I get to laugh everytime I see anything on local TV or print media. It's like they are doing a casting call for the worlds dumbest ideas.
First, on TV, the same old story about how the illegal fireworks make their way into yuppie burbs and are fired off at dusk. One old lady claimed it was like 'living in a war zone.' She looked old enough to have experienced the Revolutionary War but I bet she was referring to her younger days in the Civil War. I'm not amazed at the lack of creativity or actual news, but that the TV media must have really short attention spans not to realize that they do the same story year after year after year...
Second, Coach Osborne's friends in Washington (wait, he campaigned for Governor by saying he wasn't a Washington Insider) are urging the idiot in the White House to put the Coach in the Administration. Right, one lacky from NE (Secretary of Agriculture) isn't enough. They cited Mr Osborne's football coaching experience. I'm trying to remember if the Washington Redskins are a cabinet level organization...wait...
Finally, it's the weekend before the 4th of July. It's our freedom won from the British (not the Germans, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, or Iraqis) that gave us what we have. Honor men like Franklin, Adams, Washington, Jefferson and the brave souls that signed the Declaration of Independance and ratified our Consitution. Ours is the only country that ratified a document that has withstood wars, internal conflicts and is truly a living document.
