MR WRONG: America Two-Fitty
by Joe MacLeod
This is a Very Special to Flaming Hydra episode of the Mr. Wrong column, presented in cooperation with Indignity.
This weekend in America—or, Estados Unidos, if you will—many folks are going to take part in observances and celebrations and irritations revolving around the Birth of a Nation, the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, or something like that. Two Hundred and Fifty Years and No Cents, plus tax. Mainly though, we got a fuckin’ three-day weekend. Huzzah!
Personally, I always take this time for reflection on the State of the Union. As is my custom, I will repair to the rear grounds of my tiny but active castle in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, where, rising a good five and one half feet above the Earth, like the promise of a new day, stands my above-ground swimming pool.
Yes, I have a reflecting pool! It is full of sparkling clear water. It relaxes and centers me, and I will count myself among the fortunate in this Economy, where we have a so-called Chief Executive who could fuck up a soup sandwich.
Keep us breathing fire!
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