Message #33853

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Thanks Eric I agree and let me add there is no nation like United Clones of Ameritunes where you can rely on the fact that every city you drive into will be a carbon copy of the next. You just wait to drive a few miles further to the next town and lo and behold there is another Mc Donald’s to buy some Chicken Mc Duds. Drive to the next city and you will find a Motel 6 7 or 8 just like the city before so you can rest assured. Wake up in the morning to go to the next city and sure enough another Starbucks with a long line….to quench your bored taste buds. Driving on we enter the next city and now we need some cheap paper towels because the coffee got spilled on the Walmart place mat. No problem what do I see another Dollar General where I can get cheep paper towels from China. Driving on I notice my gas is low but never fear the next town has another BP just like the last one. So I fill it up and continue my journey to the next city while seeing billboards advertising my favorite 🤩 car which once was proudly made in the US but now comes from across the sea.

Suddenly I realize it is the fourth of July and I have no sparklers or fire crackers to celebrate. But I have no trepidation because as I drive into the next city I see a Walmart from the highway and they have a fire cracker stand just like every other city in United Clones. So I drop in and get my supply and search out the VFW in the next town since I know there is one in every city I am not let down. I stop in their paved parking lot it’s getting dark now. I open up my sparklers from Walmart made in China and light one of them with my generic lighter that was shipped in from China and put on my glasses made in China so I can see the parade now going down the road I fly my little US flag 🇺🇸 that says on it -made in China- celebrating the Fourth of July here in United Clones of Ameritunes. But am I complaining? No because I can say all these things to you with no fear of going to the gallows. So I get up get in my car and drive to the next town where I see something vey unusual. A little club advertising gallows humor-stand up comedians-and I realize I was born in the right place where I can enjoy political satire with no fear of reprisal. I’m also on the right site because I can listen to Eric talk about his appreciation of this country and accept his different point of view while expressing my own without debilitating consequences.