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What everyone gets wrong about their Revolutionary recollections and remembrances Ask any school child in America why the colonies rebelled against King George III, and you’ll get a pretty consistent answer: taxation without representation. That is only partly true, as colonists had indirect representation, and were successful in wielding it…

Fourth Of July

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Poseur Patriots
Poseur Patriots

Jun 20

On “The World Needs More Cowboys” University of Wyoming slogan controversy…

White actors in red-face is an ongoing but tone-deaf tradition in the Cowboy state and we need to talk about it.

Red Face

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On “The World Needs More Cowboys” University of Wyoming slogan controversy…
On “The World Needs More Cowboys” University of Wyoming slogan controversy…

Jun 18

Part II: On anti-choice theocrats destroying public schools and brainwashing our kids to be jingoists in the cowboy state

Comedian Doug Stanhope revealed a dark truth about blind patriotism and nationalism when he said in his stand-up special No Refunds in 2007, “Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.” That’s precisely the kind…

40 min read

Part II: On anti-choice theocrats destroying public schools and brainwashing our kids to be…
Part II: On anti-choice theocrats destroying public schools and brainwashing our kids to be…

Jun 14

Anti-choice theocrats at work in the cowboy state to destroy your child’s public school and…

Anti-choice theocrats at work in the cowboy state to destroy your child’s public school and brainwash your kids to be jingoistic nationalists in the process Introduction First, I open with a prefatory note to establish my perspective as a Fourth Generation Natrona County, Wyoming, Pioneer, with roots in Wyoming far deeper than many of those who’ve moved here from out of state in recent decades who are attempting to hijack our state government to advance policies…

33 min read

Anti-choice theocrats at work in the cowboy state to destroy your child’s public school and…
Anti-choice theocrats at work in the cowboy state to destroy your child’s public school and…
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