As if we needed another contradistinction.<\/p>\r\n
While Hurricane Fiona ravaged Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, knocking out power and flooding cities and towns and causing billions of dollars of damage…<\/p>\r\n
… Elizabeth II’s coffin-encased remains were majestically transported through the streets of London and then to her family’s estate as her bejeweled crown, like a crumpled gnome, bore final witness to the torturous ceremonial journey of her kingdom’s dead Queen.<\/p>\r\n
The multitude of the Queen’s admirers left marmalade sandwiches<\/a> along her funeral route, hoping that…?\u00a0 Signifying their…?<\/p>\r\n This while Puerto Ricans were left with shit sandwiches along their routes, as they watched their bridges get swept away<\/a> by raging storm waters.\u00a0 Signifying their… marginalization.<\/p>\r\n Was it the Brits’ responsibility to set aside their royal fetish and do something real to serve humanity for a change?\u00a0 No (I mean, of course) but the real onus is on U.S. politicos and media to stop their fawning over royalty who aren’t even our<\/em> royalty and to make more than a token effort to serve and respect humans who are actually part of the United States<\/em>, even though they live on an island that hasn’t been declared a state yet.<\/p>\r\n Jesus Juxtaposition.\u00a0 How much longer can we get away with treating Puerto Rico as the socio-political equivalent of Guantanamo, an island without status, a place where bad things happen to poor Americans and no one, not even us, has to care.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As if we needed another contradistinction. While Hurricane Fiona ravaged Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, knocking out power and flooding cities and towns and causing billions of dollars of damage… … Elizabeth II’s coffin-encased remains were majestically transported through … Continue reading