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  • Now Fireworks Are Bad? What Next?

    07/05/2008 5:52:28 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 50 replies · 545+ views
    JSOnline ^ | July 4, 2008 | Mike Nichols
    First, it was cow gas that was wrecking the environment. Then gas-powered lawnmowers. Now, it’s fireworks we’re supposed to worry about. Fireworks, it was reported this week, are helping ruin both the Earth and our health. Where most of us looked up at the sky last night and saw red, white and blue, some people, it seems, saw only the first. Fireworks, some scientists are warning, are toxic, and you know what’s next. All those “ooohhhhhhhs” and “aaahhhhhhhhhhs” will soon be “booooos” and “baaaaaaaaahs.” Except that people, many people, have had enough of “Enough.”“No matter what you do, something is...
  • Chris Satullo: A not-so-glorious Fourth (Guilt-ridden Liberal barf)

    07/02/2008 8:30:25 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 52 replies · 476+ views
    philly.com ^ | July 2, 2008 | Chris Satullo
    U.S. atrocities are unworthy of our heritage. Put the fireworks in storage. Cancel the parade. Tuck the soaring speeches in a drawer for another time. This year, America doesn't deserve to celebrate its birthday. This Fourth of July should be a day of quiet and atonement. For we have sinned. We have failed to pay attention. We've settled for lame excuses. We've spit on the memory of those who did that brave, brave thing in Philadelphia 232 years ago. The America those men founded should never torture a prisoner. The America they founded should never imprison people for years without...
  • Chris Satullo: A not-so-glorious Fourth 'U.S. atrocities are unworthy of our heritage' [BARF ALERT]

    07/02/2008 6:36:40 AM PDT · by seanmerc · 27 replies · 186+ views
    The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 1 Jul 08 | Chris Satullo of the "Be Ashamed of America" crowd
    Put the fireworks in storage. Cancel the parade. Tuck the soaring speeches in a drawer for another time. This year, America doesn't deserve to celebrate its birthday. This Fourth of July should be a day of quiet and atonement. For we have sinned. We have failed to pay attention. We've settled for lame excuses. We've spit on the memory of those who did that brave, brave thing in Philadelphia 232 years ago. The America those men founded should never torture a prisoner. The America they founded should never imprison people for years without charge or hearing. The America they founded...