Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for July 04, 2014

Feliz Día de la Independencia estadounidense.

Let freedom ring!

Oh the world turned upside down!

What freedom?

Religion,speech,assembly,thought,association, bear arms.

We may not perfect but the alternatives seem much less appealing.

But we are losing more of it every day.

Thank you Hector and Carlos for the information. I had completely forgotten, if I ever knew, of this tradition. I will, however, ring a bell a noon (MDT) today.

Agreed Sergio.

Does it ever? So much for “protect & serve”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 2:00 p. m. I dingled on an Old-Fashioned-type glass with a heavy spoon. Worked fine.

The cops have to play by the rules. Video everything you can and keep a log of incidents. When you talk to the cops, record the date, time, what happened and get the officer’s names. You might get enough data to give to your local TV investigative reporter.

Actually it was John Adams who said that bells would ring and fireworks set off on July 2 – yes July 2, the day the Declaration was passed in Congress. July 4 was the ceremonial signature of John Hancock. The other members (and John Hancock again) signed the formal copy in August over several days.

Guns can be fired blank – no bullet to come down.