Independence Day? Ha! Used to be, but it sure ain’t any more. It’s not even close to the way it was when it all started back in 1776 when Americans had the highest incomes and the lowest taxes in the civilized world.
These days it’s high unemployment, higher taxes on the way and just one damn restriction after another: no smoking in airports or on airplanes (and, soon, not even in public parks), no plastic bags in groceries, no Big Gulps or “excessive” salt in New York City, and in many other cities (including Austin) no fireworks.
On the Fourth of July.
Too dangerous. Too individual. Same thing.
Now that Obamacare has been ruled constitutional by the swing vote of a supposedly-conservative judge, all of us good sheeple in the collective will soon be standing in line for federally-approved medical care. Or denied it if we’re too old. (Well, we can still travel to Mexico for a choice.)
Not to mention a 75 percent increase in food stamp applications under Obama and an even more alarming popularity of the full-time federal dole. Easier than working. Just be sure to vote the bureaucrat’s way: Democrat.
You never know. They might check. They have spies in the sky now.
As Instapundit says: “They’re turning us all into beggars, cause they’re easier to please.”
And, whatever you do, don’t forget the Badge Gang. They’re unionized and you know which party loves the unions. The Badge Gang sure does.
Independence Day? Heh. Have another helping of government cheese.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Yeah, no kidding. Who was the SOB that nominated that Roberts guy, anyhow?
Shrub. Mr. Compassionate Conservative. Which, after his new prescription drug entitlement law, makes me wonder if he knew all along what we were getting in Roberts: a lefty politician disguised as a conservative judge.
I hope that your Independence Day was still better than all that.
It was quiet, thanks. For once I heard no illegal firecrackers or bottle rockets in the neighborhood. But I didn’t spend much time outdoors, so I may have missed them.