Sorry, mg, but fir the first time in my 57 years on the planet I'm just not feeling either free or patriotic anymore. I mean, even last year I could muster up some rationale to go watch the fireworks, drink a few beers and be somewhat proud to be an American. The last year, I guess, has pushed me (and a lot of others who I know) into a real funk. We are totally disenfranchised and beginning to know just a little what it must have felt to be a slave on Boss Hog's plantation in the 1800's...

Like I said, sorry, you didn't make this happen but you should know that for a lot of Americans, this 4th just doesn't have that luster anymore...

Bobert