The Rockets Red Glare....

Happy belated birthday to America!!! There are a lot of good ways to celebrate the founding of a nation. Ice cream and cake are always my choice to celebrate anything - birthday, graduation, driver's license renewal...

One of the most festive ways to celebrate the 4th of July is with fireworks. You can go to pretty much any dot on the map and somewhere nearby there will be a fireworks display. I happened to be in Aurora, Ohio for the 4th this year and sure enough there was a magnificent fireworks display just a couple towns over on the evening of Friday July 4th.

But we all know the real American way to celebrate the 4th is to shoot of some of your own fireworks. Fireworks you bought at Wal-Mart which were made in China by some malnourished 11 year old boy. Now that is what freedom is all about!!! Now, there is some risk associated with setting off your own fireworks. You have all seen the ads and public service announcements on TV where they have a watermelon holding a firecracker and then "whammo" it gets blown to bits. I say "This is America dammit, if we wanna blow off a finger or two then let us!"

Every locality seems to have their own rules surrounding the purchase, transportation and even usage of these pyrotechnic wonders. Some states allow them, some don't. Some cities and counties in states that allow them don't allow them. Some states will let you drive through with a trunk full of em and some won't. By far the oddest regulation of the firework trade I have come across in my travels is by the state of Ohio. (Hi in the middle and round on the ends.)

Fireworks are legal to purchase in Ohio, you can but a whole truckload if you want. You just can't set them off there. It is illegal to light your fireworks in the state of Ohio. In fact when you purchase fireworks in one of Ohio's many fine fireworks establishments you need to sign an affidavit and swear that you are taking them out of state. It is by far the dumbest thing I have ever run across. Having spent July 3rd through 8th in wonderful, wild...Ohio I can assure you there are a lot of liars residing in Portage County, Ohio.

Mood: Mellow

It's Ironic: That you can purchase fireworks in Ohio but can't set them off there.

Song of the Day:

"I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows."

-Where The Green Grass Grows

Tim McGraw