America is a lie!

America is a lie!

I used to believe “America is an ideal.” But now I believe “America a lie.”

When an ideal is too remote, it becomes a lie (e.g., communism). But America is far worse than that: America is a lie, foundationally! Two main reasons:

  • America was built on a pile of lies, with “all men are created equal” being the mother of all American lies.
  • America was born as a new colonial power.
Easy Eddie & Butch O’Hare

Easy Eddie & Butch O’Hare

The two stories about Easy Eddie and Butch O’Hare I am about to tell you are not new, especially in Chicagoland, where I have resided since 1993. Recently, I received an email with a [more] complete version of the stories. So, I have decided to simply convert the email to this post for wider circulation of the stories.

Let us get some political terms right!

Let us get some political terms right!

America has become so polarized that everything is political. The country is so confused that everything is subject to debate. To facilitate American political discourses, let me clearly define the following basic political terms:

  • Republic.
  • Democracy.
  • Autocracy.
  • Socialism vs. capitalism.
  • Communism vs. colonialism.

Let me elaborate them one by one.

Did John Adams say it, really?

Did John Adams say it, really?

Yes, he did, verbatim!

I have been using this quote frequently in my writings, and have encountered three major situations as follows:

  • Most Americans are unaware of this quote.
  • Some jumped to correction from “Lye” to “lie”.
  • Some argued about its “context.”

Let me elaborate on each …