I HATE THE 4TH OF JULY

Today's temperature was: 77F/25C degrees

Today's humidity was: 35%

Mostly sunny

I am in a completely depressed and rotten mood today!  Not one phone call.  Sitting here alone all day.  I would even have welcomed a visit from Dar--I think!

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Happy Fourth of July--yeah--big fricking deal.  My very least favorite holiday!!!

Ligyrophobia is the fear of sharp or loud noises. It is generally accepted that phobias arise from a combination of external events (i.e. traumatic events) and internal predispositions (i.e. heredity or genetics). Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. As with any phobia, the symptoms vary by person depending on their level of fear. The symptoms typically include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, nausea, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking. .

It's not that I dislike the 4th of July--I dislike the noise of the 4th of July. Community fire works are wonderful--people can choose to go if they want. Being held captive in my own home, with fire works being shot off by my neighbor's and exploding over my house, is not fun. I would like to thank Michigan for enacting a law to allow EVERYONE to buy and use bigger and louder fire works. I would love to explode a Thunder Bomb under the gov's chair and see if he thinks that is fun. (I expect a visit from the FBI tomorrow for that last sentence.)
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So--we won our independence from England.  I don't know if that was a good thing or not.

We are still paying high taxes, with not very good representation.

We have a guy in the White House who thinks he is a Monarch, but he's not nice like Queen Elizabeth.  When the British economy went south, at least the Queen cut back on her expenditures and didn't take 100 million dollar trips.

I like how the British Parliment argues back and forth at each other while in session--our representatives hold news conferences and talk about each other behind their backs.  Wouldn't an open yelling match in front of the camera be better?  At least we'd know where that person really stood.

The British seem far more civilized then we are.  You have watched Downton Abbey, right?  They even dress elegantly for dinner.  We go to the store in sweats or pajama pants, order a burger and take it home to eat while we sit in the living room and watch the telly.

Canada is independent from England.  They did it without a single drop of blood being shed.  They have a better society/health care then we do.  I don't see many demonstrations of unrest in Canada.

The war didn't help the Native Americans.  The British had a pact with the Indians that there would be no expansion west.  When we gained independence, that clause was broken.  Colonists headed west and you know what happened to our Native people.  They were here first and we couldn't see why they were pissed off at us?  Really?  Kind of like how we feel about illegal immigrants now?

The war didn't help the poor.  Just think for a minute--who were the rabble rousers.  Adams, Revere, Jefferson, Washington--all of them very rich landowners.  They came to the farms and told the men,"Grab your muskets and come with us."  The farmer said, "No thanks.  I gotta get my crops in and harvested to feed my family."  "Grab your musket--we are at war.  If you disobey you will be shot."  I know this as my 5th great grandfather was one of those farmers.  He used his musket to kill deer, to feed his family in New York state.  He didn't want to kill anyone.  The farmers and the poor marched off to be killed, while the rich Generals on their fine horses sat up on a hill, far back from the battles.

Paul Revere didn't actually ride through the streets of Boston screaming, "The British are coming," that wouldn't have made sense to any colonists, as they were British citizens.  He didn't yell, "The Red Coats are coming," either.  In fact he didn't ride screaming anything.  He rode quietly, stopping at places and saying, "The Regulars are about."  The British were planning an attack on an arms cache--the colonists knew they were either coming by sea on or land.  He warned the colonists, so they could get to their stations and prevent the British from getting their weapons. The light in the bell tower of the Old North Church is however accurate.  One if by land.  Two if by sea.  

I know this--I was there dusting the pews, while Master Newman, climbed all those stairs to get the correct light lit way up there in the bell tower.

So--there you go.  History 101 for the day.

Shoot off your fireworks.  Scream--FREEDOM.  Although we have very few nowadays.  Arm yourselves to prepare for the terrorists, as they are coming--by land, sea and air.

We still pay too high a tax on tea, land and whatever else we own.  Taxes on our revenue, which is suppose to support the running of our country, we now find, has been spent by the IRS for lavish conferences and parties.

George Orwell wrote in 1948, about a society run by the government with capabilities of spying on everything the people did.  What they ate, what they drank, who they talked too, who they saw. 

Helloooo.

Benedict Arnold was accused of being a traitor, when he sent secret messages to the British, while General at West Point.  This dude Snowden is being praised by some as a Whistle Blower--I can't see much difference between him and Arnold.

I think I will move to a more sedate country--like British Columbia in Canada.  I could build a wooden cabin and stare out at the Canadian Rockies all day and not worry about a thing!!

Yeah--if that is possible.  I'd find something to worry about no matter where I was.

Oh yes...now I remember.  We wanted our freedom to built our own country..and so we did...the good, the bad and the ugly of it.  We have it all and we like it that way-------most of the time.

(All of a sudden, I am starting to sound like a Revolutionary.  Now...where did I put my musket!) (of course with my fear of loud, sharp noises, I wouldn't be able to fire it!  HAH)

I would build this lovely cabin

far from humanity!!!

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AND THEN later in the evening, I went looking to see if any of my blog friends had posted something today and I found http://misadventuresofwidowhood.blogspot.com/ and glad I did.  Here was another widow alone today, but her blog was upbeat--she had good memories to think about.  So I read today's postings, and then some of her older ones and BOY HOWDY--before long I was laughing my head off.  THANK YOU, JEAN!!!!!