{"id":1575,"date":"2020-07-13T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2020-07-13T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:05:22","slug":"u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"U.S.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1007\" height=\"1019\" src=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00001-CongressCrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00001-CongressCrop.jpg 1007w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00001-CongressCrop-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00001-CongressCrop-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/red-state-blue-state-58-copy.jpg\"><strong>Democrat?<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp; Republican?&nbsp; Who can fuckin\u2019 tell?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Red state, Blue state?&nbsp; Die and go to Hell!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Argue \u2019bout it all you want, knock each other out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018Right-Left\u2019 bullshit ain\u2019t what its about.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>***This is such an easy re-post!  This image is an excellent metaphor for a criminally inactive American government in the fatal, final decline of late-stage capitalism (yes, both parties and all three branches).  A police state, during a global pandemic and environmental disaster, a corporate oligarchy with unchecked greed, graft and stupidity rotting away the core of the richest empire on Earth, with the most gigantic army&#8230;history shows us the fate of nations that become so weak.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This image was first published in 2015, in our first book, &#8220;Marsha Mellow&#8217;s Blue-ish Freaks.&#8221;  You can find our first four books (and BUY them) by following the links to our Etsy shop, or go to etsy.com and search EEWbooks.   -Marsha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat?&nbsp; Republican?&nbsp; Who can fuckin\u2019 tell?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Red state, Blue state?&nbsp; Die and go to Hell!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Argue \u2019bout it all you want, knock each other out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018Right-Left\u2019 bullshit ain\u2019t what its about. ***This is such an easy re-post! 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