Happy July 4th.
This weekend I saw a commercial celebrating our independence day, it got me thinking. This commercial played out by portraying red coats at the time of the revolutionary war ready for combat. The situation turns grim when they discover that our founding fathers are charging directly at them at about 55 miles per hour...in a few American made cars and as the Brits run off in disgrace, a triumphant George Washington emerges and we are greeted with a slogan: America got two things right: Cars and Freedom . My impulsive reaction was to blurt out that we have neither and in 2010 to invoke the memory of American automobiles in the face of unprecedented bailouts is just silly. Later that day we watched the fireworks and I was swept up in thoughts that many would consider pessimistic and against the spirit of the holidays. Unfortunately, we as Americans must be more cognizant than ever of what 4th of July means and what it once represented....