It all really was a "going through the motions" event after all. People are too divided and too intolerant of each other to really care, and the ones in power are stoking it for their personal enrichment; they have no interest in binding the nation, just keeping everyone busy stirred up and hating while they loot the place.

This one was a hollow sequel of the Bicentennial, a bad remake, and I can at least say I did try to do something non-partisan to mark the occasion. I admit awakening this morning to a sense of disappointment and apathy.

Oh, well.....