Since it’s the 4th of July here is the incomparable Chet Atkins playing The Stars and Stripes Forever. I like the way he worked the fife (or flute) part into it.

And here is Vladimir Horowitz playing it on the piano.

I hear this and then I think of the traitor we have in the White House and how the Dimocrat Party with the help of many “Republicans” are destroying this country. The Supreme Court has pretty much destroyed the Constitution. They find all sorts of stuff that isn’t in it. James Madison is spinning in his grave. Even John Adams who was for a strong central gummint would be shocked at the behemoth it has become. And Jefferson? He would be totally ashamed and appalled that today’s Dimocrat Party has declared him to be one of its founders. He believed in a small central gummint with most of the power and gummint at the state level. He would be much more attuned to the Republican Party. I hope you are proud of yourself Justice Roberts for how you have helped subvert the Constitution. I’m just wondering what it is the Dimocrats have on you?

We have defined deviancy so far down in this country that morals are pretty much non-existent. That’s what happened in Rome. The virtues of the Roman Republic degenerated just like the virtues of our current citizens. I’m glad my mother did not live to see what had become of this once great country. It is sad. So very very sad. I’m glad I’ll be dead before the collapse. Seeing it in its death throes is bad enough.

My friend Jim SOTW sent me this link to patriotic babes.

This one is from Darrell.

An uninformed voter is flying in a two-seater airplane with just the pilot. The pilot has a heart attack and becomes unconscious and dies.

The uninformed voter, frantic, grabs the mic and calls out on the radio, “Help me! Help me! My pilot has had a heart attack and has died. And I don’t know how to fly. Help me! Please help me!”

The uninformed voter hears a voice over the radio saying: “This is Air Traffic Control and I hear you loud and clear. I will talk you through this and get you back on the ground safely. I’m an experienced controller trained to handle this kind of situation. Now, just relax and take a deep breath. Everything will be fine! Just give me your height and position.”

The uninformed voter says, “I’m 5’4 and I support Hillary.”

“O.K.”, says the voice on the radio, “Repeat after me: Our Father… Who art in Heaven…”

Gosh. I should have been prepared for some special boobage showing someone in front of a flag or with a flag bottom but I didn’t realize the 4th would fall on a Saturday until a few days ago. When one is retired, one does not keep good track of holidays since every day is a holiday. Here’s another present to Toejam from AlphaDelta. (more…)