4th of July

My least favorite holiday. It's 10:33PM and somewhere in the neighborhood some idiot is shooting off LOUD fireworks. Hello!! Some people have to get up and go to work. (Not me but I do like to have quiet when I go to bed.)

is there not an ordinance against them being set off so late?

lyric wrote:

My least favorite holiday. It's 10:33PM and somewhere in the neighborhood some idiot is shooting off LOUD fireworks. Hello!! Some people have to get up and go to work. (Not me but I do like to have quiet when I go to bed.)

You go to bed at 10:33? Why if you don't have to work? You aren't like 120 years old are you?


Kidding aside, fireworks are not legal for "public" use at any time of day in KS on July 2nd. At least not in Ellis Co. Some jurisdictions may have differing policy.

[quote="Ratzilla"]
You go to bed at 10:33? Why if you don't have to work? You aren't like 120 years old are you?

I'm almost half that. It seems the older I get the earlier I go to bed. Mu husband goes to bed early though because 4:30AM comes awfully fast.

I choose not to celebrate the fourth of July. this is not the America I love. not when public school systems celebrate Mexican holidays (Cinco de mayo). Not when kids and young adults are taught it is ok to be homosexual. Not when a person who takes a dogs or cats or any other animals life is handed a harsher sentence then a person who takes another human beings life. not when terrorists that are proven guilty of their crimes have the same or greater rights then an American citizen. not when illegal immigrants get the same privilege's as American citizens. not when a person is hired based on race and sex instead of experience and qualifications. not when I have radical believes shoved down my throat but if I speak out i am "labeled". not when abled bodied Americans are given handouts instead finding work. not when government try's to control every aspect of everybody's day to day life. not when memorial day is treated like a party instead of remembering the soldiers who fought and even gave their life's for this country. not when Christmas is so commercialized and blended together with thanksgiving and new year as all one big holiday ( happy holidays instead of merry Christmas). not when monopolies like walmart is allowed to shut down main street. not when it is cheaper to buy new then to fix old. not when china and Dubai owns more of America then Americans do. No sire this Holiday I will not celebrate with the rest of you instead i will sit back and reflect. reflect on days gone by. days that children are safe to play outside, days when the evening was spent on the front porch instead in front of a television, days when a handshake and a mans word was trusted. and of course I will reflect how this country was created and how the men who signed the declaration of Independence had put their life on the line by drafting and signing that dearly beloved document.

WowZeke!! You should put this in the paper as a leter to the editor.

I would have to say I agree with most of that! Well said Zeke.

In my particular city Fireworks are not allowed AT ALL. However, I heard them popping off clear up until 1 am last night. Apparently it's one of those "as long as noone complains" type of bans. All I can say is that I worked my tail off to get my 2 year old to sleep last night and if they had woken him up... I'd of been grouchy.

hey DZ thats when you go buy a 500 firework roll of black cats and set it off at 6 AM under their bedroom window

Amen.

zeke wrote:

hey DZ thats when you go buy a 500 firework roll of black cats and set it off at 6 AM under their bedroom window

Why hold back?

http://www.kansascannonworks.com/cannon_one.html

http://www.cannon-mania.com/mortars.htm

those are a bit pricey compared to ours Rat

I'd like to get a siege mortar.

I know I said 4th of July was my least favorite holiday and everything zeke said is true. But as I sang "America the Beautiful" this morning in church I felt a pride well up in me and I still believe that The United States is the greatest place on earth. We just have to get back to what the founding fathers intended. Happy Birthday America!

America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates,
Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

I bet you did a wonderful rendition

Telegram for Mr Billary...

C'mon baby,
Yeah, big ol' wet one...hey!

Kiss my ass,
Kiss my ass, (c'mon, everybody ought'a)
Kiss my ass, (tastes real good)
Kiss my ass. (oh...)

Don't waste your time on me
I got my own direction
Watch me close, wait and see
I'm lookin' for perfection
I make up my own mind
And I'll leave you far behind
When the goin' gets tough
You can kiss my ass

I believe in animal rights
I let my dog hump on my shin
I can tolerate sexual choice
But not with the next of kin (uh-uh, boy)
I've heard it all before
I ain't gonna take any more
When the goin' gets tough
You can kiss my ass

Everybody!
Kiss my ass, (pucker up)
Kiss my ass
Kiss my ass
Kiss my ass, (c'mon babe)

I've heard it all before
And I ain't gonna take no more, no no
When the goin' gets tough
Kiss my ass!

I see the weenies with the dirty hair
Protestin' on the street
They condemn the clothes we wear
And the morality of what we eat, yeah
It's gotta be a fluke
They make me wanna puke
When the goin' gets tough
They can kiss my ass

Everybody gotta
Kiss my ass - C'mon Pelosi
Kiss my ass - Janet Napolitano
Kiss my ass - C'mon Billary
Kiss my ass - Callin' out Jeremiah Wright
Kiss my ass - How about the IRS
Kiss my ass - Hey, Harry Reid
Kiss my ass - United Nations
Kiss my ass - All those Liberals
Kiss my ass - C'mon Sarah Brady
Kiss my ass - Hey, Geithner, I've got your tax deduction right here
Kiss my ass - Barack Obama
Kiss my ass - How about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

I've heard it all before
The president's a dirty whore
When the goin' gets rough
When the goin's to tough
When the goin' gets rough
They oughta' kiss my ass

My next door neighbor had a t-shirt on today that said "Legalize Freedom". I like the concept.