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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

evening

I Hate July 4th…And Just Maybe, You

I hate any of you who are setting off illegal fireworks.  Some of you, I’ll hate forever, some of you, just for today.  We’re surrounded by people with too much disposable income and each year I hope they end up with fewer fingers than last year.  If you had to stay at home because you had two dogs who are scared, whiny, and just plain damned annoying, you’d hate you too.  So, Leigh-Ann is downstairs with Dante & Eli (the whiner) reading the Sunday paper and I’m upstairs with Phoenix & Cricket (the other whiner/barker) watching Pimp My Ride and Making the Band 3.

mid-afternoon

Fasts Are Dumb

I’ve always thought protest fasts were stupid.  I thought they were stupid when they were done by prisoners wanting Lucky Charms (or whatever) for breakfast.  I think they’re stupid now when they’re wanting to bring the troops home.  Seriously, who cares if people starve themselves?  I don’t care if I agree with the cause or not, it’s still meaningless to me that celebrities are giving up food for a whole day. 

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan began a hunger strike on Tuesday – and Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and other stars are joining her in her “Troops Home Fast” protest.