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SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 03:28 PM Feb 2013

I live in the greatest country in the world! Land of the free! (dial up warning, pics! Graphic!) [View all]

Last edited Sun Feb 3, 2013, 02:23 PM - Edit history (1)

This is where I live.

This is my house:




This is where my kids go to school:




This is where I work:



These are my streets, where I walk, ride, and drive:




When I need to go far, this is how I travel:




This is the new place in Utah where the government monitors all my phone calls, my e-mails, my texts and tweets.



And mind you, all this "freedom" comes at a cost:













Let's check in with Lee Greenwood:




From the lakes of Minnesota,

to the hills of Tennessee.

Across the plains of Texas,

From sea to shining sea.


From Detroit down to Houston,

and New York to L.A.

Well there's pride in every American heart,



and its time we stand and say.
That I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.


Well, I hope we all enjoy the "freedom".... because it's expensive. Really, really expensive....

















Rant over.

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Truth out. n/t gtar100 Feb 2013 #1
All I can say is I agree. Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #2
America, the Myth. eom ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #3
But it's a price we're happy to pay. American Freedumb Rawks! Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #4
I think the Khardasians are on. Brigid Feb 2013 #10
Yup. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #47
Message auto-removed mogli Feb 2013 #69
"Democrats through Socialism/Marxism/Communism"? arcane1 Feb 2013 #71
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #73
If you don't like both parties who did you vote for? hrmjustin Feb 2013 #75
I'm stuck trying to find all these Democrats who promote Marxism arcane1 Feb 2013 #76
That's not a Minnesota lake, as far as I can tell. Brickbat Feb 2013 #5
Yeah.. I fixed it.. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #9
Oh God, not the Lake Superior barrels! Brickbat Feb 2013 #12
Holy shit dude, are you missing the point? SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #22
I'm a MN lover and heading back there when I can. However, snappyturtle Feb 2013 #118
Believe me, living here, I know what kind of pollution is in our lakes. Brickbat Feb 2013 #147
Okay, and this matters how, exactly? AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #48
Word. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #6
One of the best I've seen. Powerful... nonoxy9 Feb 2013 #7
Top rant of the year ...I am right there with you. Excellent! L0oniX Feb 2013 #8
The way money is created and controlled tama Feb 2013 #101
Your photos are starkly graphic and reveal, imo, what a right-wing-soused society indepat Feb 2013 #11
Message auto-removed mogli Feb 2013 #72
It took Bush and his cronies 8 years prole_for_peace Feb 2013 #78
By "in power" you mean Dems. have the Executive Branch? Do some deeper think, I think you should. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #79
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #13
Echoed! Ian Iam Feb 2013 #45
What is that place in Utah called? siligut Feb 2013 #14
It's the NSA's Utah Data Center. Read more here: Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #16
There is an actual name for it... SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #83
"Minitru Disney" kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #126
Paradise for paranoid data crunchers. siligut Feb 2013 #132
This thread should be sticky! Well done! (nt) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #15
Some would say that is just the price of arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #17
Well done! 20score Feb 2013 #18
Wow skydive forever Feb 2013 #19
i am thankful to live to live in Canada riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #20
I am thrilled to live in the United States. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #27
Yeah. Sure, we do. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #58
you are so correct riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #63
May I come live with you please, please, please, pretty please? xtraxritical Feb 2013 #80
sorry i am leaving for England riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #87
Expect a large package to be delivered to your front porch soon. eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #84
it is minus thirty celcius today riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #86
'We make our choices" amuse bouche Feb 2013 #115
OH SNAP! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #116
Europe 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #56
Europe is ten times better for their people than North America is for our people. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #60
European Health Care 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #93
You missed the point I was making - PERIOD. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #106
OMG I have seen the Light 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #109
No, you're still pretty much in the dark. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #117
Again 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #139
Nobody should be paying "some of our defense budget," not even us. hunter Feb 2013 #62
Budget Cut 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #94
All revenue bills must start in the House. That's in the Constitution. mbperrin Feb 2013 #131
fuck that datasuspect Feb 2013 #64
Irony 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #95
ten times?.... paleotn Feb 2013 #65
See post 32 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #91
So you're saying that if it weren't for us... Nevernose Feb 2013 #70
No 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #96
Ah... Ahistorical bullshit.. Gotta love it. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #98
? 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #104
The Soviet Union never had the capabality, nor any short-term plans for invading North America. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #123
I Thank You 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #138
Yep, cultures are complex, and we tend to view other cultures and events newthinking Feb 2013 #136
Britain does, not all Europe. Britain is more like us but with some social programs newthinking Feb 2013 #81
No Place 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #92
We should have a MUCH lower defense budget! nt tblue37 Feb 2013 #100
Agree 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #103
Well, that is a bunch of BS! juajen Feb 2013 #121
Thank you 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #141
Our military very, very rarely plays the role of "defending" us. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #127
Agree 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #140
Sad ... DakotaLady Feb 2013 #21
Oh wow...a photo rant. zeemike Feb 2013 #23
You hit the target center-point. As a reality America may still exist. As plethoro Feb 2013 #24
K&R ReRe Feb 2013 #25
You are hypnotized? A zombie? Brainwashed? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #28
No ReRe Feb 2013 #30
I see. So your rant was meant for me, even though... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #31
I looked back thru the thread and seen your.. ReRe Feb 2013 #38
You had it right the first time. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #39
Look, youngin' ReRe Feb 2013 #42
If you want a reasonable discussion... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #46
Who find it annoying? tama Feb 2013 #102
Me, too. But, I see other things, too. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #26
I see those things too... SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #41
Your OP was pretty stark. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #44
I like this montage, too. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #50
Nice, thanks.... paleotn Feb 2013 #66
Your photos are like those from ANY country, the OP's are sadly our own. Festivito Feb 2013 #89
Mount Rushmore is a symbol of oppression to the Lakota Martin Eden Feb 2013 #99
I only saw one person of color in those pictures. (NT) Heywood J Feb 2013 #145
And? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #146
OMG Buzz505 Feb 2013 #29
Love it ... Lenomsky Feb 2013 #32
It certainly puts to rest the "Home of the brave" and "peace loving" myths. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #33
Wonderful Post and so telling. We're the only country that consistently tells... BlueJazz Feb 2013 #34
This is one of the best threads on this topic that I've seen on any of the forums I visit. Very Nice DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #35
Only in America do consumers have such freedom of choice: AR-15, MAK-10 or 12-guage auto shotgun leveymg Feb 2013 #36
what has been seen can not be unseen MFM008 Feb 2013 #37
Boom! OGKush Feb 2013 #40
The stark reality v. the myth. Well done! JDPriestly Feb 2013 #43
The tragic dark side of America.....n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #49
Kicking for a sad truth. Whovian Feb 2013 #51
Some posts are just impossible not to rec. n/t Flying Squirrel Feb 2013 #52
Lee Greenwood ... Mr One Trick Pony himself. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #53
Glad I live in joelz Feb 2013 #54
damn blaze Feb 2013 #55
Cuba? 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #59
Why do they hate us?... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #57
And we do an AWESOME JOB exporting freedom! Snarkoleptic Feb 2013 #61
. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #67
Thank you. K&R! n/t tilsammans Feb 2013 #68
K&R SunSeeker Feb 2013 #74
'None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free' lunasun Feb 2013 #77
None are more bereft of freedom Summer Hathaway Feb 2013 #90
Harriet Tubman (who knew a thing or two about slavery) Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #125
Dude, I wish you would have ended your post with Timbuk3 Feb 2013 #82
Fewer and fewer of us live a "normal" middle-class American life, and frankly, things suck. leveymg Feb 2013 #105
Ain't America Great!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #85
yeah some things about America really suck. wtmusic Feb 2013 #88
Freedom under the Empire TomClash Feb 2013 #97
See how the Second Amendment and all those guns have kept us safe from tyranny? Doctor_J Feb 2013 #107
America--freedom for the 1%, a heavy price for EVERYONE ELSE in the world. valerief Feb 2013 #108
great heaven05 Feb 2013 #110
Just do a search on Pyramid of Capitalism. There are a lot of versions of this 1911 valerief Feb 2013 #111
thank you heaven05 Feb 2013 #112
There is such a thing as crime and we will always have it treestar Feb 2013 #113
+1 Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #119
So you think "crime" is the reason there is a SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #124
The first few photos are of things done to deter crime treestar Feb 2013 #142
What's so bad about having camera's on every street corner, SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #143
There is indeed, and we keep committing them in the name of Democracy. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #129
A truly stunning pictoral amuse bouche Feb 2013 #114
I'm Proud To be An American! (the TUBES melt your face!) Bennyboy Feb 2013 #120
WOW, that was powerful. Thank you. juajen Feb 2013 #122
1984 liberal N proud Feb 2013 #128
That needs to be turned into a YouTube slide show with the music. loudsue Feb 2013 #130
. LWolf Feb 2013 #133
I can't wait for the next season of Newsroom.. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #135
I don't see it often, since I don't have HBO. LWolf Feb 2013 #137
K&R Carolina Feb 2013 #134
I got a post hidden for showing two pictures of dead children much like yours. I wonder why HiPointDem Feb 2013 #144
HUGE K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #148
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