The United States of America passed away Nov. 6 with an almost silent whimper. She was 236 years old. The grand old lady died of neglect, stupidity, arrogance and pure abuse at the hands of her leaders and her ignorant populace. She will be survived by the Socialist Democratic Republic of America.

Also killed in this same massive, catastrophic, progressive wreck were personal freedoms, American values, exceptionalism, the Constitution, economic growth, conservatism, fiscal sanity, American unity, free markets, life's sanctity, marriage between man and woman, Republicanism, free will, self-reliance and many more so mutilated as to be unrecognizable any longer.

May she rest in peace and God bless her and America! We will certainly need God’s help before it’s all said and done.

John Dixon

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