If you want a good cry today, listen to Trace Adkin's song Arlington. I know it's July 4th - I am not all decorated like I used to be. I do have one American Flag out and I asked Alexa to play patriotic songs, which led to the song Arlington. I cried.
Two years ago the freedom of what woman can do was taken away from us. Roe vs. Wade was overturned. I called my friend Cathy and all I could say was Cathy and she knew and felt like I did. Being 67 I can remember what woman went through with back room abortions. But that day freedom was taken away. I cried.
Yesterday the BBB was passed, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless you a Rich White man, you lost a little freedom. You might not feel it now, but I guarantee you will.
Today is July 4th, today we celebrate the Declaration of Independence - “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.”
I think right now we are losing that happiness. I remember hearing patriotic songs on the 4th and they made cry, but not because I was sad, but I was proud, proud to be an American. Proud to think about how our forefathers fought for freedom.
My family came from Poland. Their names are at Ellis Island. This country is made up of immigrants, everyone, unless you are a Native American. Yet we are persecuting immigrants right now. I know some are in the country illegally, but all they are looking for is the same thing we want, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
Isn't there a way to help, instead of sending them to Alligator Alcatraz?
And, if they can build that in a few days why can't we do that for the homeless. Remember what the Statue of Liberty had engraved on it -
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, temptest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
I cried
Do you remember 9/11 - Cathy called me to tell me - we came together as nation that day. Showing the world nothing can tear us apart. Except right now we are letting something tear us apart. We aren't the same. We lost the happiness of the USA.
Do you know what I like to hear on this day - July 4th - it's not a speech by Washington, Lincoln or JFK. It's a speech from a movie President in the movie Independence Day where we are attacked by Aliens. The space kind.
"In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, we will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today, we celebrate our independence day." yup - I cried.
Best line is - We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. So true!
Happy 4th of July - may you take this day to remember what it is all about. Remember what freedom means. Remember the flag, the Statute of Liberty, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States of America. Remember those who died for our freedom, for America,
Liberty is the right to live free, you and me, let us not lose it to any authority which chooses to oppress us.
and I cried, but that's another day in Catasauqua.
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