Happy Fourth Of July!!!!

So go and celebrate by cooking, drinking, and.....no that isn't what I'm going to say. Celebrate today by remembering what today is really about.

Breaking away from Britain. Founding our country, the shining city on the hill. The only country in the world where people still risk their lives to get to! The beacon of freedom in the world!

Celebrate the brilliance of our founding fathers who gave us the chance to keep their dream alive and carry on as best as we can. I wrote Monday that it is a shame that history doesn't really have the emphasis that it used to and outside of Washington, Lincoln, and probably FDR the Presidents probably aren't taught anymore.

You have to have an appreciation of history to carry on into the future. You have to have that basis on which to know where you come so you can figure out where you are going.

We are not Zimbabwe where Presidential candidates are beaten and killed who run for office against the opposition.
We are not Cuba where one dictator rules with an iron fist.
We are not Venezuela where all media is state controlled and opposing voices are silenced.
We ARE the country where you can criticize the President unmercifully and not be visited for it.
We ARE the country where if you aren't happy you can change your circumstances with total freedom.
We ARE the country where our military will fight and die for other the freedoms of other countries so they can enjoy what we do and in doing so preserving our freedoms.

So today on our two hundred thirty second birthday celebrate my friends but remember why you can celebrate freely.