Politics 4th of July 2022

[EL PRESIDENTE]

More celebrations this year.

Are you going?

Boycotting due to the recent supreme court decisions and don't like the direction of the Country?

If you do celebrate, tag @THE HCP in any of your fireworks posts. He loves that.

I'll be in Dallas, TX. Flying back on the night of the 4th tho. I'm not big into fireworks or any of this shit really.

I do have a super cheese-ball american flag polo shirt with an eagle I like to bust out. But honestly, I don't give a fuck about America that much.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Fireworks are the worst. I hope they get banned for any homeowners because people are lame and give no fucks about anyone else. Too many close calls with fireworks shooting off onto peoples homes.

 

[theprunetang]

Fireworks are the worst. I hope they get banned for any homeowners because people are lame and give no fucks about anyone else. Too many close calls with fireworks shooting off onto peoples homes.

We hate them with a passion. Our neighborhood pops off for a week around every stupid holiday. We have 5 cats and 4 dogs, and they turn into frightened, panicked little terrors with the constant explosions.

Fireworks can eat an armada of richards.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Don't come to LA then lol. Everyone here has illegal shit. The good shit too!

 

[riverman]

Pyromaniacs! I never understood how the end of the war should be celebrated by shooting and blowing shit up......should be music and laughter ...leave the bombs out of the celebration...have virtual light shows if you need spectacles like a Giant Concert but this shootin' up the bar wild west shit is played out in my view...bah humbug! There are two dog breeders in my neck of the woods and it's going to be a brutal night of howling whimpering animals . Good time to go fishing

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Pyromaniacs! I never understood how the end of the war should be celebrated by shooting and blowing shit up......should be music and laughter ...leave the bombs out of the celebration...have virtual light shows if you need spectacles like a Giant Concert but this shootin' up the bar wild west shit is played out in my view...bah humbug!

I actually love fireworks and blowing shit up. Way better than watching them at a park.

 

[riverman]

I actually love fireworks and blowing shit up. Way better than watching them at a park.

boo! mmmm I hate the smell of gunpowder but man it goes back 10000 years in asian culture...it's in your blood bro

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

boo! mmmm I hate the smell of gunpowder but man it goes back 10000 years in asian culture...it's in your blood bro

I went to chinese new year parade in Honolulu's Chinatown. Holy shit, that shit gave me permanent hearing loss I think.

 

[riverman]

I went to chinese new year parade in Honolulu's Chinatown. Holy shit, that shit gave me permanent hearing loss I think.

I know my hearing is worse from living in Taipei....you never know when someone is opening a new shop until a 6ft tall firecracker dragon gets lit over your head....pyromaniacs I tell you..it happens for a birth, a death, a new business a marriage and every one of the twenty holidays they have...in other words...everyday

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I LOVE FIREWORKS!

 

[e_blazer]

Pyromaniacs! I never understood how the end of the war should be celebrated by shooting and blowing shit up......should be music and laughter ...leave the bombs out of the celebration...have virtual light shows if you need spectacles like a Giant Concert but this shootin' up the bar wild west shit is played out in my view...bah humbug! There are two dog breeders in my neck of the woods and it's going to be a brutal night of howling whimpering animals . Good time to go fishing

July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4th, 1776. As you might guess, King George was not too amused. The war didn’t end until 1783.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Fireworks kick ass! I absolutely love them.

 

[riverman]

July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4th, 1776. As you might guess, King George was not too amused. The war didn’t end until 1783.

I understand...I meant in an across the board general way...that when the war is won they shoot up the town...fire off guns....and fireworks .when they have a celebration of a popular event..they sure don't amuse me much. I know people love fireworks and parades and all, stock car races, etc....I go the opposite direction when those things happen if I have a choice. My grandson is at his first parade this weekend in Prineville with his other grandfather..and I think the rodeo. I'm like BB King singin'....the thrill is gone!

 

[riverman]

Fireworks kick ass! I absolutely love them.

How does this not surprise me?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Fireworks kick ass! I absolutely love them.

Used to spend thousands buying fireworks in Vancouver for our neighborhood. When it comes to blowing shit up, I'm still a little boy at heart.

I remember getting the Piccalo Petes and turning them into awesome bottle rockets.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

One summer with my best friend, we must have been 12 or 13 but my parents wanted this tree stump gone out of the backyard. I think my dad was offering us money if we could dig it out. Digging up a tree stump is hard and boring. But we wanted the money. So I remembered that I had 3 M80s. Them and a half a can of gas under the stump...

The stump was still there but we had burned off whatever leg and arm hair we had grown to that point, cuts from the shrapnel of rocks that hit us, and every neighborhood dad for 2 blocks in our backyard wondering what the fuck that explosion was.

Painful but epic.

 

[Chris Craig]

July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4th, 1776. As you might guess, King George was not too amused. The war didn’t end until 1783.

He wrote, "Nothing of importance happened today," in his diary.

 

[riverman]

Enjoy the big bangs! Sorry for the buzzkill! Just be safe...don't set the woods on fire....go to the beach at least!

 

[riverman]

He wrote, "Nothing of importance happened today," in his diary.

knowing crazy King George he was probably talking to the imaginary parrot on his shoulder when he wrote that.

 

[Chris Craig]

I love fireworks too.

Always get some for the fourth. Going to have a family barbeque.

 

[Chris Craig]

Enjoy the big bangs! Sorry for the buzzkill! Just be safe...don't set the woods on fire....go to the beach at least!

No, it's good to be responsible.

 

[Chris Craig]

I remember getting the Piccalo Petes and turning them into awesome bottle rockets.

Piccalo Pete bombs. That brings back some memories.

 

[riverman]

My granddaughter will visit with her new boyfriend from Portland....there will be fireworks at the Fern Ridge Dam probably if they want the light show

 

[riverman]

Back in the midwest they go all out for fireworks displays and celebrations. ..lot of lakes and rivers..big sky country. As kids I remember M80s Cherry Bombs, regular firecrackers, bottle rockets and sparklers.....Fair grounds would be packed with events and carnival rides, vendors. Demolition Derby and Stock Car races...and a whole day of John Phillip Souza music

 

[Chris Craig]

Going to go over to the inlaws for the fourth, will set up their pool and barbeque steaks, burgers, and dogs (red, white, and blue shortcake for dessert), listen to some good music, drink some beers and a couple shots, let the kids set off some of the tame stuff, and then me and the grandude will set off some of the good stuff.

Probably play some Cornhole and throw the football around while we are there.

 

[Chris Craig]

Back in the midwest they go all out for fireworks displays and celebrations. ..lot of lakes and rivers..big sky country. As kids I remember M80s Cherry Bombs, regular firecrackers, bottle rockets and sparklers.....Fair grounds would be packed with events and carnival rides, vendors. Demolition Derby and Stock Car races...and a whole day of John Phillip Souza music

Sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I remember getting the Piccalo Petes and turning them into awesome bottle rockets.

Don't you hammer the ends of those and duct tape em so they explode?

I think it was Witch Whistlers you can turn into bottle rockets

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Every have Roman Candle fights? Those were cray lol

 

[riverman]

Every have Roman Candle fights? Those were cray lol

I've never even been to a toga party!

 

[Shaboid]

Usually I spend it with family, but not this year. Going to view the fireworks from my newly installed roof. I was up there for demo and we have views of Mt. Jefferson in the south all the way to Mt. Baker up north. Can't wait.