[BurkesLaw]

Just another way to get the common folks quaking in fear and pleading to have Big Brother take care of everything for them!

[CARepubGal]

Interesting but WHAT does this have to do with Calvinism?

[niteowl77]

I have long thought that the 'rat wet dream is to make America a leftist version of Calvin's Geneva. Still do.

[friendly]

And no deadly Value Meal items for 99 cents at McDonald's! At LEAST add another $1.00 to the price to pay off the class action extortionist shysters. WE'LL get our nice little worthless coupons, so the lawyers can get their multi-billion cold cash settlement.

Oh, and have you seek any shyster ravaged playgrounds recently? A kid would have more fun watching the grass grow!

[Mears]

I grew up in the thirties and forties and it was great on the Fourth of July.

Bonfires,sparklers,and all those little red firecrackers. Everyone had them,we all had fun,and I don't recall anyone getting hurt.

If anyone did get hurt there would not have been any lawsuits,but an admonition from our parents to be more careful next time.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Perfect article for this fireworkless 4th of July.

Helmets, kneepads, elbow pads, dayglo clothing, good Lord! I remember metal rollerskates...and playing roller derby wearing them. I'm surprised one of us didn't end up with broken bones. These days if your kid falls out of a tree(or tips over in her chair in class resulting in a fractured elbow), the cops question them. Hey it's got to be someone's fault that the kid broke something! Let's wrap them up in cotton!

I don't know how old you are, but remember when we could get all the kids on the street for an impromtu game of baseball or street hockey? This is the main reason why kids are fat. We can't let them out for fear that some crabby neighbor will call the police. My kids and the neighbors kids had a water balloon fight on thursday, and I was literally worried that the cranks who live across from us would call the cops! Complete Bravo Sierra. I want my damn fireworks back!!!!! /rant

[The Great RJ]

In the left's ideal the government would wipe every tear and about half of the fannies.