HAPPY 233rd BIRTHDAY

Santa Monica decided not to have a Fireworks show this year off the Pier. The fun part of the previous events was trying to figure when they would have the show. Sometimes it was at 5 am and sometimes the night before and I think a few years ago they decided that one week before would be a good idea.

Something to do with crowd control.

This year I'm sure the economy gave them a great excuse to say no.

I know this might sound harsh but FIREWORKS really have nothing to do with celebrating 233 years of America. We are entering unique territory when it comes to longevity of a political system such as ours.

In truth when you compare previous free enterprise democratic judicial systems it's quite hard to find something like what we have here.

IT'S THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT and it's still moving forward 233 years later.

Not only do we have a unique political system but we are also regulated to being caretaker of world problems. Sometimes we aren't asked...but mainly we attempt, through economics or stronger methods, to fix wrongs.

Sometimes it backfires and pisses off the natives.

But that's just the cost of being America in a time when most other countries are trying to figure out who they are, what they want, and how they can get there.

WE ARE HERE

AMERICA KNOWS WHO SHE IS AND ON HER 233rd BIRTHDAY IT APPEARS THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE, WHO DON'T LIVE HERE, WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

Imagine for one minute that every government in the world announced tomorrow that anybody who wanted to leave could go anywhere they wanted.....FREE OF CHARGE.

VISUALIZE THE AIRPORTS OF AMERICA

compared to all other airports in the world.

SERIOUSLY.....no contest.

Enjoy your Birthday Bitch........you've done well

Michael Timothy McAlevey