I was especially wishing everyone a Happy Independence Day....most of them didn't know what I was referring to.

The Red Chinese are spoiling for a war, as are the dictators Putin and Kim Jun I'll(sp?) We'll probably loose or appease and Borg-like they'll absorb us. But the general populace will be OK with it as long as they have their cell phones and Cardashians!

I live where I get a good view of the Las Vegas valley. On July 4 I saw a lot of fireworks , but it was interesting to see them primarily in the backyards of the poorer sections- mostly inhabited by Hispanics. (Probably a lot of them illegal aliens). It's basically against the law here to set off fireworks, yet people generally disregard that law. It crossed my mind that on this day it seemed to be that it's the immigrants who are celebrating being in this country more than the people born here

True but not funny and very sad!

Thanks Rocky Mountain Pirate!

USSA, LOL. I spent most of it on Pam Geller's Facebook page.

More honestly, it is what has ALREADY happened!

Witnessed my son's wedding. Fireworks!

Welcome Brett.

Sad Commentary...shall we win or lose in a blaze of glory.

One valuable thing I did was join GaltsGulchOnline! Welcome, fellow freedom lovers!

Sadly you are correct

Didn't you get the memo??!! They declared today (yesterday, now) a non-holiday, and moved it ahead a month to August 4th, which we are supposed to celebrate with revolutionary awareness and respect of Dear Leader, with parades marching in the street, sayings by such inspirational people to his Preeminnce as Huey Newton, Al Sharpton, et al, and erecting statues of Dear Leader (with invocations given by common-core educated grade school children), all the while assuming the guilt they have determined is right and proper for we the people to experience...

By act of executive order, they will heretofore call it "Dependence Day"...

I went and visited my son's new house. The flag was waving and all thing patriotic were festooned except for our conversation on the deterioration of the USA. He bought a rambling ranch style house which is home to him and his wife, two dogs, and a mother-in-law. His kids (my grand kids) are all adults now and his grandkids (my greatgrand kids) are all in Texas, So, no excursion for fireworks this year. That's OK. Saw them on TV when I got home.

How can a culture that thrives on offensive waiters worry about that?

Drying my tears over what is happening to

my (once) brave America!!

My prediction is that this travesty will end up just like Venezuela. We will not have the luxury of being like Greece - only the Chinese are rich enough to bail us out, and they are not that stupid.

I could not agree more. The Republic is dead. For me I cut the grass, raked up the clippings for compost and sat in my Lawn chair and lamented over how this travesty will end.

Helped my daughter with her show calf, got on tractor an brush hogged for about 4 hours, grilled awesome farm raised ribeye steak and prongs, helped wife with dishes, then started shooting off fireworks with my 7 year old daughter. Life in my Gulch is priceless.

Truth, but at least the supremes weren't so obvious about it, and colored lights on the WH would have been red, white, and blue, not rainbow colored.

Will the French be allowed to celebrate, it does come during ramadan doesn't it? If might offend someone.

Now that you guys mention it, I did have a few dates with Captain Morgan this weekend, and the weekend isn't over yet. ;)

I think your calendar is running a bit slow, Comrade. We've been the USSA since the New Deal.

I got a very nice note from a French JV board member I also sit on. He sent a picture of L'Hermione in New York Harbor, sailing next to a Arliegh Burke Class Destroyer. L'Hermione brought La Fayette to the US, and a note that "...our nations have been close for centuries, but also during difficult times." Very nice note, and pictures.

I thanked him and wished him well on Quatroze de Juliette. French Independence Day, Bastille Day, comes just ten days after the US.

I noticed that the popping of neighborhood fireworks can last longer through a Fourth of July Saturday night. I was wondering if fireworks would remain affordable within the decade or even by next year. Or maybe the nanny state will proclaim all fireworks as unsafe or the PC police will say we have no right to celebrate taking land from Indians or any awful war the signing any document could lead to.