Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 06, 2011

That’s one smart kid!!!

John Adams said the day should be celebrated with fireworks and grand illuminations….

..actually,the British were still messing with us..just saying..

War of 1812 COULD be considered overtime, actually

I’m waiting for Sarah and Michelle to tell me what really happened.

Yeah, the Tea Party arguing we don’t need a social safety net because letting the rich get richer will make us all wealthier.

Frazz’s grip on the disk is poor. On a forehand, the thumb is up (as drawn) but most of the hand is in front of the thumb.

Good to know there are some thinking people left.

I wonder if people in other countries have to endure ecophobes who get queasy over nationalistic pride during their Independence Day celebrations?

Yes, Chris Robinson!

And besides, they’re fun and pretty! And they make loud noises!

I generally like Frazz but this series on Caulfield’s griping about celebrating a war is insipid and inane. We’re not celebrating a war, we’re celebrating our freedom. Its a simple response.Does Jef believe that we shouldn’t be free or that we shouldn’t celebrate our freedom?

3hour, actually, we thought we could take over Canada, and we got our butt kicked. WE thought the British army had gotten lazy and undisciplined, which was true in England. Turns out the ones in Canada were sharp as tacks and out maneuvered us completely at first. The war itself was a tie. The boarders remained the same….

Many British historians refer to it as the Second War of American Independence. After thatk, they rather accepted the idea.I think Varnes had a freudian slip. The borders remained the same. Boarders stopped because the British had won against the French (except for that brief Elba episode) and had a surplus of sailors, thus the causus belli was not even mentioned in the peace treaty.

Part of the problem in the original question, is that too many people refer to the holiday as “July 4th” which is simply a date. If people actually referred to it by it’s proper name “Independence Day” there would be a better understanding of what it is we are celebrating. How many people know why there is a Mexican holiday on May 5th? Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of a liberation as well, but most people, Mexicans included, only use it as a reason for Coronas and tequila shots.

Whatever happened or did not happen on July 4, 1776, whatever people call it, July 4 has come to be celebrated as our “National Holiday” (as opposed to other “national holidays” such as Flag Day, Presidents Day, etc.).

Let’s just call it “U! S! A! – U! S! A! – U! S! A! Day” and go on from there…

Washington referred to himself as “a liberal”, remember the Liberty bell, etc. So were the Tea Party types like Revere, but they were even more radical than people like Washington or Jefferson..The conservatives those days were the Tories, loyal to King and the Church of England that he headed.