so happy Fourth of July, everyone! hope you enjoyed some brews and dogs and sparkly things on sticks and in the sky and enjoyed having a friday off. we had a great day, even though i worked for a few hrs in the morning....but mostly relaxed, picnicked with family and slept.
one thing i never do is reflect on the independence of our nation on that day. we americans are notorious for taking freedom for granted, since i think we feel safe and pretty much untouched by the foils of the rest of the world...comparatively, we've been attacked on our own soil very rarely. and in most of our lifetimes we've never been really pressed to go to bat (war) to protect our people...and, since freedom of speech is of such importance to us, we enjoy the freedom to bitch about our country and all of its blunders....so when we are sending soldiers to attack those who we think attacked us or might soon attack us, we certainly all share our opinions on that...
but it makes me wonder if we go too far. do we really know how good we have it? should we take at least this one day out a year to focus on the uniqueness, diversity, relative peace and freedom we enjoy rather than the gas prices, endless desert wars and scary/stupid politicians?
for the 4th of july, should i read up on our history of successful political movements our people have hatched instead of baking an american flag cake? would it be more productive if i investigated how i can do my small part to make us a more unified, kind people or to improve our image in the world instead of buying illegal fireworks from that guy down the street with the stained grey t-shirt with a bald eagle on it? maybe so.
alright, alright! don't look at me like that! i'll just eat my watermelon and be happy about it!
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