Happy Freedom Day!

I say Freedom Day, because it's the day before Independence Day, and you can't have Independence without freedom. The day after the Fourth is Liberty day. Then Unalienable Rightsmas. You can look it up.

I have come to appreciate The Fourth of July as the great celebration of smartasses (like yours truly). A lot of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were not soldiers, or warriors, or generals. They were lawyers and beermakers and second-rate businessmen. But they pulled off the greatest smartass move the world has ever known.
They wrote to the King of the country with the most powerful army, the country who legally they were indebted to. And they said "Shove it, George." (Oh, if we had such men today).
When asked to defend themselves, they said, "What makes us independent? Why, this piece of paper! Also, rights! Certain UNALIENABLE rights! " "Who gave us these 'rights?' God did!"
It really was THAT simple. It was a plan so crazy it HAD to work.
And they went to the townsfolk and the hill people, and said, "Hey, wanna shoot some Brits?" They dug up a hack of a General who used to fight for England, and asked him "Look, you're the only guy here who knows what to do. Wanna suit up one more time and get back at your old boss?"
So, tomorrow, hug the smartasses in your life and thank them for their service to this country.

Now on to the usual.
Unfunny Comic Strip of the Day

Another Bush Lackey U of C alum of the Day

The elderly continue to attack police officers.
Pavlick became uncooperative with police and threw his wallet out the window of his car. He then pushed the driver’s side door of his car open and struck a police officer in the arm causing a minor injury.