This applies to Tennessee, and much of my neighborhood last night as well.

Hat-tip to Bits & Pieces.

“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

~ John Adams

Considering the truckload of hamburger meat and all-beef hot dogs we bought to grill for our Independence Day celebration.

Hat-tip to Theo.

Some great photos of our troops in Afghanistan. I rarely post photos of our troops here, mostly because I sort of feel unworthy what with me being an Air Force vet who served during the peace of the Cold War, but also because there are so many mil-blogs out there who are run by folks who are either on the ground or were pounding it recently and know so much more about it than I. Still, sometimes I just have to do it and it’s especially important this July 4th weekend since these guys and gals are, after all, responsible for the independence we are celebrating.

God bless them and bring them home safely soon.

Hat-tip to Maggie’s Farm.

Watch it to the end for the best line.

Which is in response to the Coin Operated Boy below, but which is much more creative I think.

Found over at Althouse, where one often finds interesting things and even more interesting conversation in the comments.

As Genghis says, this is our white flag of surrender in the gender wars.

Then again maybe there’s some gorilla warfare we can still wage.

Hat-tip to Mostly Safe for Work for the photo.

Never give up the fight.

1. Sarah Palin in Runner’s World. Looking good, feeling good, and most importantly sounding good. Read the article but enjoy the pictures.

2. More Americans see the Democrats as too liberal. This was bound to happen as they overreached and the blame Bush mentality wore off. Of course there is still plenty of the latter, but the more the Dems do the former the less the latter matters. In related news, Barry’s popularity is down.

3. Obama celebrates Iraqi sovereignty. Something Hot Air points out as surreal considering it would not be happening if Bush had not made it so.

4. Senator Franken. Well, he WAS a comedian and the Democrats ARE a joke so it makes sense I guess.

5. Never mind your guns, now they are coming after your lightbulbs and Tylenol and knives. And you silly liberals thought Bush was a threat to your liberty. Pfft.

After we are stuck with him and his soon to come tax increases. I hate to tell my liberal readers I told you so, but I did. All of Barry’s promises come with an expiration date.

The good news, maybe, is that tax increases are a pretty good way to lose the next election. Just ask Bush I.

More at Hot Air.

Well, with a little luck their heads will all explode.

Now, do not confuse me with somebody who cares very much what editorialists in Der Spiegel or other outposts of the European chattering classes think of any American president. I could not care less, in no small part because I believe that the interests of such people generally diverge from mine own. I note, however, that many of the cosmopolitan Americans who voted for Barack Obama did so because they were embarrassed by the Bush administration’s reputation among foreigners, particularly European elites. They hated having to explain themselves over dinner in Paris, Brussels, and Frankfurt, and worried that most Europeans would not understand that we are not all unnuanced rubes. I therefore wonder how such people will react if anti-Obama sentiment in Europe grows to the point where they have to explain themselves all over again. Will they rise in Barack Obama’s defense, agree with the foreign critique but deny that they voted for him, or explode from the cognitive dissonance?

The possibilities for hilarity are not small.

Although I doubt it. The capacity of the liberal mind to rationalize is infinite and as long as they have Bush in their rear view mirrors they will figure out a way to avoid blaming anyone (themselves, Barry, the people and governments of other nations who will always make things our fault because it suits their purposes) but Bush.

No president can make them all like us. Even our allies, but especially our enemies. And we will always have enemies.