First I want to thank all of you who've been with me thru the first half of my daily blogging journey thru 2009. And second, I'd like to say a word about freedom. Or more properly, freedoms. They seem to be an endangered species.
I'd like the freedom to paint my home purple, even if I live in a development.
Freedom to speak with a customer service rep based in the United States.
Freedom from voice-activated software.
Freedom from "menus" on DVDs (I just want to watch the fucking movie).
Freedom to smoke in a bar.
Freedom from warrantless wiretaps.
Freedom from focus groups.
Freedom to attend a sporting event in a stadium NOT named for some pan-satanic financial institution.
Freedom from being required to produce 3 types of photo ID for almost everything.
The freedom for same-sex couples to marry (let's just get over it already).
Freedom to pay for postage stamps and money orders with a credit card.
Freedom from the stranglehold of uniformity.
Freedom from "office campuses."
Freedom from 20% interest rates.
...and by the way, the freedom to choose any health insurance I want when I can't afford ANY of the options is NOT freedom.
So happy birthday, America. Let's try to do a little better this year.
You are funny and right on, good job with the daily posting, keep it coming :)
Posted by: Joy | July 06, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Couldn't agree more.
Posted by: dahliah | July 10, 2009 at 01:07 AM