Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
07-02-2020, 08:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2020, 08:40 PM by beez.)
I guess you could file this under, "Rant By Angry Old Man".
In a couple of days, Americans are going to "celebrate" the 4th of July, Independence Day.
They will do it with masks on because that's what the government is telling them to do.
They won't be able to go to beaches, lakes, rivers in many states because the government is telling them not to.
They won't be at bars, restaurants, clubs, because the government says they have to stay closed.
They will celebrate independence from a crual government over-reach by only doing what the state, local, federal government tells them they can do.
I propose changing the name to "Irony Day" because our nation has become one of candy-asses who soil their skinny jeans when they see someone without a mask unless they're tearing down a statue or trying to destroy Mt. Rushmore.
On Saturday, while many are celebrating in a neat and tidy prescribed government fashion, I'll be mourning the loss of the independent spirit that once made us great.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 10,616
Threads: 1,395
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
26,443
I'll be outside without a mask watching my neighbors put on as good a show with fireworks as I'd see anywhere else.
They do it every year and I get to sit on the comfort of my porch and watch.
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
(07-02-2020, 08:30 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: I'll be outside without a mask watching my neighbors put on as good a show with fireworks as I'd see anywhere else.
They do it every year and I get to sit on the comfort of my porch and watch.
I'll be knocking the cobwebs off my smoker and cooking a variety of dead animal flesh and drinking.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 2,689
Threads: 153
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
8,106
07-02-2020, 09:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2020, 09:18 PM by NightskyeB4Dawn.)
(07-02-2020, 08:30 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: I'll be outside without a mask watching my neighbors put on as good a show with fireworks as I'd see anywhere else.
They do it every year and I get to sit on the comfort of my porch and watch.
Much the same here. It will be no different than any other. One of my neighbors was just on the phone with my Mom going over the menu so they would not be doubling up on stuff and missing out on others.
Of course there will be a lot of neighbors with fireworks and there will be a lot of target practice.
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 10,616
Threads: 1,395
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
26,443
(07-02-2020, 09:21 PM)beez Wrote: What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
The media is made up of idiots.
Posts: 198
Threads: 5
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
752
07-02-2020, 10:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2020, 10:16 PM by Lumenari.)
(07-02-2020, 08:20 PM)beez Wrote: I guess you could file this under, "Rant By Angry Old Man". I will take one for the team this year Fuzzy One. It will be a sunny 75 degree day here and a 65 degree night.
So plans here are a roaring bonfire, a lot of spirits (and alcohol too!) smoked meat, not a lot of clothes and a bunch of tannerite out on the range.
LOL@masks.
Got a Gadson flag flying under my American one at the front gate... if you want to burn it and are wondering what the painted line is at the base of the flagpole, that is 670 yards from my front porch. So I'm all sighted in.
Happy 4th other brother...
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
(07-02-2020, 10:15 PM)Lumenari Wrote: (07-02-2020, 08:20 PM)beez Wrote: I guess you could file this under, "Rant By Angry Old Man". I will take one for the team this year Fuzzy One. It will be a sunny 75 degree day here and a 65 degree night.
So plans here are a roaring bonfire, a lot of spirits (and alcohol too!) smoked meat, not a lot of clothes and a bunch of tannerite out on the range.
LOL@masks.
Got a Gadson flag flying under my American one at the front gate... if you want to burn it and are wondering what the painted line is at the base of the flagpole, that is 670 yards from my front porch. So I'm all sighted in.
Happy 4th other brother...
Happy 4th, Little Sister.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 339
Threads: 8
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
925
I'm hoping to be extra-phlegmy on the 4th...as I have some neighbors over for a mask-free party of booze, burgers, dogs and fireworks.
After we get all 'patriotic' and liquored-up...we're going down the street, toppling racist lawn jockeys.
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
07-02-2020, 11:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2020, 11:07 PM by beez.)
Just as long as you leave "Naked Man Flinging Babies" alone.
Because, America!
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 339
Threads: 8
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
925
(07-02-2020, 11:06 PM)beez Wrote:
Just as long as you leave "Naked Man Flinging Babies" alone.
Because, America!
Okay.
But I can't guarantee the safety of "Perverted Doctor Collecting Baby Poop".
Posts: 530
Threads: 50
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
1,709
My town is one in several cities in my metro area that will have fireworks. This means that every Tom dick and harry will be coming from miles around to see our fireworks. It will be a big damn mess. They are shooting the fireworks really high so supposedly 85% of people in my town will see them. I will sit on my patio at dusk and cross my fingers, while doing lots of drinking. I have enough food and liquor for an army. Everyone in town is asking where the best vantage point is for seeing the fireworks. Of course, they have closed all the parks and the park where they are shooting the fireworks will be all fenced off. I have a feeling it will be a complete shitshow. I’m not going anywhere though. I will stay home and probably shoot my drunken mouth off on Facebook, Nextdoor, ATS, and here. ‘Murcia!
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
(07-02-2020, 11:26 PM)IAMTAT Wrote: (07-02-2020, 11:06 PM) pid=\43103' Wrote:
Okay.
But I can't guarantee the safety of "Perverted Doctor Collecting Baby Poop".
"Collecting Baby Poop" was the name of my band in college.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
(07-02-2020, 11:38 PM)ChiefD Wrote: My town is one in several cities in my metro area that will have fireworks. This means that every Tom dick and harry will be coming from miles around to see our fireworks. It will be a big damn mess. They are shooting the fireworks really high so supposedly 85% of people in my town will see them. I will sit on my patio at dusk and cross my fingers, while doing lots of drinking. I have enough food and liquor for an army. Everyone in town is asking where the best vantage point is for seeing the fireworks. Of course, they have closed all the parks and the park where they are shooting the fireworks will be all fenced off. I have a feeling it will be a complete shitshow. I’m not going anywhere though. I will stay home and probably shoot my drunken mouth off on Facebook, Nextdoor, ATS, and here. ‘Murcia!
Our dogs don't like fireworks, so we'll be babying them.
And drinking.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 2,689
Threads: 153
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
8,106
(07-02-2020, 11:38 PM)ChiefD Wrote: My town is one in several cities in my metro area that will have fireworks. This means that every Tom dick and harry will be coming from miles around to see our fireworks. It will be a big damn mess. They are shooting the fireworks really high so supposedly 85% of people in my town will see them. I will sit on my patio at dusk and cross my fingers, while doing lots of drinking. I have enough food and liquor for an army. Everyone in town is asking where the best vantage point is for seeing the fireworks. Of course, they have closed all the parks and the park where they are shooting the fireworks will be all fenced off. I have a feeling it will be a complete shitshow. I’m not going anywhere though. I will stay home and probably shoot my drunken mouth off on Facebook, Nextdoor, ATS, and here. ‘Murcia!
Out here in the woods, we can hear the fireworks, but unless they go off way up in the air, can't see them. And it is rare they go that high.
My neighbors usually gather and will set them off ourselves for the kids.
Posts: 97
Threads: 3
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
252
(07-02-2020, 09:21 PM)beez Wrote: What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
Just get a group chant going... No Masks. Know Peace.
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
(07-02-2020, 11:47 PM)Ahabstar Wrote: (07-02-2020, 09:21 PM)beez Wrote: What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
Just get a group chant going... No Masks. Know Peace.
The only mask I'll ever wear is the one that hides my secret identity from evil-doers.
The Mardi-Gras one with the feathers.
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 10,921
Threads: 1,200
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
17,093
(07-02-2020, 11:57 PM)beez Wrote: (07-02-2020, 11:47 PM)Ahabstar Wrote: (07-02-2020, 09:21 PM)beez Wrote: What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
Just get a group chant going... No Masks. Know Peace.
The only mask I'll ever wear is the one that hides my secret identity from evil-doers.
The Mardi-Gras one with the feathers.
That was YOU!?
Once A Rogue, Always A Rogue!
Posts: 1,065
Threads: 40
Joined: May 2016
Reputation:
4,316
"I be ridin' they be hatin'."
-Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 97
Threads: 3
Joined: Jun 2020
Reputation:
252
(07-02-2020, 11:57 PM)beez Wrote: (07-02-2020, 11:47 PM)Ahabstar Wrote: (07-02-2020, 09:21 PM)beez Wrote: What sticks in my craw is everyone in the media spouting on how wearing a god-damned mask is Patriotic.
THAT pisses me off!
Just get a group chant going... No Masks. Know Peace.
The only mask I'll ever wear is the one that hides my secret identity from evil-doers.
The Mardi-Gras one with the feathers.
I was afraid you was going to say a ball gag and Zorro’s bandana mask...
|