Happy Fourth
I hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July!
Mine was quite nice; I spent the morning hanging out at home, reading and watching National Treasure: Book of Secrets. In the afternoon, we went to the pool for a while, then headed to the country club to watch the local fireworks display from there. I enjoyed my Fourth, but I do find the recent focus on the holiday as one of grilling and fireworks slightly distressing. Where's the focus on patriotism and our nation, advertisers and networks? Believe me, there's more to this than a day of work to eat hamburgers and watch pyrotechnics. The band at the country club played Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" twice, but didn't bother to play our national anthem.
So I ask everyone who reads this to take a minute and think of the men and women who decided to break away from tyranny and form a new republic that sought to provide "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to the people of this nation, at great personal risk and with no assurance of success. They are the ones we should be focusing on today.
Mine was quite nice; I spent the morning hanging out at home, reading and watching National Treasure: Book of Secrets. In the afternoon, we went to the pool for a while, then headed to the country club to watch the local fireworks display from there. I enjoyed my Fourth, but I do find the recent focus on the holiday as one of grilling and fireworks slightly distressing. Where's the focus on patriotism and our nation, advertisers and networks? Believe me, there's more to this than a day of work to eat hamburgers and watch pyrotechnics. The band at the country club played Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" twice, but didn't bother to play our national anthem.
So I ask everyone who reads this to take a minute and think of the men and women who decided to break away from tyranny and form a new republic that sought to provide "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to the people of this nation, at great personal risk and with no assurance of success. They are the ones we should be focusing on today.