Look At The Pretty Colors!

This holiday has always annoyed me. Im not annoyed because we desire to show appreciation for our country, but more for how we demonstrate our patriotism. Lighting of little bombs, clapping our hands, scaring the shit out of animals and jumping up and down doesn't mean much to me. Nor does the BBQ's and overt consumption. Seems we can find a better way of expressing our pride yes?

I have an idea. How about stopping a genocide in another country? So this 4th why don't you donate 20 bucks to savedarfur.org.

We are happy and fat. Most of the world is not. Here's a good book to read that sure as hell opened my eyes...

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

savedarfur.org

That seems patriotic to me.