as we ramp up this patriotic fervor celebrating 25 prepackaged religion, just open and believe! ol’ devil cotton | clarksdale, mississippi a self portrait....there is more here than i care dendritic Wisconsin Central Ore Dock No. 6 aka Marquette, Mi out photographing timber rattlers in the driftless one of the best tags i have ever seen, devil’s b a line on the land [driftless area land conservan at STARKS liquor and gun store in prairie du chien the beginnings of my next collaborative piece with DON’T READ THIS - sometimes cities become unwitt Load More Follow on Instagram
![as we ramp up this patriotic fervor celebrating 250 years of independence from the brits i reflect on a simple fact — if you count every year that featured any official combat, undeclared conflict, or extended military action, the united states has been at war for about 93% of its history, THAT IS 230 YEARS!!
honestly, i am disgusted by this democratic experiment and frankly P.O.ed at the folks that continue to sweep these historical wars and other historical and contemporary egregious flaws, like racism, women’s rights, workers rights, corruption, bipartisanship, unfettered capitalism... under the rug by saying “democracy is a work in progress” and “it is better than any other system”, as we once again bomb brown people in foreign lands while we luxuriate around our grills, 20 year bourbons and endless amounts of food
me?....i will not be celebrating, but mourning what we could be
gil scott heron says it best [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqC_m2pU1U]](https://ferrella.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)