Tag: 4th of July
Fourth Note
Guest Post by Eric Peters
The Fourth of July has become like Christmas – a kind of ersatz celebration with forms but not much significance.
What is it we’re celebrating, exactly?
A historical event – the successful separation of the colonies from the British empire.
The secession of the colonies. Their rejection of the arbitrary authority of the British king and parliament.
Good for the colonists.
4th of July Zombies – Americans Don’t Know Why We Celebrate Fourth of July!
HOW THEY CELEBRATE 4TH OF JULY IN THE GUN FREE ZONE OF CHICAGO
It sure is lucky Rahm Emmanuel’s liberal paradise of Chicago has the toughest gun laws in Illinois. Imagine how many people would have been shot if they weren’t so tough. I didn’t see anything about these Chicago festivities on the national MSM news stations. I guess 9 dead black people only matters if they are killed by a white boy. Black lives matter whenever it is convenient for the race baiters like Obama, Sharpton, and Jackson to make it matter. The liberal MSM eats up the racism angle whenever a white person is involved. Of course, 93% of all black shootings were committed by other blacks. That statistic never makes the news. It doesn’t support the storyline.
Is there a flag we can start banning due to the slaughter of black people by other black people in Chicago?
I just know this horrific slaughter of black people by black people will lead to an open dialogue of how white people are to blame. I think stronger gun laws will surely stop criminals from killing people without guns. Maybe if we give the Chicago teacher’s union another $100 million they can teach black kids not to shoot each other.
9 dead, 47 injured in Fourth of July weekend shootings
Written By Sun-Times Wire
Police investigate bloody clothes near Chicago and Milwaukee avenues, were a man was shot early Sunday, July 5, 2015. | Ashlee Rezin/for Sun-Times Media
Fourth of July weekend shootings have left nine people dead — including a 7-year-old boy — and at least 47 others injured since Thursday evening.
Seven-year-old Amari Brown was killed in a shooting that also left a 26-year-old woman wounded late Saturday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Amari, who lived in the 500 block of North Drake, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police said Sunday the bullet that fatally wounded 7-year-old Amari Brown on the Fourth of July was meant for his father. Both Amari and the 26-year-old woman were shot at 11:55 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Harding, police said.
The boy’s father, Antonio Brown, is a ranking gang member with 45 previous arrests and was not cooperating with police as of Sunday afternoon as they tried to find his son’s killer, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Sunday.
“It’s crazy. Like who would shoot a 7-year-old? He got shot in the chest. Who would do that? To a baby?” Amari’s grandmother, 52-year-old Vida Hailey asked as she waited for news outside Stroger. “All the kids that are getting killed out here – it’s crazy. When is it going to stop?”
A Pledge Of Allegiance For The New Normal America
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/04/2015 15:30 -0400
For the new normal America…
I pledge allegiance to no flag, but to truth and morality…
…which doesn’t seem to exist in the Divided States of America.
And to no republic, for it stands for nothing; One nation, under surveillance,
completely divided
with Liberty and Justice destroyed
and inalienable rights taken from us all.
Source: ArmstrongEconomics.com
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However, there should be hope… As STA Wealth Management’s Lance Roberts notes, as you celebrate the 4th of July with your family and friends, it is vitally important to remember exactly what we are supposed to celebrating. The following excerpts are from the Independence Day speech given by John Fitzgerald Kennedy (then just a candidate for Congress) on July 4, 1946. I encourage you to read the speech in its entirety.
On The Religious Element
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Fireworks Safety Tips
Independence Day is quickly approaching, which means many friends and families are purchasing fireworks to set off in celebration. Here are some tips for preventing painful fireworks-related injuries:
- Most serious injuries happen on July 4th, so set off your explosives on the day before or the day after.
- Be sure to set off at least one firework as a tribute to Vulcan, ancient Roman god of fire, or face his wrath.
- If a firework fails to ignite, there may be something wrong with it. To figure out the problem, examine the firework up close and watch carefully while you try reigniting it.
- Anyone about to set off a “black snake” should prepare for a major disappointment.
- Remember that fireworks can’t hurt you when you’re drunk. Nothing can.
- The most effective treatment for burns is to go around showing people the burn and saying, “Look, I burned myself. Fuckin’ hurts.”
- Glow sticks are great alternatives to sparklers for children whose parents are no fucking fun.
- It’s safest to be as far as possible from the site of ignition. Instead of lighting the firework directly, set it off via a trail of gunpowder that’s at least 500 feet long.
- When buying fireworks, remember: The bigger the firework, the higher it will fly, and the less likely it will be to hurt you.
- Children should only use fireworks under the strict supervision of an adult or a slightly older cousin.
- Do not invite stupid people to your fireworks display.