Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog wishes you a happy Juneteenth, marking the day Democrats lost their slaves. (Democrats owned slaves, not Republicans.) African-Americans continue fighting for their freedom from the Democrats, who today treat people of color like they still own them and that they MUST vote for Democrats and ONLY Democrats.
That political party, which I’m ashamed to say I used to belong to years ago, even distorts the Juneteenth holiday. They try fundamentally transforming it into a day when Democrats – the only extant political party which supported slavery and even fought a Civil War over it – can act like they are above reproach while THE REST OF THE COUNTRY shares a guilt The Party pretends to be free from.
My, how time flies! It’s already been a year since anti-Donald Trump loons were claiming that celebrating the army’s 250th anniversary was Trump supposedly “acting like a dictator” by having a military event “celebrating his birthday.” It was wrong, of course, like roughly 90% of the shrill accusations against President Trump always turn out to be. Here’s my post from 2025 addressing that situation: 
I’m still laughing over the way that anti-Trump fascists are so ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable that they idiotically believed that the parade last weekend was for Trump himself. 
Last weekend was NOT a case of military strength shown off for a national leader but to mark the TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH birthday of America’s army. Birthdays/ anniversaries being celebrated for the 25th, 50th, 100th, 200th, and 250th time ALWAYS get special celebrations. 
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN JAY 
SON OF SINBAD (1955) – Dale Robertson stars as Sinbad II, son of the original hero of the seven seas. Vincent Price plays his sidekick, the poet Omar Khayyam, so if anachronisms bother you, stay far away from this movie, because there are plenty more on the way. But Price steals the flick!
Traitors kill Simon and make off with Kristina, who alone holds the secrets of Greek Fire now. The Khalif agrees to set Sinbad and Omar loose to find and return with Kristina. Assorted action scenes follow, and ultimately the Son of Sinbad joins forces with the Daughters of the Forty Thieves – beautiful women warriors who rob caravans and the like. 
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A 250th “birthday” for a nation is a remarkable milestone. Because Democrat “activists” are empty, hate-filled people afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome they are going beyond just sitting out the celebrations themselves. No, typical of 21st Century Democrats if they don’t like something they try to prevent anyone else from enjoying it as well, all because of their irrational hatred of everyone who votes differently than they do. 
So, here in 2026 if a Democrat was president none of the tiresome entertainers or sports figures or office holders who are Democrats first and human beings second would insist it’s “partisan” to participate in national milestones like a 250th anniversary. The rest of us are rational people who realize you are not endorsing an elected figure just by behaving in a civil manner. Hell, in 1976 America celebrated our Bicentennial with events featuring a sitting president who was RUNNING FOR ELECTION THAT SAME YEAR. 
Democrats made graduation and guest speaker events in schools, colleges and universities one-sided affairs where they threaten to get violent if anyone they disagree with is invited to speak. Democrats now applaud the killing of people they disagree with and pretend that the very act of disagreeing with THEM is the equivalent of violence and that they are justified in using any means to prevent being exposed to alternate opinions. 
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