Pro-Fireworks Rant

There must be something about a day off work that brings out the best in people, but this rant in the San Francisco Chronicle in support of fireworks is one of the best I've seen in a while.

Here's an excerpt:

This country was founded on blowing stuff up, and 231 years later it continues to be the thing that we do best. And yet in the past few decades, almost every Bay Area municipality has banned the use of fireworks within city limits. It's like we don't even want to be Americans anymore.

I see two choices: Either we all start learning to speak French, or we bring the Bay Area back to the stocked-with-fireworks glory that we all enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s. Not next week. Not after a bunch of politicians have a chance to assemble focus groups and hear public comment for three years. Right. Freaking. Now.

(Thanks to the Steve Olson Blog for the link)