4 responses to “How I Feel”

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   Joe

   May 31, 2026 at 9:26 am

   My trajectory matches this almost exactly. Thanks for writing this, thought I was on an island!

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   Joe Blow

   May 31, 2026 at 9:27 am

   I too vividly remember the moment I decided to take the flag down off the front of the house and put it in the closet.
   Like you, I am not un-patriotic. What our country has become, what it now represents, actually represents, not the facade, the false image our nation pretends it is, is NOT something I am proud of. I am ashamed of what our nation has become and want to see the traitors hanged.
   We are at that crossroad in history.

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   Big Ruckus D

   May 31, 2026 at 11:17 am

   Fully concur. I was too young to remember much of the bicentennial, but looking back on the events, and perceptible general feeling of the public, of 1976, the bicentennial was huge. It is already halfway through the year, and so far there seems to be no buzz, no excitement, no sense of anticipation or even talk of the FUSA’s 250th “birthday”. I think in hindsight, the death of the FUSA will probably eventually be determined to have been at a point well shy of it’s sesquicentennial, making any celebration of it rather pointless.

   Moreover, there is a palpable sense of discontent and anger; nobody appears to be in a celebratory mood – at least to my perception – and it really strikes me that the big 250 is going to be a big nothing, as things fizzle out. Oh, but I hear Trump is going to host a UFC fight at the Shite House. That seems somehow fitting, a disgusting spectacle of a couple of people beating the crap out of each other in hand to hand combat is pretty well emblematic of what this “country” is about now.

   I’m certainly not in a mood to celebrate this country now, given what it has degenerated into. I do a large fireworks show every year for family and friends, and will do so again this July 4th, but it will be done strictly for it’s own sake of enjoying the sight and sound of pyrotechnics blowing up. It certainly won’t be symbolic of American greatness, or out of any sense of patriotism.

   If I hadn’t already spent the funds to purchase the fireworks months ago, I’d probably not be doing a show this year. But then not everyone in my family is as sour on things as I’ve gotten (yet, anyway), so I also don’t want to disappoint them by not doing the show, which has become an annual tradition.

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   Jane

   May 31, 2026 at 11:22 am

   Thank you for sharing your truth. I feel exactly the same way. I thought about hanging an upside down flag for the 250 year “ celebration” but changed my mind. I knew things were not good due to seeing all these wars the US was involved in. When Trump walked down the stairs in Trump Tower, I remember how off his speech sounded but I supported him. I was posting all sorts of American tribute song on FB which I left years ago. I voted for the bastard 10 years ago and haven’t voted since. I see where we are and what is coming. I know what hill to stand on. It ain’t pretty. I will not be celebrating this July 4. It’s over for me.

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