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Happy Fourth Of July

July 4, 2023 – 4:53 am

The Fourth Of July is all about Bouffants

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Equality For All With Exceptions

July 4, 2023 – 4:14 am

In 1775 the Atlantic Colonies of the British Empire rebelled against the rule of George III. Battles against the Crown had been fought around Boston in Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. While failing to Capture Quebec in the winter of 1776, the Continental Army under Washington had forced the English out of Boston on March […]

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Happy Gun Shooting Freedom Day

July 4, 2023 – 3:48 am

Today the USA celebrates the Declaration of Independence freedom. 24 hours of traffic jams, bbq, flag-waving, chest-thumping, nascar, bad beer, fighting, and fixing a crapped out car on the highway causing a miles-long traffic jam. As well as American ingenuity. Belly flops. Flip flops A house in the country. And the right to be a […]

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Hurry Hurry to Nowhere

July 2, 2023 – 1:49 pm

June 21 marked the summer solstice, but the America’s calendar is governed by the July 4th holiday and nothing says summer more than the Independence Day Traffic Festival. Millions of cars, trucks, and motorcycles hit the highways for fun, sun, BBQs, beer, beaches, pools, lakes, and mountains. Anyplace, but home and the bottlenecks, accidents and […]

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THE UMPTEENTH COMING by Peter Nolan Smith

January 31, 2022 – 9:03 am

“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” Those words were sung by the cast of HAIR in 1969 and millions of hippies dropped acid to touch the Aquarian sky. Nirvana was attainable via LSD and on the Fourth of July 1970 my friends John Gilmour, Tommy Jordan, Mark McLaughlin and I scored a […]

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