For years, I have been subject to the unrelenting control of the consumer electronics market. I have been forced, by what Adam Smith called the “invisible hand,” to purchase every new shiny gadget that comes along. I have been a slave to the whim of the Silicon Valley CEOs.

Not this year.

Not this time.

No, my friends, today I declare my independence from these forces of oppression. This timing is no accident. Not only is today Independence Day, but in exactly one week, Apple will release the iPhone 3G. Many assumed someone who waited in line for eight hours for the original model and who uses the tag line “iPhone therefore I am” on his blog would be roped into queuing up for the second coming. They are wrong. 

I don’t need their so-called “high speed” wireless data service. I’ll take my time. I don’t need their GPS. I know exactly where I am. And where I’m going. And it’s not to the Apple store. Or the AT&T store. 

We live in a free country and I intend to exercise my freedom.

Thank you.

And God bless America.

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