There are fuckign kids blowing SHIT LOADs of fireworks off in my apartments since this morning. Dumb asses just blew an m-80 in a can. Granted I full heartily encourage blowing shit up when i asked them why they were doing that They said because it was fun. At the same time when i asked them what blowing shit up had to do with the independance of America from Brittan they all had no idea what i was talkign about. These arn't kid kids, Id say 16-20 year old kids. I mean fuck, Whats with this psudo patriartical shit. Thier just using the day ot light sticks and throw them to make a fucking loud noise. The gunpowder representing the fire arms we killed with to rule ourselves without he restrictions and money we had to give to our mother country, I suppose thats a great thing to celebrate right but I swear that at leasdt 80's of the fucks blowing $100 on firecrackers and shit are just there to blow shit up.
John Adams thought Americans would commemorate their Independence Day on the second of July. Future generations, he confidently predicted, would remember July 2, 1776, as "the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America" and celebrate it as their "Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more." In fact, holding our great national festival on the Fourth makes no sense at all -- unless we are actually celebrating not just independence but the Declaration of Independence.
I still have that flag we burnt last night melted to my boots. It gives me happy thoughts.