I am so goddamn sick of reading about how awful the 4th of July is, and how horrible it is to have a parade in D.C. that has the usual fireworks, but also displays some army vehicles instead of beach Boys music. Thank you, Jim Acosta for your Beach Boys memories. I’m also ticked off about how the Betsy Ross flag is suddenly racist. It’s not just U.S. lefties claiming this. The Brits have joined in about how horrible this all is.
There is nothing at all racist about the Betsy Ross Flag. Blacks fought in our Revolutionary War, our Civil War, and every war in which we’ve since fought. That flag has 13 stars, and 13 stripes, symbolizing the 13 former colonies, which became states. Obama flew two of them during his 2013 inauguration.
If the weirdos have their way, not only would the entire upper left corner of our flag be obliterated, but also the 13 stripes. Well, if they want to fly a solid white flag of surrender, they can, but I’m going to fly the Stars & Stripes. This is my country, and I love it.
The three states in which I was born, raised, and moved to as an adult are all among the original 13. There’s a lot of history around here, especially where I now live. I don’t want to see it wiped out by whiny pantywaist milllennials who think this country sucks because it doesn’t give them what they want, for free.
Rant over.
Enjoy your Independence Day! Have a cookout, a beer or two, and watch whatever fireworks are in your area. I’m going to shoot off a few fireworks of my own, but nothing that requires a mortar launch. Those are perfectly legal here, but they’d have every dog within a half mile radius thinking it was Armageddon, and spook my cats. Not worth it.
The local Fourth of July parade has always included the VFW Honor Guard, National Guard armored vehicles, and frequently a fly-over by military aircraft (flights planned to cover multiple city 4th parades over the course of a day).