/genocide and then discrimination against new 'immigrants', the US has become the greatest melting pot of cultures and tradition in the world, so maybe that is what we are celebrating.. There is no where else in the world where a person can find so many different kinds of cultural celebrations, foods, restaurants, churches and traditions.

ARE WE CELEBRATING FAKE HONOR AND GLORY THROUGH ILLEGAL TAKEOVER OF A NATION?

The date of the Declaration of Independence is when war was declared both on the Indians and on the British, so this day is heavily influenced by military honor, and celebrating the troops who died. Watch mass media TV to get this connection, as the military is present on TV shows all day long, and it plays these themes celebrating violence and warfare. But what did those soldiers who killed Indians fight and die for? Wasn't this more a hostile takeover and illegal invasion of a sovereign nation, rather than Columbus 'discovering' a fertile land free of any people?

Was it really worth it to abuse other (Native American) people even worse, just to say to our abuser that we grew up with; "You can't abuse me any more!"? And who in their right mind would 'celebrate' this kind of thing? That can't be what the 4th of July is about in this modern age, can it? Anyone in favor of celebrating this old fashioned definition of independence from one abuser just to do it even worse to someone else would then also have to be supportive of slave owners, wife beaters and serial murderers, wouldn't you agree?

19 To 100 Million Native American' Indians Exterminated By 'Settlers'; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/05/19-to-100-million-native-american.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE BUYING AND SELLING OF HUMAN BEINGS?

The average person today certainly would not support this definition of 'independence' anymore, correct? "Natives were sold to buy wine, oil, and vinegar, salt pork, items of clothing, a horse, or whatever else the butcher and his men imagined they might need. A man would be invited to choose from among fifty or a hundred young girls the one he most fancied, and she would then be handed over in exchange for wine or oil or vinegar, or for a side of salt pork. Two or three hundred young men would be lined up in similar fashion, the price being much the same. It happened that one young man, the son of a chief, was traded for a cheese; on another occasion a hundred natives were exchanged for a single horse.  ‪

http://www.columbia.edu/~daviss/work/files/presentations/casshort/casshort_24.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING SLAVERY, DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM?

Our forefathers killed the original owners of this land, stole their land and resources. But this takeover of a country was not enough.  Those same forefathers then enslaved hundreds of thousands of people of African descent, bringing them in as cargo in the holds of ships for forced labor in order to get richer quicker, because the free riches from a hostile takeover of a nation were not enough. The US was not the only country to do this by any means, but this is part of US 'history'. Can you imagine this happening today, and then celebrating that war, genocide, slavery, apartheid, forced labor and discrimination? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States

Institution, History And Current State Of Apartheid By Other Means; via A Green Road

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/03/institution-history-and-current-state.html

Are we celebrating the past imperial conquest, genocide and racism, or the opposite of it? Do we really want to go back to those 'good ol days', when only wealthy, white, male landowners could vote or own property, and it was ok to have slaves, and act in an openly racist manner? Some people would say yes to this statement, but then we have to go back to the question of who really 'owns' this country. If immigrants should all go 'home', that would mean everyone except for American Indians would have to leave, correct? And if all immigrants have to learn the original citizens language, then everyone now living in the US should learn how to speak an Indian language, because they are the original citizens, and their language should be the one everyone has to learn.

Practically speaking, this will never happen of course, but it serves to illustrate how easily myths and false beliefs spread and then are adopted by the population.

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE 1% WHO OWN AND CONTROL EVERYTHING?

"This is a fundamental question of democracy," said the Sentencing Project's executive director Marc Mauer. "These policies go back to the founding of this country. [The U.S.] was founded as a great experiment in democracy, but it was very limited. Wealthy, white male landowners granted themselves the right to vote, but women, poor people, Indians, African Americans and people with felony convictions could not vote." 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/felon-voting-laws-disenfranchise-sentencing-project_n_1665860.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING NO VOTING RIGHTS FOR MOST OF THE POPULATION? 

Is the 4th of July really about celebrating the good old days when women, poor people, Indians, slaves and renters could not vote, had no rights, and could not own property? In the US, women did not get the vote or own property until just recently. Maybe on the 4th of July, we could be celebrating the freeing of the slaves, the end of outright blatant racism, and the fact that women now have the right to vote, divorce abusive men and own property, and that poor people who rent but don't own property can now also vote? Those things sound better to celebrate than the hostile takeover of a nation and killing most inhabitants, while slaughtering millions of buffalo just to take away their food supply.

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE EXTINCTION AND MASS DIE OFF OF 20 SPECIES PER DAY?

Via PBS: "Researchers estimate that prairie bison alone numbered between 30 million and 200 million, while a woodland variant existed in smaller numbers. Some U.S. government officials even promoted the destruction of the bison herds as a way to defeat their Native American enemies, who were resisting the takeover of their lands by white settlers. One Congressman, James Throckmorton of Texas, believed that “it would be a great step forward in the civilization of the Indians and the preservation of peace on the border if there was not a buffalo in existence.” Soon, military commanders were ordering their troops to kill buffalo — not for food, but to deny Native Americans their own source of food. One general believed that buffalo hunters “did more to defeat the Indian nations in a few years than soldiers did in 50.” By 1880, the slaughter was almost over. Where millions of buffalo once roamed, only a few thousand animals remained. Soon, their numbers dwindled, with the largest wild herd — just a few hundred animals — sheltered in the isolated valleys of the newly created Yellowstone National Park. As American Buffalo shows, it is from this tattered remnant that people are today trying to rebuild the once mighty buffalo nation.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-buffalo-spirit-of-a-nation/introduction/2183/

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE EXPORTING OF MILLIONS OF JOBS TO COMMUNIST CHINA? 

Are we celebrating other globalist corporations wanting us to buy more and more toxic, poisonous stuff produced by slave labor in foreign countries, who form alliances with enemies of this country and all that it stands for? Who would celebrate that? 

Communist China Winning War Against USA, Without A Shot Being Fired; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/11/communist-china-winning-war-against-usa.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING NON STOP WARS AGAINST AN EVER SHIFTING 'ENEMY' THAT IS NEVER REALLY BEATEN?

War, War, Nothing But War And How To Desensitize Voters To Non Stop Global Military Industrial Complex; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/04/war-war-nothing-but-war-and-how-to.html

War is a Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler - Warned That Military Industrial Complex Taking Over Levers Of Power; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/war-is-racket.html

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On the 4th of July, are we celebrating huge global military for profit corporations such as Blackwater, who want us to wage unending war for huge no bid profit contracts, starting with the war against the British?

ARE WE CELEBRATING MYTHS THAT DON'T REALLY EXIST?

This article has already explored some of the myths that make up the urban legend which is called the United States.. But let's go explore another one. Did Columbus really 'discover' America?

Historical Myth; Columbus 'Discovered' America; The Canary Effect; via A Green Road
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/12/historical-myth-columbus-discovered.html

Starting with the discovery of America by Columbus and the fact that most of the wars fought by this nation have been started, based on outright lies or deception, we have to ask the question... are we celebrating that culture of violence based on lies, that is more about war profiteering and hostile takeovers of other countries rather than true freedom and democracy?

ARE WE CELEBRATING FORCING ORIGINAL INHABITANTS ONTO WORTHLESS LANDS?

Maybe some people do want to celebrate our forefathers forcing Indians into worthless 'reservations' and them having to put up with abandoned uranium mines, broken treaties and toxic nuclear waste garbage dumps in more recent history. The discrimination and maltreatment of the Indian nation has not stopped, it has just changed form, into a corporate takeover of Indian nations, whenever it suits them, in order to make short term profits. The following articles are just the tip of the iceberg. These kinds of things are never heard on the mass media, because that would hurt the 'image' of holy corporations, who can never do wrong. 

Uranium Mining; Broken Promises, Broken Rainbow ; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/uranium-mining-broken-promises-broken.html

3,200 Abandoned Uranium Mines in Just 4 States, Broken Treaties, Uranium Dust Blowing Over US Mount Rushmore Monument; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/11/3200-abandone-uranium-mines-in-just-4.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING 'FAIR TRADE' LAWS AND INCOME INEQUALITY? 

Are we celebrating the 1% and that they keep on getting richer at the expense of everyone else and the planet with unlimited 'free market' agreements that squash aborigine cultures, sovereign country rights, worker rights and environmental laws globally?

TPP - Trans Pacific Partnership Is Being Rammed Through Congress

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/12/tpp-trans-pacific-partnership-is-being.html

Communist China Winning War Against USA, Without A Shot Being Fired; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/11/communist-china-winning-war-against-usa.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING CORPORATE 'OWNERSHIP' AND CORPORATE RIGHTS??

The people and forces behind the scenes are the same kinds of individuals that created the USA, and the broken treaties, plus the 'limited votes' paperwork to go with it. Many of 'founders' were slave owners. They chose to not allow women, slaves or Indians to vote or to be treated as equals.

The 1% behind the scenes are the ones driving all of the wars, broken treaties, conflicts, divisions and take overs of  politicians, and other countries via illegal invasions and the exporting of millions of jobs to Communist countries such as China and Vietnam.  Most people are not celebrating that, or are we?

Art And Science Of Deception; Global Corporations And The 1% 

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/p/corporations-art-and-science-of.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING BEING BEST FRIENDS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA?

Maybe some people believe that the US is the greatest country in the world and that is why we should celebrate that.. But is the US really the greatest, and if so, who is the US being compared against? The US is now best friends with Communist China, which has no rights, no freedoms, and keeps citizens pretty close to slavery. Is that worth celebrating on the 4th of July?

The US Is STILL The Greatest Nation On Earth, Right? via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-us-is-still-greatest-nation-on.html

Communist China Winning War Against USA, Without A Shot Being Fired; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/11/communist-china-winning-war-against-usa.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING CORPORATIONS OUTSPENDING THE PEOPLE 10 to 1 IN ELECTIONS?

Corporations outspend citizens and unions by $10 to $1 in elections. The politicians with the most money get elected most often. Politics is no longer about who does the best job of representing  the people's interest (the 99%). Politics nowadays is mostly about who has the better PR campaign, financed by corporations, that he or she sold their soul to, in order to get that money, just so they can take marching orders from those corporations, who are now their 'boss'. Politics now is about who can lie and deceive the people best on behalf of the corporate 1%. Politics now is about who can rule in secret behind the scenes, and get away with it. Maybe it is time for another revolution, like the one in Estonia?

Bill Moyers; How To Buy Your Own Election And Politicians With Dark Money; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-moyers-how-to-own-elections.html

How Corporations Control Governments, Media, Politicians; Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man; via A Green Road

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-corporations-control-governments.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING CORPORATE MASS MEDIA CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP?

Are we celebrating corporations using their mass media ownership control to deceive the public by waving the flag and singing nationalistic songs with empty and meaningless references to honor in war and glory of this nation, but without really discussing what this all means, and where it came from?

Operation Mockingbird; How The CIA Controls The Mass Media News; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/05/via-operation-mockingbird-cia-is-now.html

Bernie Sanders on Why Big Corporate Owned Media Shouldn’t Get Bigger; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/12/bernie-sanders-on-why-big-media.html

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/05/outfoxed-rupert-murdochs-war-on.html

How Corporations Control Governments, Media, Politicians; Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-corporations-control-governments.html

Maybe it is time to shift paradigms. Hopefully, the old 4th of July meanings and paradigms no longer work for people in this modern, more enlightened and aware age. People no longer advocate, much less tolerate slavery, oppression, or women/Indians not being allowed to vote. Even war is going out of 'fashion' as it becomes more and more toxic, dangerous and the consequences of it become more obvious. Maybe it is time to turn off the mass media propaganda machines, and quit paying to be hypnotized to believe what the Matrix corporate machine wants people to believe?

ARE WE CELEBRATING POISONING OF THE PLANET WITH THINGS LIKE DU AND PLUTONIUM POISONS?

NATO's Dark Secret - Depleted Uranium; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/wikipedia-depleted-uranium.html

Maybe we can celebrate our 'independence' from the old, outworn, outmoded and obsolete paradigms that no longer work and start working to protect our local community and 7 future generations of OUR children from a few rich, old, white people and their 'personhood right' to make unlimited profits on the backs of the 99%, while taking over our government, our media and then deceiving everyone into going along with their toxic, Earth killing suicide system?

How Dangerous Is 400-6000 Pounds Of Plutonium Nano Particle Dust Liberated By Fukushima? Via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-dangerous-is-400-6000-pounds-of.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PLANET BY GREENWASHING CORPORATIONS?

Due to people demanding green products, many corporations seem to be doing the green thing.. But upon further and more in depth examination, many if not most of them are actually greenwashing. 

Greenwashing; Fake 'Green' Products, Services And Industries; Misleading Half Truths And Public Manipulations
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/07/greenwashing-fake-green-products.html

The greenwashing corporations who are pretending to be green, are the direct cause of the following negative tipping points, which of course, most people have never heard about..

2014 - List of 45+ Negative Global Tipping Points; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/2014-list-of-45-global-tipping-points.html

Supposedly, settlers back in the good old days freed themselves from 'tyranny' back in England. These days, it looks like that same 'tyranny' is here to stay, like an out of control house guest that got access to all of your bank accounts and personal information. The house guest is firmly in control. That house guest puts people in power that gives them that right, and then raids your bank account whenever they want, and helps themselves to your retirement account too, while filling up the house with toxic and deadly garbage, which you have to pay to clean up, because the house guest refuse to... (Note; All of the money in Social Security was 'borrowed' out long ago).

ARE WE CELEBRATING GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO DEBT AND UNSUSTAINABILITY?

All the wealth of the US is slowly being drained out of it and is being transferred to the 1%. The real money has been stolen, and fake money is now the norm, but most people don't even understand the difference, much less realize that they have been lied to, hookwinked and all their wealth has been stolen. 

FDR Confiscated All Gold And Silver In 1933, Created US Private For Profit Fiat Currency and Fractional Reserve Banking System
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/fdr-confiscated-all-gold-and-silver-in.html

This transfer of wealth went to the same 1% that like to claim that Columbus discovered America, and that America is the greatest, and we need a much more powerful military. Only fascist governments need a really powerful military with 1,000 global military bases.

1,000 US Foreign Military Bases In Foreign Countries - 2 Trillion Dollars And Rising Cost; via@AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/09/1000-us-foreign-military-bases-in.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING THAT THE US GOVERNMENT NO LONGER REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE?

In American Dissatisfaction With Everything Is Reaching Historic Levels;

Two-thirds of the survey's respondents felt that they have no say in government, with 73 percent believing the government does not rule with the consent of the people. "People like to say that the country is more divided than ever," Caddell said, "but in fact the country is united about one thing: that the political class does not represent them, that the system is rigged against them. There is a belief that the system is rigged, and that's what we need to understand."

WHAT WOULD BE WORTH CELEBRATING ON THE 4TH OF JULY?

Now let's look at the bright side, and the reality of what may be worth celebrating, because there is a lot to celebrate.. Remember how unions are demonized in the mass media? Have you ever wondered why? Could it be that because unions are representing workers, that corporations hate unions and want to do away with them, completely?

ARE WE CELEBRATING UNIONS AND WHAT THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR?

Maybe we are celebrating the achievements of many generations of workers fighting for worker's rights, the right to form a union, worker safety laws, and equal pay for women, among other battles fought on behalf of the 99%. But that battle is being lost, so it is not really worth celebrating. Millions of jobs have been lost to Communist China, just so a little more profit can be made.

How Corporate America Is Killing Unions And The Middle Class Workers; via A Green Road

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-corporate-america-is-killing-unions.html

Are Unions Evil Socialist Plots That Must Be Made Extinct, Or The Best Thing Going? via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/05/are-unions-evil-socialist-plots-that.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING TRUE FREEDOM AND EQUALITY?

Maybe the 4th of July should be more about celebrating the fact that just a few people stood up for freedom and then equality, such as the Freedom Riders? Maybe we owe them a lot for having the courage to stand up and demand that freedom that was in the Constitution but not being delivered...Doesn't it feel better to celebrate that kind of freedom and 'independence' than the fake genocide, slavery and racist homophobic version?

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ARE WE CELEBRATING WORKERS RIGHTS? 

Of course, people have the right to celebrate the right of the 1% to keep taking advantage of child labor, no minimum wage, and no worker rights, plus forced private prison labor. Maybe some people really do want to celebrate the right to treat people like slaves and export all middle class jobs to Communist China, where no unions, no rights, and no freedom is the order of the day. 

PBS; New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - The Reason For Worker Rights, Unions, Voting Women, Safety Laws, And More; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/07/pbs-new-york-triangle-factory-fire.html

ARE WE CELEBRATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTING RIGHTS FOR WOMEN?

Wikipedia; "We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. President Wilson is the chief opponent of their national enfranchisement".[105] Another banner on August 14, 1917, referred to "Kaiser Wilson" and compared the plight of the German people with that of American women. With this manner of protest, the women were subject to arrests and many were jailed.[106] On October 17, Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months and on October 30 began a hunger strike, but after a few days prison authorities began to force feed her.[105] After years of opposition, Wilson changed his position in 1918 to advocate women's suffrage as a war measure.[107]

The key vote came on June 4, 1920, when the Senate approved the amendment by 56 to 25 after four hours of debate, during which Democratic Senators opposed to the amendment filibustered to prevent a roll call until their absent Senators could be protected by pairs. The Ayes included 36 (82%) Republicans and 20 (54%) Democrats. The Nays comprised 8 (18%) Republicans and 17 (46%) Democrats. The Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited state or federal sex-based restrictions on voting, was ratified by sufficient states in 1920.[108]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage_movement#United_States

ARE WE CELEBRATING SOME PEOPLE WAKING UP AND REALIZING IT IS TIME FOR A PEACEFUL REVOLUTION? 

Maybe it is time to take back the reigns of power via a peaceful revolution. Maybe it is time to throw the corrupting influence of money out of politics and the mass media, nationalize all of the corporations and REALLY gain independence for the citizens of the USA and other countries as well. Maybe the true American Independence battle has yet to be fought and won, against the 1% who seem to think that they can control, mislead, lie to and manipulate, while extracting all of their wealth, all of the time?

At the very least, let's quit pretending that something called the USA which is just a fake look alike, kind of like most Chinese goods, is mostly controlled by the 1%. The USA is not really 'independent', it is rather a wholly owned subsidiary of globalist corporations.  It may be time to celebrate, but how about asking the American Indians what they feel like celebrating, and then do whatever that is with them? If the native inhabitants feel there is something to celebrate, whatever that is, that is what should be focused on, not a fake July 4th celebration about some mythical 'independence' many years ago..

ARE WE CELEBRATING TRUE INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM FROM CORPORATE TYRANNY? 

Why can't people elect representatives who don't take corrupting money from corporations that have absolutely corrupting power, like Bernie Sanders for example? Was Bernie a 'wasted vote'? Isn't he an example of what independence truly means? Maybe we can celebrate the few people left in Congress like him on the 4th of July. Why can't more people be like Bernie Sanders, standing up for what really matters? They say people deserve to get what they vote for, and that must be true.

But if we get rid of corporations and their minions who control government, what is it going to be replaced with?

ARE WE CELEBRATING AMERICAN INDIANS LIVING IN A SUSTAINABLE FASHION FOR 40,000 YEARS? 

American Indians and aborigine peoples all over the world have been living in a sustainable fashion for tens of thousands of years before the settlers and Columbus arrived. Why can't we manage to do something that simple? Maybe we have something to learn from these people who possess an ancient and wise knowledge?

Maybe they can teach us something, if just sat still long enough to listen to them, instead listening and watching the mass media propaganda to consume more and buy more, but think less and less, and question nothing at all. 

American Indians Have Inhabited The US Continent For 40,000 Years In A Sustainable Fashion, Why Can't Our Modern 'Civilization' Do That?; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/01/american-indians-have-inhabited-us.html

THE TRUE VERSION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Via Gasser July 15, 2014

The Star Spangel Banner

~The bad way it is~

Oh, say can you see….by the dawn's early Gamma ray light

What so fearfully we failed….of the twilight's last gleaming.


Whose broad spreading Corium's and bright sky shine….through perilous fright

O'er the chemical ramparts we watched….Atomic water come streaming.


And the Corium's red glare….the hydro volcanoes bursting in air

Gave proof through the night….that NRC bullshitter's were still there.


O say, does that Rising Sun banner yet wave

O'er the land of the dying and the Yakuza thugs so naive.

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the contaminated USA….land of the Tax enslaved.

And the home of the blind sheeple so naive

THE NEW VERSION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

~The good way it should be~

Oh, say can you see….by the dawn's early computer back light

What so intensely enenews'ers breath held….at the poster's last streaming.


Whose broad spreading truth with bright minds…..through courageous might

O'er the LCD screens we watched…..Pro Nuker's just dreaming.


And the posters LCD screen glare….lit up for solutions to stop Nuclides in air

Gave proof through the nights that enenews truth heros were still there.


O say, does that NO! NUKES! banner yet wave

O'er the internet of the wise and the intelligent not so naive.

O say, does that reinstated star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the United States of America….the land of the smart and brave.

~Gasser Classic~

LET'S CELEBRATE THE RIGHT TO VOTE

As we have learned from this article, most people in history never got to vote. The right to vote is so precious, please don't throw it away. How about celebrating that right of independence by voting only for people who don't sell their souls for the almighty corporate dollar, like Bernie Sanders, or Cindy Sheehan, just to name a few choices. Stand up for freedom from corporate tyranny by making a difference and striking a blow for TRUE freedom and independence, because you are one of those lucky people, who can vote. 

13 Reasons Why People Don't Vote; Plus 13 Reasons Why You Should Vote; via @AGreenRoad

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/11/10-reasons-why-people-dont-vote-and-ten.html

GREEN NEW DEAL; How To End Global Unemployment; via A Green Road
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/10/green-new-deal-how-to-end-global.html

MAYBE WE CAN CELEBRATE A SINGING, PEACEFUL REVOLUTION

Poli-tics = many tics..... maybe it is time to haul out the flea spray and start spraying for tics.... There sure seem to be a lot of corporations sucking blood from the public treasury these days. Maybe we can declare this an emergency public health disaster and put some anti - blood sucking tic policies in place?  

The Singing Revolution Film; How Estonia Gained It's Freedom By Singing A Revolution

http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-singing-revolution-film-how-estonia.html

HOW ABOUT CELEBRATING MOVING TOWARDS A FUTURE THAT WORKS FOR 7 FUTURE GENERATIONS?

In summary, this article presents a positive vision for humanity. We can celebrate people's efforts to move past all of this dysfunctions. We can celebrate the successes outlined above, and others as well. We can celebrate that we are creating a better future for 7 future generations.

Let's come together and celebrate the unity of the 99%, and what the 99% have accomplished, despite the best efforts of the 1% to suppress and deny the 99% equality, rights, and freedoms all over the globe by pitting one group against another.

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Happy 4th Of July! What Is It That We Are Celebrating?
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/07/happy-4th-of-july-what-is-it-that-we.html

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