Leave it to the L.A. Times to throw a wet blanket on the occasion:
The real American question of our times is how our country in a little over 200 years sank from the great hope to the most backward democracy in the West.
Yeah. Just like Mexico. Or Belize. Well, I hope a bottlerocket exploded near your ear. You savage.
Posted by H.L. Monkey at July 4, 2006 11:40 PM