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Originally posted by CAPTAINCRUNCH:
And they all passed by a billboard that said, "A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin!"

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Originally posted by SignyM:
We did our usual "safe and sane" fireworks, but a lot of families get hold of 'works that explode in the sky (prolly from Mexico). Not professional quality but high up, large and pretty! Cops don't go after them unless there's an accident or they start a fire.

Daughter said "some of them sound as loud as the cannons in that music" (1812 Overture, which I love the ending, it's so celebratory with all of the "church bells" ringing and the cannons booming!)

So we explained, as we do most years, that the fireworks celebrate the battles that Americans waged against Britain. That they were fought not just with guns but with cannons and bombs. That fireworks, altho now decorative, recalls ".. And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air.. "

I was never much of a flag-waver, but my concern has ALWAYS been for America and Americans. And people like CAPON and SECOND, who clearly hate even the THOUGHT of America, have really made that pointedly clear to me.

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