A Thought About the Fourth on the Third

 It has been my experience that July begins the dog days of summer, although August has traditionally been the month associated with that concept in the past.  Our changing climate has pushed those days forward, I believe.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and many people will be celebrating our Independence not really knowing its true meaning or purpose, but simply have another justification to party and drink alcohol...  and, there is really nothing wrong with alcohol...  it's just that I don't drink it anymore.

For me the 4th of July has always meant fireworks in the evening after eating hotdogs, hamburgers, potato salad, some sort of beans, coleslaw, potato chips, and a slice of homemade apple pie.  Vanilla ice cream is sometimes put on top, but I will eat it either way.

My thoughts on July 4th do not revolve around Independence so much as they revolved around the US Constitution and in particular The Bill of Rights and of those rights is the Freedom of Speech.  I care more about freedom of Speech than I do about caring a firearm.

But, like anything else, the 4th of July is only one day, and when we wake up the following day, we will act as if there had never been a celebration of Independence.  It will be business as usual which means what we care about mainly is making money.