AMERICA THE BOOM-IFUL

Just like last year, it's been a veritable war zone outside my apartment window, as at least a thousand people gathered on the hillside below me to watch the fireworks on the Mall and, sometimes it seems, compete with the show. An hour and then some after the official, government-sanctioned show is over the good people of SoCo are still celebrating the birth of their country by blowing up a small part of it.

Meanwhile, today Dan and Ashley are in, of all places, France. That seems bad (and I suppose I forgive them), but it's not half as bad as the woman two floors up from me who draped a Union Jack over her balcony railing tonight, just as the fireworks were starting. On any other day, fine by me. But today? Lucky for her, the crowd was too polite to shout, Donnie Brasco-style: "Who won the war?!?!"

Meanwhile, Tim Dreier has one of the better, if not eloquent, July 4 thoughts. As for my own, all I can think of is: USA! USA! USA!

UPDATE — Forget the Union Jack, take this announcement from DC-area economist (!) Max Sawicky:

We're going to the funky peacenik patriotic politically correct parade in Takoma Park. The only July 4th parade with a float of Leon Trotsky.

I better just say "no comment."

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posted by WWB at 10:37 PM |