Its Independence Day!! And Im about to get really obnoxious about it! LOL

But anywayyy, dont mind me, I'm just basking in the glory of my freedom and the fact that it pisses some people off only makes it that much more fun.

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
This land was made for you and me.[7]

Woody Guthrie has a variant:

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
It also has a verse:

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?

The fireworks, by the way, were as always more spectacular than last year.

In the biggest fireworks fail since the invention of Viagra, Port of San Diego officials apologized for a "technical glitch" that turned its 4th of July "Big Bay Boom" into a premature explosion:
Yep, all the works went off at once about 5 minutes before the 9 p.m. start time of the show above Glorietta Bay between Coronado and San Diego, according to organizers. The rest of the show did not go on. But the adolescent oopsy lit up the local sky like a nuclear blast (see photo).

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

George Washington

From the speech "What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?", by Frederick Douglas:

"...I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.

The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me.

This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony...."

You know, I never think about slavery and stuff when I celebrate the Fourth of July. I love Independence Day and we always celebrate every year. Its tradition and its fun but I guess it was kind of a double standard. Slave owners fighting for freedom. I'd never really thought about that. I can't imagine how terrible that must've been. It really sucks. But things are different now. That was hundreds of years ago. If everyone stays so stuck in the past, how do you expect us to move forward? I mean I know that America isn't perfect, but what country is? I think African Americans (BTW, that term is really misleading; you don't have dual citizenship.But to be 'politically correct' I'll use it), women and especially homosexuals are all still fighting for equal rights and it sucks but things are so much better than how they used to be. We've made alot of progress and we're still making progress. We're far from perfect but we're working on it and we're trying to make things better. Isn't that something to celebrate about?