Tyranny. Define it, Teabaggers! I Dare You.

"Tyranny: A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power, 2. Absolute Power, esp. when exercised unjustly or cruelly."

This is from, "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language", a copy I bought in college, and keep down here by the computer because I'm a lousy speller. But since things changed a lot slower in the 70's, I bought this in 1977, and it's last printing was 1971. But the definition of the word has not changed in all these years.

I told you that, to tell you this.

I got a post on the FB Wall tonight from a friend who, "liked" some notice about, "I'm voting to end Tyranny and take back our freedoms in November". She does not know the definition of, Tyranny. Or doesn't understand it. Or chooses to willingly ignore it.

If you think the, Obama Administration has brought, "Tyranny" to you, you are going to have to do a better job of showing us how. Because I'm going to show you how they haven't.

You still have the freedom to die as you wish because you can't afford health care. Because we don't have a national health care plan. THAT hasn't been, tyrannically FORCED on you, because the, Republican MINORITY kept it off the table for discussion.

Oh, and just so we're still on the same page, since you, "Tea Baggers" are as dumb as a box of hammers, the fact that the OTHER party WON the last election? That's NOT, tyranny! That's winning an election! Your side lost, live with it.

Have you, tyrannically been deprived of your, sacred guns? Nope! But your side did create an unnatural run on ammunition after the election so I had to pay WAY too much money for ammo to shoot MY guns. But I had some stock in ATK, and they make bullets, so I did OK. I gave all the money to Democrats, by the way.

Oh, and I bought a new gun a few months ago. I didn't even NEED it, I just liked it. I had the right kind of ID, and a credit card that worked, and in 15 minutes, I walked out of the shop with a new high powered, stainless steel, .357 six shooter! It has a muzzle flash like a Cessna hitting a high tension wire. It's awesome!

I stole the line about the, "Cessna" from, P.J. O'Rourke. He's one of my favorite writers, and he's a Republican. But a smart one.

Oh, for the, "Tea Baggers"? "Writers" are people that, "write" books, and articles for newspapers and magazines.

And have your religious practices been, tyrannically oppressed? Can you no longer worship your superstition as you please? Hell, if I was the President, I'd push to have religions no longer be tax exempt, and that would sure as hell balance the budget and lower the deficit! Just the money the, Mormons would owe on that Temple that overlooks the entire southwest end of THIS valley would pay off the national debt!

Have your religious schools been closed? Is, Baylor still in operation? How about, Notre Dame or, Boston College? Other than being shut out of the PAC 10 because they are a joke and hate Gay people, has BYU had to shut it's doors? I don't see any tyranny here.

So, "Tea Baggers", what freedoms, exactly have you lost? Where has, tyranny raised it's ugly head? And where were you people, you DUMB people, when, "Shrub" was trampling the Constitution you think was, "divinely inspired" to tap you phone, and invade countries that were no threat to us, so his buddies in the oil business could get back their stuff in Iraq that, Hussein stole from them 30 years ago when he nationalized the oil industry?

Obviously, the public schools, at least here in Utah, are not doing their job. Yet, how could they with the way our, Republican, Mormon, Legislature refuses to give them any money. But we don't have armed insurrections every four years in this country, (Tea Baggers, go look up, "insurrection" on your own. I'm tired of having to explain the, "college words" to you). We have elections. And the fact that you lost one, does not mean you are now under tyrannical rule! You just lost the election. Get over it.

The real problem here, is that you lost the election to a Black man! And you hate that. THAT'S the REAL reason you think you LOST your country. Because it's no longer in the hands of the WHITE people! And we are moving past racism, and you can no longer, "Keep a Brother down!", as I would say if I was fucking with you. And I am.

So when you can honestly, articulate to me what freedom you have lost. And tell me, in a coherent way, how you're being treated, "Tyrannically", and not just whine and complain that since your side didn't win the last election, your rights have been violated? Drop me a line.

Oh, and by the way, I'm so rich I can do what ever I want, and travel as much as I want, and the President's tax increases don't affect ME! They only affect people that are EARNING more than, $250K a year. If you're shopping at, Wal Mart, you're NOT going to see a tax increase. You're going to see a tax DECREASE!

When Republicans talk about, "trickle down economics"? They are pissing down your back, and telling you it's raining penny's from heaven.

Hold on to your guns and your tea bags. Be sure not to read a book, or a newspaper, and you will be sure to stay angry at the WRONG people for the next four years.

I was talking to my broker this afternoon, and he was afraid to do much, because he's pretty sure the, "R's" are going to win 64 seats this November and take back Congress. And if that's the case, then things are going to suck for all of us! I hope he's wrong. We need MORE, not less Government intervention to stop the recession that, Bush's fucked up policy's started.

The, "R's" are stalling a JOBS Bill, while saying the problem is lack of JOBS, so they can keep the unemployment rate at 10% until the fall elections! These guys have no shame. And they suck. Anyone who works for a living is a Democrat, even if they don't know it.

Tyranny? Losing your freedom? Really? How about you, "Tea Baggers" have lost touch with reality. I just hope you moron's are getting a LOT more media coverage than you really deserve. Otherwise, all the smart people in this country are in trouble.

Lost Another Summer

Man, it sucks to get old, but it still beats the alternative.

For those of you so stupid that you belong to, "The Tea Party", the alternative to getting old is dying. That's the joke.

I have to have knee surgery on Thursday, and as much as that sucks, not having it sucks more! I have been in pain since April, and everything the doctor has told me to try (and in all fairness, he's also told me that if it didn't work, I'd need the surgery. So there was no false hope in his advice) has NOT worked. So, I have to go under the scope, and if it works out, I will be able to walk really well when we are in Greece in September. Otherwise? I'll keep limping.

Last night, I cooked a BUNCH of burgers for friends at our annual, "Parrot Head Party". We listen to, Jimmy Buffett music, eat, "Cheeseburgers in Paradise" and drink, margaritas. I was standing on the concrete patio, doing the cooking for, oh, I don't know, maybe two hours.

That was cool, I enjoy cooking for friends. Had a great night, everyone stayed until almost 11 and everyone had a great time.

This morning? Well, I woke up and wasn't hung over, so I didn't drink too much. I wasn't tired, so I got enough sleep. And was looking forward to playing 18 holes with my son at Murray Parkway as my last shot at golf before the knee surgery. Then, I stepped out of bed to go to the bathroom!

The pain was intense. When one knee is bad, you don't walk normally. So the other one hurts, and so did my right hip. I felt like someone had taken a billy club, and beat me south of what used to be my waist, for an hour and a half. I limped into the bathroom, and back out. And the throbbing in my left knee would not go away.

I limped into the kitchen, took my blood pressure pill and two, Aleeve and went back to bed. But that didn't help. The pain was TOO intense.

Deb said, "You know it's going to hurt for a few days AFTER the surgery?" No shit? Yeah, I know that, but after, "a few days" it should GET BETTER! THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THE SURGERY! Now, I just stand around for a few hours, and I spend half the next day in bed because it hurts too much to stand up? I'll take the risk on the SURGERY!

Around noon, after she figured out that I was NOT hung over, and my leg's REALLY did hurt, she brought me a half a pain pill. You give me a whole one, and I'm out for hours. They knock me OUT! I have no idea why ANYONE would use codeine for recreational purposes. Being, "loopy" and constipated is a GOOD thing? I think not.

So, I had to cancel my golf time with my son, and I won't have time to do it this week.

Next summer? I'm going to do everything I can, to be healthy when it starts. And I'm not going to travel as much. I want to play more golf!

This week? I'm going to sit on my ass, drink ice tea, and READ! Catch up on my reading since after Thursday, I won't be able to do shit! Good thing I have two ice makers in the house. My knee is going to need it since I want to be able to walk in September when we go to Greece. And Paris.

Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young. But wealth is always, and most times, only granted to the old. I wish there was some kind of an exchange for that. But I have to admit that being wealthy now, is still a good thing. "The Blind Lady" I live with is getting to see the world. Could be worse.

I don't regret the soccer, football, skiing, ice hockey I did as a younger man. But now? I'm paying the price. And it's not TOO bad. Could be worse.

Call it hate, or, racism, or a, tea party. It's all wrong.

Just saw a FB post from an old friend who, "liked" a site about how you shouldn't have to press 1 for, English. Not in this country. We speak, "MurCan! And you better, too!" Oooooooh, really? We're regressing THAT far, even though we elected a Black Man as President?

Did the, Pilgrims take a, Cherokee Test for admission?

I have to admit. I used to feel that way. When I was trying to enforce our state's laws, it was VERY frustrating. Then when we found out that my wife was losing her sight. And she wanted to travel, and see the world while she could still, "see" a little? I changed my tune.

In 1999 she and I vastly underestimated the amount of cash we would need in, Isla Mujeres, Mexico for a week. Mostly because we had no idea that the isolated island, would NOT have enough telephone lines that you could use you credit/debit card in EVERY store or restaurant on the island! Some rather expensive purchases my wife, or my friend, Diane wanted to make were only made after the owner of the store told us his (insert relative here) down the street had an actual, phone line to the main land, and if I would come with him, with our credit card, the piece of jewelry the two women I have been closest to in my life, would be paid for, at the agreed price.

Diane was really pissed when her boyfriend wanted to buy her a bracelet, and the price was good, but, Deb said to the owner, "No Way! That's too much..." and I just led her outside and told her to relax, she would get the bracelet. And ten minutes later, Joe had payed half of what he was willing to pay, and, Diane was really happy with, Deb's bartering ability.

Anyway, I digress. We needed money because of the phone situation, just to eat and, "stay comfortably numb" which is why you go to, Isla Mujere's. So, the local, Combia's close early, and never open on Sundays. But, in front of the bank, there is an ATM. And I have a few cards, that I think they will take. But I don't speak, Spanish.

I used to be pissed, before this trip, that the ATM at MY credit union actually had the audacity, in Utah, to ask me if I wanted it to speak, English! Of course I do! I'm in, "America"!

But? Now, I'm in a different situation, aren't I? I didn't plan to MOVE to, Mexico. So I didn't learn the language. And if I can't get some cash, I'm shit outta luck. And hungry. When the screen popped up, and offered, "ENGLISH" as a choice? I was REALLY, happy!

Man, those, Mexicans are SO much more tourist friendly than we are... Wait a minute? Is my Credit Union, in a, "Ski Town" telling me my home is being taken over by, Mexicans, or is it just realizing that the world is changing? And since the, Olympics, adapting to the needs of tourists, and being available in all languages that apply?

Well, considering that the only time I've ever been in, Tijuana, one of the shop owners noticed my, "University Of Utah" shirt and asked us, "You guys from, Utah? We go to, Brian Head every winter to ski! We love it there". In English.

And when I needed cash in Paris, the options were, of course, French, but also, Spanish and, English. Just scroll down at you own credit union, and see if they haven't adapted to the new, open world.

Yeah, I agree. Having to pick a language when you call the gas company is a little unconcerting. But it's reality. And it's the reality of the changing globe, and the changing society. Not that the Mexicans are overrunning YOUR country. Lighten up. The fact that the Democrats won the last election, and are trying to pass their agenda is not, TYRANNY! We won, so we'll try to do what we think is right. Live with it for the next eight years.

You guys who hate brown people, especially the one in the, White House had control for 8 years and totally fucked it up. Now, sit down, and let us fix it. Stop worrying about the Mexicans. Read a book not published by, Glen Beck. Read a newspaper. Take a Valium. It's going to be OK.

And having worked in law enforcement for 23 years, I have to say, why are you not fortifying the Canadian Border? THOSE, people have national health care! So you know what they are?

Oh, I forgot. They're white. So they can't be a problem.

Lighten up on the illegals, Republicans. They are ALL, Christians, and you LOVE that! They do the jobs you don't want your kids to do because $6.00 an hour here sounds better than, $6.00 a DAY down there. And you exploit them for your cheap labor in your business'. If you want to stay in a clean motel, or eat beef, you better NOT send them home!

Wal Mart would self destruct were it not for, Hillbilly's and Mexicans. You, Republicans KNOW it, you just don't want to ADMIT it.

The move to close the border is nothing more than racism. If, Canadians worked cheap (and they don't because they have, A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM like the rest of the SMART countries in the world) you still wouldn't close the border, because they're white!

And the Mexicans don't get something for nothing around here. They PAY taxes, but since they can't file to get them back? They don't! And how many poor, Americans use the Emergency Rooms of our hospitals, which by FEDERAL LAW cannot turn away anyone needing care, because we don't have, A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, like the rest of the smart countries?

The right wing of this country is so stupid, uneducated, and out of touch with reality that they can't see that their OWN policy's of treating health care like a commodity, instead of a human right is causing all the problems in this country. Including the immigration problem.

You want to stop illegal immigration? You have two choices. Both involve having a NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PLAN. If you have that, you can lower the minimum wage to $6 a day. Just like, Mexico. Or, you can make sure everyone has health care, and can't make MORE than $6 an hour. Rich guys would LOVE that one.

Stop hating the Mexicans. Change your thinking.

Sucks to, B. Y. "YOU"!

This mornings, "Trib" sports section was great. They asked coach, Wittingham about were the, Utes will end up in the, "PAC 12". Be it the Northern division, or the division with, UCLA/USC, where every one wants to be for recruiting. And his response was so, "Coach Witt" when he said that it didn't matter because we were, "IN", and he had THIS year to prepare for, and what ever happened NEXT year, happened. It didn't matter, we were, "IN".



And, that school down south is not, and that's why they had to hold a press conference yesterday, to try to assure their fans, that they are doing everything they can, or in their words, "Being Proactive" to get into a BCS conference. Good luck with that. No one wants you.



And as much as I believe that there should be a playoff with all the Division 1 teams involved, using the Bowl Games as playoff games, and no one who hasn't won it, can legitimately call themselves a, National Champion of college football? I'm glad that even if we aren't in the first four or five, our goal every year is, "The FUCKING Rose Bowl!" Not the, "Las Vegas Bowl" which is as good as the, "Bad Cougars" from, But Your Uneducated can achieve. Bad year for the, "Good Cougars" of Washington State? Kraft Foods, End Hunger Bowl, in San Francisco. January 8Th this next year. So WAY after Christmas.



BYU is going nowhere fast. No one wants them, and I'm sure it hurt a lot for them to have to admit that the, PAC 10 never even contacted them. But they did it to themselves. How much, in millions of DOLLARS did the, Mormons spend hating on, Gay people in California a couple of years ago? And isn't, BYU athletics the PR face of, "The Church"?



Well it is when they win, like in 1984, or when, Danny Anige is the college basketball player of the year for beating, Notre Dame on a last second shot.



But otherwise? Not so much. Black players dismissed from the team for, "honor code" violations that guys I played high school football with in the 70's got away with, because they were, "White and Delightsome" (yeah, the divinely, inspired, "scripture" changed. Look it up). And, Jim McMahon? Please! He openly talked about drinking beer, but since he was winning? No problem. Just deny it, and move on, and if anyone brought it up? They were, "Mormon Bashing"!

Here is the truth, BYU and it's idiot fans who think the world should conform to YOUR view of the world. So if you can read, read this: NO ONE WANTS YOU! You are, as, Sports Illustrated wrote many years ago, "The Most Hated Team In America"! You're pompous and crazy religious for a religion that is a fraud! Like ALL of them! It's just not YOU, religion is silly. And the fact that you won't play on Sunday is NOT the issue! It's that you're a shitty school, and not really a, University. You're like, Oral Roberts, and, Liberty, "Universities" (and, The, "University of Phoenix", and, "Glenn Beck University")

So you can hold a news conference to, "explain" how you are being, "proactive" about getting into a, BCS conference, but what you are not telling at your news conference is the truth. And the truth is no one wants you! You are going no where fast. You can tell your fans that your are approaching other conferences about joining, and how the, MWC SHOULD be a BCS Conference (and I agree with that, as it's MUCH better than the, Big East or the, ACC).

But the deal is done. And we are leaving you behind. I hope the, Utes never have to play the, Cougars again in ANY sport! Take your, Mormon Credit Union Trophy, who none of us gave a shit about anyway, and put it permanently, in YOUR, Trophy case. Yeah, you win the, "What the fuck was that called, again?" trophy. Good on ya. Have a ball with it.

Deseret First Trophy? Really? Like I gave a flying fuck at a rolling donut about that!

As for, "The rivalry"? Fuck it. You're gone. You're not in our LEAGUE any more. I can't wait to find out why I should HATE, Colorado!

Hey, BYU! Bu, Bye, Now! See ya around.

Red Butte Rude: Part Deaux

Went back for more punishment tonight to see, Lyle Lovett. Had to walk WAY up the mountain as we didn't have any friends there to call us into line up front. But it wasn't too bad. Talked to some nice folks. Had a good time.

Got in, and were not quite as close to the middle as last night, but still, nice seats near the back so we could get in and out easily. For a while. Just moments before the show was to start, some woman (and it's ALWAYS a Woman who wants to confront me about my seats! Why is that? Are their boyfriends afraid of me? Who knows?) walks over my blanket and says, "Mind if we squeeze in here?" My response? "Yeah, I do! You want my seats, get here early like I did. Move along." Oh, she was pissed. Good!

I had left a foot or two between the nice, older couple next to us. Turns out he's a retired, LEO too, and his knees are as bad as mine, and he wanted a little room to get up as well as I did. At least three people came and tried to sit there. And we both told them no, and we were jerks for doing it. Screw you! Again, you want my seats? You get there as early as I DID or piss off!

One woman asked, Deb if she could move our blanket and sit in front of us, and I couldn't hear what my Sainted, calm, "wouldn't say, shit if she had a mouthful", wife said to her, but the look on the woman's face led me to believe, Deb told her that her husband had a big knife and knew how to use it, so she better not sit there. They left with no further resistance.

If you want to show up in front of me, get there before me. It's just courtesy.

Oh, and by the way, I've been to my last, Lyle Lovett show. I love the guy's music, but this concert sucked. I'm sure that he and the, "Large Band" wore the dark suits to look like Undertakers, because the first hour and a half of the show was a, Funeral Dirge. All slow stuff and depressing, Bluegrass. It sucked ass. He was finally playing some up beat stuff in the second oncour while we were pulling out of the parking lot.

Red Butte Rude. If you're HERE why are you a moron?

Went to a concert at, Red Butte Garden tonight. First one this year. A very talented young lady named, Angel Thompson opened the show. Followed by some guy I have never heard of named, Chris Allen, and his, "Chris Allen Band". And they rocked the house, let me tell you! They were awesome.

He made some references to having been on, "American Idol" but since I've never watched that show, I can't say I've heard of him. But he was good, and I think he has a future on, "Outlaw Country". He plays that, "Texas" type country, and does it well.

And, Bare naked Ladies were the feature band. They kicked ass! I'm surprised they did, "Broke Into The Old Apartment" as the second song, thinking they would save it for later, but they brought it all for two hours, and everything you wanted to hear by these guys, you did. And they adlib'ed songs about SLC, and Utah. Quick wit, and talent, they showed it all. Great show.

Now, lets talk about the crowd. Mostly, "Yuppies", if I can still use that term. Appeared to be well fed, well educated, and acted like they had been there before. Except that they were, for the most part, total ASSHOLES!

We got up there early, and actually had a friend who let us sit in line with her. But once we were in, every type of asshole, wanted to take the one foot of space we had left between us and the people in front of us (so people could walk to the restroom, or just OUT for whatever reason) and put ten people in front of it! One guy asked me if he could sit on the two inches of space between me and the nice folks next to us. And when I told him, no, he called ME an ASSHOLE!

If you're asking if you can shove yourself and your friends between me and the guy's next to me, while our blankets don't touch. And YOU didn't get up there and sit in line for a couple of hours like I did? And you want to sit in MY seat, while you didn't pay the price like I DID? I'M NOT THE ASSHOLE IN THIS CONVERSATION!

Some woman came up to me and asked if she could sit in the space next to us, and I told her, "No". I didn't explain all the reasons, but she kept bugging me. I finally told her, "No, you can't sit there, so move along." She said to me, "Thanks for being so nice." I know how to handle sarcasm, I told her the truth, "I wasn't NICE to you. I told you to piss off! Now get out of hear!"

Deb and I went to the very, first concert at Red Butte Garden. I can't remember if it was 1987, or 1989, but we hadn't been married for very long. It was a Sunday night, and it was in a little alcove of grass up there. Probably us and about 300 other people. Robert Earl Keen Jr. (he was still using the, "Jr." at the time) opened the show. Townes Van Zant was up next, and this was only a few years before he died. And the headliner was, Guy Clark. It was called, "A night of Texas Songwriters". And it sure was.

Years later, when we got to meet, Robert Earl Keen before a concert, I told him about this experience, and he said, "I remember that night! I was with, Townes, and Guy!"

Now, there are so many, rude, yuppie pricks up there, that you can't move around! We used to keep a foot or two between blankets so people could walk around. Now? You leave a foot between your blankets, and some lazy prick, who showed up ten minutes ago, while you've been waiting in line for hours, will squeeze in there, with ten of her friends!

One guy came and sat on the wall next to me tonight, and I told him, "Please don't sit there. I've left a lane open so people quit stepping on me and my family and knocking over our drinks and stuff." He said to me, "I'll only be a minute", to which I replied, and I think in a nice way, "No, that isn't going to happen. If you sit there, I'll get stomped on, you need to move now!"

His response, which brought out the, "PO" in me was, "So you're telling me I can't sit here long enough to take a picture?" And I said to him, "Yes, I am. Move or I'm moving you. I asked nice once, and I won't ask again. I'll just move you."

Well, I guess he got the message, because he moved, and called me an asshole. My response was, "If you want to sit in my seat, get here when I do, Dickhead!"

My son, came and sat next to me and said, "Dad, you really scared that guy! He was shaking when he left! How do you do that?"

I told him I'd tell him later. But that he has to be willing to take a punch to be scary. I was always willing, but in 23 years in Law Enforcement, I NEVER took the punch. They always backed down.

Now, why can't I get someone to respect my blanket at, Red Butte Garden? Do I have to have a gun?

I guess I'll find out tomorrow night at the, Lyle Lovett show!

New World. I'm not EVEN as rich as these people...

My neighbor is a salesman for a big company. They sell tortillia's and tortillia chips. And he makes them millions of dollars a year here in Utah. So, he offered me and my son, and my best friend, tickets to this weekend's La Manse/Grand Prix race at, Miller Motorsports Park.

I hate the, Late, not so Great, Larry Miller, because he sold my, Golden Eagles down the road, and inflicted our town with the, Jazz. Just to make it look good for, "The Church". He was an asshole, and I will never buy a car from him. I'll always boycott, Miller, the, Eagle Killer!

But I have to admit, the motor sports park is awesome. And even having the tickets I had? My son was treated like he owned the place, and we were always treated like we were rich folks. Even tough we RAN into rich folks who can afford to follow this kind of raceing.

So, Larry H. Miller! I hate your guts! I hope you burn in Hell! But, you built a nice race track out in Tooele County! Thanks. I'll go to it often.

We rode a shuttle bus today with some folks who were from somewhere else, I don't remember where, and they go to all these races all over the country. And they said this was the best track in the whole world. Most friendly people, didn't charge extra for a, "Pit Pass", you could just walk in with your ticket, and they came here every year. I think they were from the midwest, like, Ohio, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, it was a good experience. I'll go back.

"Heeeeey, Baby! It's the Fourth of July!...."

Dave Alvin wrote the song, but a LOT of people have done it, including, Robert Earl Keen. I like his version the best, I think.

"On the stairs I, smoke a cigarette alone. Mexican kids are shooting fireworks below. Heeey, Baby, it's the Fourth of July..."

Great song. And a great Holiday. Celebrating the founding of a nation that was created by people seeking freedom OF religion, and one that created a Constitution that guarantees freedom FROM religion! Congress shall make no law...

The separation of church and state was a BIG deal in, The Constitution. At the time of it's adoption, most of the states, Rhode Island being the exception, had named a state religion in their documents that founded the state, or, Colony as it were.

Pennsylvania was the, Quaker State (still being celebrated on oil cans nation wide). I think, Maryland was, Catholic, but it might have been, Presbyterian, I'm not sure. Any way, the adoption of, The Constitution, OUR, Constitution put an end to that. No state, Federal, government shall make a law that establishes a, Religion. And no religious test shall be applied if you want to work for, or run for office in, any state, or the Federal government.

This country was NOT founded as a Christian Nation. It was founded as an, anti-religious nation. No religious test? No state sponsored, religion?

Yet, now, some right wing, nutballs, keep telling us that we were/are a, "Christian Nation" and that, The Constitution is, "Divinely Inspired". Total, unadulterated, bullshit.

It's a great document, but no, "God" had anything to do with it. Smart, educated, MEN did! No Deity was involved. Because, deities DON'T EXIST!

Yet today, I have to hear all this BS about, The Constitution, "hanging by a thread" and some, Mormon is going to save it? And the liquor stores aren't open on the Holiday, and in this state the BIG celebration is on the 24th. The day the, Mormons came into the Salt Lake Valley.

Do the, Mormons even understand that because of, The Constitution they can practice, without fear of persecution, their religion in THIS country? Well, except the, "Polygamy" part. And truth be known, if you want to be fair, they should get that part back too. It's not any crazier than the rest of what they believe. And if you can talk some woman into being your second, or third wife? Good on ya. You have to live with more than one wife. Good luck with that.

So the big deal fireworks shows in Utah were on Saturday night this year. That's bullshit. The parades, all the patriotic stuff went on yesterday, and most folks get tomorrow, Monday off.

So tonight, in an act of subversion, my family set off our fireworks. We celebrated the Fourth of July, on the FOURTH OF JULY! Live with it.

Two weeks ago, I had my family at, Battle Green. And when we got out of the car, I was too choked up to tell my kids why we were where we were. The weight of the history in that spot, was too much for me. It took me several minutes before I could compose myself enough to tell them that this was the spot where the, Revolutionary War started. It was the first place, American blood was shed in our fight to become a country. April 19, 1775.

I think THAT day should be a Holiday, too. But since we have the Fourth of July, we should celebrate it, full blown, and all out, EVERY year, even if it's on a Sunday! YOUR church isn't as important as MY Country! Hell, your church only exists because of MY country's, Constitution.

So when you hear a right wing member of Congress talk about, "Activist Judges" who want to destroy, The Constitution, you can call, bullshit on that. They want to appoint their own activist Judges who will kick, "The Constitution" to the curb, and let religions run government.

And today is the perfect day to remember that. This, SUNDAY, the, FOURTH OF JULY. That the people who don't love the country as much as their superstition, make you celebrate a day early.