HAPPY 4th OF JULY

[Kayak Jack]

It is a time of year again, to express our thanks and gratitude for our freedom. We stand on the shoulders of giants, and we can see farther out ahead because of that assistance we were given. Freedom of choice is the one, single, most important benefit that we have. It underlies all lther freedoms, being able to choose.

So, similarly to our thoughts on Thanksgiving Day, pause a bit, during the gay and happy celebrations, to think about how we got here, and what we want our grandchildren to think about, say, 50 years from now.

And then - set off some fireworks!

 

[Gamecock]

Happy 4th to you to Jack and everyone else. Dave.

 

[oldsparkey]

Happy 4th Everyone. Unfortunately today there are people who do not recognize what sacrifices were made to give us the freedom we have today. They take it all for granted and dwell on other matters from the past.

 

[Kayak Jack]

Some are worried about the ants, while we're in the middle of an elephant stampede.

 

[Kayak Jack]

Well, as Professor Henry Higgins lamented in "My Fair Lady", "DAMN!! DAMN!! damn!" We enjoy the Independence Day parade in the nearby town of Mason. But, we got rained out. I'm afraid the parade got rained on, if not rained out.

I try to keep count of farm tractors - and politicians - in the parade. Happily, the proportions of tractors to politicians had been moving in the correct direction year by year. And - another ratio was coming into importance. Since there are some horses in the parade, I could compare quantity of horse apples to politicians. And I was doing very well keeping track of both, until it became too difficult to dufferentiate one from another!

Back home now, prepping for my Son and his family coming to visit.

 

[oldsparkey]

Other folks probably thought fireworks were hard to locate. They weren't , it's just that all the people around here bought most of them. It was non stop boom , bang , wissssss pop from about 7 P.M. to around 11 last night.

 

[Kayak Jack]

The thumping and bumping around here reminded me of the sounds of close air support in Nam.