We flatter ourselves by holding ourselves aloof, but there isn’t much difference between American and the rest of the world. Not when you take into account what is truly important.
The only things they lack in Thailand is sappy country music and Coors Extra LIght With the Extra Shiny Can. Which picture in Thailand and which is the USA? It’s almost impossible to tell.
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Smiles vs frowns and the US surplus Jeep complete with star markings were the dead giveaway. Perhaps if you put a photo from Ferguson it might have been more difficult, literally and figuratively.
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I was going for the ironic juxtaposition of uniformed soliders piled in the bed of a civilian pickup versus armed rednecks piled onto an ersatz military vehicle. I’m still in embarrassed denial about the whole shameful Ferguson thing, as far as this blog is concerned.
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