I love the 4th of July. The fact that for 234 years, we have enjoyed the freedoms, safety, and success as a nation warms the cockles of my heart. Seeing fireworks explode, flags fly, and people wearing our nation’s colors makes me proud to be an American for the first time in my adult life! Hehe. Just kidding. But, there are a few annoyances I need to get off my chest.
The first is the fact that this 4th of July most places were flying their colors at half staff for a racist senator that had bad timing in kicking the bucket. He should have done so long ago so that we could enjoy a day for REAL Americans that celebrate true diversity.
It speaks volumes about whether or our local, state, and federal governments truly represent the people when so many cities, counties, and towns outright ban most fireworks. Yet, on the 4th of July, the sounds of fireworks can be heard in just about every neighborhood. The sounds and sights of police cars are about as ubiquitous on this day as the booms and bright lights of fireworks. The fact that so many people desire to celebrate the birth of our nation with these Chinese balls of radiant fire is but one example that the laws aren’t created for the people.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand that there are hazards and that some people are irresponsible in their use of fireworks. Those people must be held accountable and those people only. People use guns, cars, knives, candle sticks, etc to injure other people but those are banned! Maybe the money spent on enforcement could be put to better use in educating the public.
Here in Billings, the iconic image of the city is the Rims, a long line of cliffs that tower over the city to the north. What should be the best lookout point for 4th of July fireworks is, instead, off limits on Independence Day. Countless citizens still try to go up there to get a look at all the colorful displays of patriotism and are ushered off by the police. Another sign that the police and local ordinances aren’t created by the people. The fear is that people will shoot fireworks into the homes and businesses below. Well, arrest THOSE people. Let the rest of us enjoy a beautiful evening watching the illegal fireworks fly across the city.
Finally, the last thing that irks me are those that use this day to slam Americans for “stealing” this country from the Indians. The entire world – virtually every nation – is a history of giving and taking lands from others. You can agree or not, but we have the strong nation we have because we fought for a land in which the experiment of freedom and liberty could be enjoyed. We’re not giving the country back to anyone, so get over it. Celebrate the birth of the greatest nation on earth and get over yourself.
I hope everyone had as a wonderful a 4th of July as we had. We only had the cops called on us once, but thankfully we were between mortars when he showed up and we weren’t harassed.
I spent the better part of my 4th of July week end delivering a laptop computer to a Marine Wounded Warrior at Bethesda Naval Hospital who lost both legs and one hand in his brave service to the United States of America..Then over to Walter Reed to present another laptop to a recovering US Army Female Lt.
Laptops presentation of ten laptops at Portsmouth Va Naval Hospital on July 16 and also at Walter Reed with twenty laptops on Sept 11 2010.
CWO George Samek
US Army Retired
Wounded Warrior Advocate
“Land of the Free..Because of the Brave”
Every law that is on the books, local, state, or federal is the elites way of CONTROLLING the slaves! They want to control our every move. It is a wonder they do not reinstate the privilegge of “First Night”.
The L RD G D gave us 613 laws to live by , including The Ten Commandants. Look what the elite does to us. one law two thousand plus pages.