BTW, fireworks and making pointless road trips aren't exactly environmentally friendly. Are we just supposed to ignore those facts, in order to party guilt free, hmmm???

You have to get over the view of "patriotism" espoused by those who have appropriated it in recent years.

I feel quite sure that you live in a glass house, so check out those food miles on that tasty food and those few cold ones before you start throwing stones at those who would go to one place to watch a firework performance over, say, all of the smoky little displays in driveways across America.

SRS