Saturday, June 14, 2025

Parades and Protests

It's really sad how Trump hijacked the army's 250th anniversary parade to make it all about him.  Of course he wants nothing more than to preside over a military parade like a wannabe dictator would do.  I don't think there was much TV coverage of the parade - it might have aired live somewhere (definitely on Fox News), but I really couldn't care less and there was not a chance in hell I was going to watch it.  No, I was more interested in the "No Kings" protests going on across the country.  A protest which I was more than interested in attending (apparently there were about 70,000 people just in Seattle).   But I'm sure some shady government agency was tracking all the attendees, and I don't want to do anything to jeopardize my permanent residency status.  The very fact that I have to think like that is why I loathe this administration so much.  And all of this against the backdrop of turmoil and war on the world stage.  Fun times.