Have a Great Independence Day Weekend!
We’ll be taking this weekend off, but we’ll be back with a vengeance in the Madison area next week with Radiate Hope next Saturday, opening for Cowboy Mouth at The Majestic Theatre on Wednesday, July 15th, and a live acoustic set on WSUM on Sunday, July 18th.
The 4th of July is always a great excuse to party, so take the time to enjoy it! Even if the United States doesn’t represent the ideal that you or I hope for yet, there’s still plenty to celebrate. I’m not talking about the “USA, USA, USA #1” crap that we see at the Olympics, but the fact that most of us got here because our ancestors were big losers in their homelands. There was no hope, no resources, no way up, and no chance for a better life. Our lives are the way they are (for good or bad, but mostly for good I’m hoping) because they took that risk and this place offered them an opportunity that wasn’t available anywhere else on Earth. The other cool part is that even though the government might a gigantic corrupt behemoth of bureaucracy, we have realistic avenues that can change it. Agree with his ideas or not, two years ago, no one would have thought that a dude named Barack fricking Obama would be the most powerful person on the planet (#1 - his first name is a bad guy from Mortal Kombat, #2 - his last name rhymes with you-know-who.) There’s enough idealistic people still around that if you can convince them that you’re right, you can change things, no matter what kind of person (or Clinton) you’re up against.
You can say what you want, share your crazy ideas, make stupid YouTube videos, insult public figures, blog about Ron Jeremy, and make a living in almost any kind of way you’d like. You might get crucified in the court of public opinion, but you won’t get carted away by the secret police. That’s definitely something to celebrate, so I’ll start right now, have a killer weekend and we’ll see you next week!
The 4th of July is always a great excuse to party, so take the time to enjoy it! Even if the United States doesn’t represent the ideal that you or I hope for yet, there’s still plenty to celebrate. I’m not talking about the “USA, USA, USA #1” crap that we see at the Olympics, but the fact that most of us got here because our ancestors were big losers in their homelands. There was no hope, no resources, no way up, and no chance for a better life. Our lives are the way they are (for good or bad, but mostly for good I’m hoping) because they took that risk and this place offered them an opportunity that wasn’t available anywhere else on Earth. The other cool part is that even though the government might a gigantic corrupt behemoth of bureaucracy, we have realistic avenues that can change it. Agree with his ideas or not, two years ago, no one would have thought that a dude named Barack fricking Obama would be the most powerful person on the planet (#1 - his first name is a bad guy from Mortal Kombat, #2 - his last name rhymes with you-know-who.) There’s enough idealistic people still around that if you can convince them that you’re right, you can change things, no matter what kind of person (or Clinton) you’re up against.
You can say what you want, share your crazy ideas, make stupid YouTube videos, insult public figures, blog about Ron Jeremy, and make a living in almost any kind of way you’d like. You might get crucified in the court of public opinion, but you won’t get carted away by the secret police. That’s definitely something to celebrate, so I’ll start right now, have a killer weekend and we’ll see you next week!
posted by Sunspot_Mike at 11:48 AM
1 Comments:
Right on, Mikey. We won't get carted away... YET! Did you mean Sunday July 19th for the WSUM thing?
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