Remembering Our Visionaries
Being Born on the Fourth of July has always meant getting the manic spill off from the patriotic celebrations. My party plates and hats often had the red, white and blue on them. It melded my Cancer Sun destiny to that of the country, in a way that I always (secretly) thought had mythic importance. My Dad always told me the fireworks were for me, and that made me feel special, too. I'm also distantly related to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (from Georgia), great-great-great-great uncle Lyman Hall. But this Fourth, what is there to celebrate? A few years ago, a friend that grew up under martial law in the Philippines saw what was happening in America and had this warning, "Martial law looks just like democracy, until you step out of line." Have you seen what happens to those that speak up outside the designated "free speech zones?"
And now the hand of censorship is closing around the Net in subtle ways. Even though we've lost a lot of our civil liberties, it has remained the one place to explore ideas as far as your mind can take you. But since everyday is "opposite day" in America now, You Tube has even started censoring videos that present the visionaries of our history like JFK and MLK Jr. What is a nation, without its ideals? With the death (Pluto) of our nation's ideals (Sagittarius), what is America? I'd like to celebrate Independence Day by posting this short video (banned by YouTube and reposted), that I find inspiring. I'll still be lighting sparklers on my birthday and thinking of America's heroes. And knowing that even if all the light goes out in "authorized" America, after Pluto has killed off and revealed falsehoods, we'll always have the essence of that original founding philosophy (Sagittarius) guaranteeing "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" to carry forward.
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