The City Council of the People's Republic of Eugene, Oregon, has eschewed the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the Pledge of Allegiance divisive. “If there’s one thing the flag stands for,” Piercy says, “it’s that people don’t have to be compelled to say the Pledge of Allegiance or anything else.”
Mayor Kitty fashions herself as a citizen of the world.
What a crock of shit.
Take your act to Chad, Somalia, one of the -stans, or even France, England, or Germany and see how it plays. Many Americans find it trendy to apologize for their country. These are the same people who, when visiting foreign countries, pretend they are Canadians. Or, in the George W. years, could be heard saying "He's not MY president."
I am proud to be an American. I wore a baseball cap from my 30th reunion from the Naval Academy to the French Open last year. There is an American flag on the front and the rather odd "Flower Children of the Brigade" embroidered on the back. (That schizophrenia must be explained in a later posting.) I wore the hat in Italy. Wore it last year in Scotland. In my travels I have observed that people are fiercely proud of their countries. The French love France, the Italians are proud to be Italians (except for some Romans who still bristle as the Risorgimento), and the Scots...don't even go there. Criticize their country and you better be prepared to practice the sweet science of boxiana. They will kick your ass.
These folks also don't consider themselves "citizens of the world." What does that even mean?
Here's my advice to the wrongheaded, supercilious, bilious members of the Eugene city council. This is America. Resign and let an American have the job...you can send your resumes out to the world and see if there are any takers for spineless twerps. Oh, and Ms. Mayor, I'm exercising my freedom of speech.
You're an asshole.
Florida
Floridians have proven they lack the mental sophistication to read an election ballot, and, after reading it, have demonstrated the inability to properly push a pin through the same ballot. Let's face it, when it comes to voting, they struggle.
But really, people. A hot-looking party girl neglects to report that her 2-year old daughter is missing for 31 days, and the best you can come up with is a charge of lying to authorities? Maybe Amanda Knox should request a change of venue to Florida. Did anyone do any research to find out if the O.J. Simpson jury was transported to the Sunshine State?
There is so much wrong with the Casey Anthony story that it beggars the mind. If Casey looked like Mayor Kitty Piercy you wouldn't have even heard about the trial. This trial was another in the long line of narcotizing events designed to numb us to real issues, like the two wars we're fighting, and the debt ceiling debate.
Economics
Governor Moonbeam and the state legislatures have offered up a budget that it heavily reliant on a rather rosy view of revenues improving. This is akin to any of us going out and booking an enormously expensive vacation, or buying a Lamborghini, or moving into a new McMansion, because we're expecting to make more money next year than we did this year.
When this happens on a personal basis it leads to bankruptcy or foreclosure. When it happens at the government level it leads to...nothing.
