pics United States Independence Day
[July, 2007] Whilst visiting my parents near Milwaukee, I attended the Village of Whitefish Bay's parade to commemorate the United States' independence. It was quite a fascinating and disturbing experience. I present this piece, unusually, in colour for reasons that are, I trust, obvious.

I'll Show You What ‘American’ Is

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who says Americans are statistically more likely to be short and fat because of fast-food-based diets?

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at some point, one wonders if these people are parodies intentionally or accidentally

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I hate clowns

Let's Talk About Fluffy So We Needn't Have Real Conversation

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not sure which ‘outfit’ is more atrocious

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‘oh, jolly good, we've brought our ponies!’

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‘I stick my tongue out at you, human’

Oh, TV, Tell Me What I Need

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some of the finest American ‘cuisine’

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even finer American ‘cuisine’

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American flag discarded on the ground with some funny paper glasses and a plastic straw; apparently, they're all single-use

I Don't Have to Dress Well: I'm an American!

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‘with my Christ sash, American-flag bandanna, and sunglasses, I'll be unstoppable!’

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‘freedom isn't free’

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what sick parent lets a child out of the house dressed like that?

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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‘my camera's almost as little and cute as I am, hehe’

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woman demonstrates ‘the position’

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‘grams, how many times I gotta tell you not to get up in my face with that thing?’

I'm One Hundred per Cent American

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a German marching band

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bagpipers

Oh, Good: Sport Will Distract Us

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fierce fighting force

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some sort of homoerotic display of might

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cheerleaders

I Celebrate Others' Lives Instead of Making Meaning in My Own

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Fox News personality

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minor political figure (?)

Vehicles Make Life Worth Living

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what could be more American than a bunch of German cars burning Middle-Eastern petrol?

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‘look, Ma, when you get old, they let you drive without looking where you're going ... and no hands on the wheel!’

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I'm almost tempted to cheer for the kid in the pram ... it's not, after all, a very fair race

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oh, yes, Americans love big yellow buses ... so long as they needn't surrender their cars

Thank Goodness Authority Keeps the World from Descending into Egalitarianism

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American imperial forces

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they really do let just anyone drive expensive, polluting machinery to kill people

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sheriff keeps everyone safe with a ‘thumbs-up’

God, Thank You for Helping Me Avoid All that Bothersome ‘Thinking’

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Christian preschool!?!

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and daycare

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and school! wow, there is no need to ever be in a non-christian environment—where some ‘bad’, rational person could expose one to an intelligent worldview based on reasonable explanations that require no recourse to supernatural fantasies—during the whole of one's formative years! thank goodness for Jesus Christ of Nazareth!

Oh, Mummy, Please Indoctrinate Me with Patriotism so I can Die in the Next Oil-War

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