If you light up an American flag this Fourth of July, the police will leave you alone but your neighbors will go Gramercy Riffs all over you. If you light up some jumping-jacks, M-80s, and Roman candles, your neighbors will cheer you but the police will arrest you. No rights for rednecks.
It does seem backwards, I know. As long as other's property is respected, we should certainly be allowed to launch our own fireworks display.
But yesterday at my blog I explained why flag burning should be permitted, and why the arguments in favor of the anti-flag desecration amendment are based on sheer emotion and logical incoherence. See my post, A Case for Not Protecting the Flag at
http://eric.langborgh.com/?p=352
Thank god for the common sense exercised by MOST local governments in towns and cities located in the deep south. I live in a small city (pop.350,000) located in the deep south and my family,friends,and neighbors will do what we have all done for the last 40 years, shooting fireworks until late in the evening. The kicker is, we will have a police officer patrolling our neighborhood to ensure the saftey of us "rednecks" celebrating the birthday of the GREATEST country known to man, the USA!!
God Bless America!
Yep, cant even fire up an m80 in this country. Sad
F the man, I'm lighting snakes!
In the New Individualist Review in the early 1960s, there was a debate b/w Bill Buckley and Ron Hamony (sp?) over whether or not national review promotes freedom.
Hamony said that James Burnham didn't promote freedom in any column, and then Buckley replied in disbelief citing Burnham's support for legalizing firecrackers as his sole example.
James Burnham is one of my favorite conservatives, but I still find Buckley's defense comical.
I made a black powder bomb when I was 13. They've never let me make one since. Mom did, however, forgive me for the big hole in the front yard. And the broken window. And the police sirens.
You are lucky you still have your arms and eyes, Wm. Clement! As I'm sure you now know, black powder makes gun powder seem amateur in comparison!
Glad you made it, though. :o)
10 foot fuse! I also ran a lot faster then...lol
Good thinking!
Ever fire a blackpowder gun at dusk? Truly awesome.
YES! It was a .50 cal Hawken and it knocked me on my butt! At 13, I was a stick-boy. My nickname was pretzel.
Ha! That must have been a sight!
Yes, the power is indeed awesome. But, in the spirit of fireworks, I was speaking of the long flame that you can see shooting out the barrel when you fire a blackpowder at dusk. Now that is a breathtaking sight!
Localism at its best. Sure in the South a few M-80's may only blow off your own finger. But here in NYC with people so close one of those may fall into my backyard and hit my kids. Just ask a few New Yorkers who remember having to sweep their yards on July 5th befor ban.
New York has made the right decision.
