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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Fourth of July!


Happy Fourth of July! With all the frustrations that can be felt over healthcare and budget and politics in general, especially during an election year, I can still mean it when I say, “Happy fourth of July!”

I know it’s easy to complain and worry over our election process – like who gets in and who gets left out, who spends what and who says they won’t – but I am reminded that this same election process has gotten us this:


I can still call the fire department when my house or land is burning and they will come and put it out.
I have an armed police force at the tip of my finger ready and willing to protect me, my family, and our property just for asking.
I have the freedom to travel from state to state whenever I want without citizenship papers or language barriers.
I have an armed, trained, and capable Coast Guard patrolling our shores for enemies of our way of life risking their lives every day trying to quench drug paraphernalia and illegal infiltration of criminal activity.
I have a military that defends our way of life and the right to argue our convictions and religion and politics to the last man so I can go about my life daily with the freedom to think and speak as I see.
I have zoning offices and local government offices that have mapped out the difficult work of the land and its uses for me when I want to build a house or make improvements to my existing driveway so that everyone is safe.
I have local municipalities that make sure I have clean, healthy water running in my home and a food and drug administration keeping watch over what becomes available to the general public.
I have friends and neighbors who have used their resources and freedom to do business as they see it to open grocery stores and gas stations so that I can get these items just down the street from my house. And, I can expect that same thing as I travel through neighborhoods across this country.
I can go to school whenever I want to.
I have more money in my pocket to go see fireworks and eat an ice cream tonight than most people in the world have to live on for a month. (and there is something wrong with that!)
I have insurance that protects the money that I put in the bank – as well as my life and property.
I can get the current news on multiple channels of media.
I can take a vacation and relax without the fear of losing my job or being harmed or kidnapped by drug lords or guerrilla fighters opposing the government.
I get to work without being a slave and it’s acceptable to take holidays like July Fourth to play! So, Happy Fourth of July everybody!