[Peace-discuss] 4th of July float

[John W.]

Here's my idea for a 4th of July float where the theme is "Broadcasting Our 
Freedoms".  A tall, thin middle-aged white male  with a white beard and 
dressed in an Uncle Sam outfit stands proudly at one end of the float.  He 
has one of those long gold trumpets in his mouth, such as heralds used to 
use and angels are portrayed as using.  Out of the other end of the trumpet 
protrude signs or banners proclaiming "Freedom", "Democracy", "The American 
Dream", etc.  Uncle Sam has twin six-guns strapped to his waist, and from 
all of his pockets dollars are seen to protrude, with some spilling out 
onto the floor of the float.  Also on the floor of the float is a clearly 
labeled copy of the Constitution, looking like it has been discarded, maybe 
with a dirty footprint on it.

Behind Uncle Sam's back, at the other end of the float, there is a 
tableau:  (1) A white police officer has a black male spread-eagled and is 
in the process of handcuffing him, while a white judge stands next to them 
with law books in hand, waiting impatiently.  (2) A female attired in 
American military garb has her foot on the head of a thin Arab-looking guy 
who is on his belly and manacled, maybe with a hood over his head.  In one 
hand she holds a rifle, and in the other hand a can of clearly-labeled 
motor oil.  (3) A third white person in a vaguely military-looking uniform 
is seen erecting a section of tall fencing, barbed wire on top, while on 
the other side of the fence three or four Mexican-looking people are 
standing and gazing, holding work implements such as a hoe and a 
hammer.  (4) Finally, another middle aged white man, this one in a business 
suit, is simultaneously pushing away a white male clad in coveralls, and 
wielding a whip over several Asian-looking women and children seated at 
sewing machines making coveralls.

Feel free to expand or embellish on my ideas here.

Respectfully submitted,

John Wason