Eulogy for America

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The epitaph reads:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Born July 4, 1776 - Died November 2, 2004

Ladies and gentlemen, we gather here today to mourn the passing of the United States of America, a nation that once stood as a beacon light of hope for the world.

America was betrayed and murdered on November 2, 2004. Also killed during this time of madness were the following virtues: truth, justice, integrity, freedom, compassion, brotherhood, tolerance, faith, hope, charity, peace, and respect for other cultures and nations. These virtues are survived by their antitheses--deceit, injustice, hypocrisy, fascism, selfishness, hatred, fear, hopelessness, greed, perpetual warfare and arrogant hegemony.

Also murdered were seven platitudes, which parents once used to convince their children that America was a rational and honorable nation:

1. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY died during the coup of 2000, when Americans nonchalantly stood by while an election was stolen.
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2. VERACITY IS THE HEART OF MORALITY (by Thomas Huxley) has been replaced by these words from Robert Burns: "Morality, thou deadly bane, thy tens o" thousands thou has slain."
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3. CRIME DOESN"T PAY holds true only when the crime opposes or offends the power structure. It does not apply when stealing elections or waging illegal wars.
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4. ALWAYS LEAD BY EXAMPLE has been replaced by, "Always be willing to shed anyone"s blood, except your own."
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5. PATRIOTISM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF A SCOUNDREL (by Samuel Johnson) has been replaced by the verity that patriotism is the FIRST refuge of a scoundrel.
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6. WORK HARD AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED must now read, "It is not what you know, but who you know that matters."
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7. ALL LIFE IS SACRED was a common platitude in the late United States. But the massacre of November 2, 2004 has replaced this myth with a paraphrase from George Orwell"s classic book ANIMAL FARM: "All lives are sacred, but some are more sacred than others."
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