4th of July: Don’t Appreciate Our Freedoms? Try Living In a Dictatorship!

4th of July: Don't Appreciate Our Freedoms? Try Living In a Dictatorship!

There is nothing like living in a dictatorship to appreciate the significance of our precious Bill of Rights. This photo of yours truly was taken in 1973 when, along with the protection of my American passport, I resided in the Republic of China (Taiwan) while it was under Chiang’s dictatorship.

Living Behind Enemy Lines In Oregon, Tale #57: “Bias” Hotline Collecting Names, Creating List Of Americans To Torment

Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #41: Bias Hotline Terrorizes White, Heterosexual Americans

In Oregon, if you accidentally spill a cup of coffee on a book written by a black author you have committed either a “bias incident” or a “hate crime.” This is an example the hotline website uses as something that should be reported. If the book was written by a white author, the State of Oregon could care less. The clumsy person will not be put on “The List.”