Today is the 4th of July! You turn on the tv and you see the guide covered in Indendence Day movies. Everything from "Born on the Fourth of July" to Rambo.
You turn on the radio and will hear "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN", blasting on every station.
You look outside, see Bar-B-Ques, kiddie pools and popsicles.
Kids running up and down the street throwing SNAPs at random people, giggling.
Later tonight you'll see a variety of explosions (some intentional)all over your neighborhood. It will be a wonderous sight for the first hour, then the excitement will pass, as we begin to cuss the noise that comes with the fun.
At about 11pm, you'll start to hear the sound of police, ambulance and firemen.
For some reason 4th of July has moved from "Lets celebrate our Freedom" to WATCH THIS! The emergency rooms will be crowded with burns, cuts and missing appendages.
The police will hold their random checkpoints to check for drunk drivers. The Ambulances will be running sirens on high as they make it to the first accident scene.
The fire trucks will be flying to get to that one house. The one nextdoor to the one that yelled Watch This!, as he shot a roman candle into a propane tank, a gas jug or a neighbors living room.
With our Freedom came black cats, cherry bombs and fountains. Bar-B-Qs, slushies and beer. Our ForeFathers and their powdered wigs could not have imagined signing that one piece of paper, could have brought about this type of celebration.
So to Thomas Jefferson and all the men since, I say Thank You!
Now somebody hold my beer and WATCH THIS!
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