The Rocket's Redneck Glare
We went to the fireworks last night (3 generations, all at once!). They were pretty good. I made a movie for Sam, who fell asleep (yes!) halfway through. Off in the distance we could hear the PA pumping out the jingoistic warblings of Toby Keith (right after Woody Guthrie, which made me mad). Since when is "a boot in your ass" the "American way"? That kind of crap only invites people to hijack planes and blow up buildings, you dumb redneck. But then, I've never believed in Toby's patriotism. I'm sure the emergence of that vile slime of a song was purely a business decision on his part. I thought it was fitting that the sound was distorted by the time it got to us, since that song sort of twists loving one's country into an international bar brawl.