Happy 239th birthday to the United States of America!

…and happy 143rd birthday to Calvin Coolidge.

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The University of California has recently declared certain terms and phrases to be microaggressions. Among them is the statement “America is a melting pot.” Don’t believe me? Click here. Don’t believe that guy? Click here. You’ll have to dig around to find it, but I assure you, “melting pot” is on UC’s doubleplusungood list.

In retort, I hereby offer the following song from that bastion of reactionary right-wing hatred, “Schoolhouse Rock”: Click here.