While reading one of the Celebration 250 publications at the local bookstore, I came across the founding of the country and the term “flawed.” The 250th birthday is a good time to look at the word.
Let’s back up to Ken Burns’ documentary, American Revolution. In Episode 2, 5 minutes before the end. he focuses on the Declaration of Independence last sentence: “And to support this Declaration, with reliance on Protection from Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor.”
Where is the money meant to stay? right here in the states, for the benefit of everyone. Not Wall Street, not stock prices, not CEOs, and not offshore tax havens or tax dodges. Everyone. If you know what a dictionary is, the dictionary in 1776 is Samuel Johnson’s 18 Century dictionary, available online thanks to Tech Bros. The word “socialism” is not in there.
The regimes at the time were all monarchies. Catherine the Great was on the throne in Russia. If you have common sense, Russia was a monarchy. Communism hadn’t happened yet. Socialism didn’t exist. Marxist didn’t exist. Karl Marx wasn’t born until 1818. Any Republican using the word communism, socialism, or marxist is full of it. Who did we declare independence from? Great Britain. Where are the Murdochs of Fox Nooz from? Australia. Who enabled Murdoch buying Fox? Ronnie Raygun and Roger Ailes. Factoids that I want taught in our nation’s classrooms.
Additional point: Why do Pennsylvania, one of the colonies, and Kentucky, the 15th state admitted to the Union, both have the words “Commonwealth” in their titles?
Reminder: Speaking of classrooms, the late Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, has to be one of the best DEI hires every in the Republiclown party. Why is dum one, to paraphrase Trump, deemed appropriate on a unversity campus? Kirk flunked out of community college and only had a high school diploma. Proof DEI is alive and well in a political party.
26May2026 thought: “Trickle down economics” should apply to both Wall Street and the Member of Congress. The corporation publically traded on Wall Street needs to trickle down earnings and profits to the state it grew in pre-IPO, and trickle down to heads of households. Same for Members of Congress. To truly abide by “trickle down,” Members should not keep lobbist monies and bribes. The monies should trickle down to their states they represent, to heads of households. The Members of Congress serve as elected officials in an constitutional republic.
