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4
Jul
Fireworks explode over the Hudson River in Manhattan during the Macy#39;s 4th of July fireworks display on Sunday, July 4, 2010 in New York.
The Macy#39;s Fireworks show is a boon to local businesses because of all the people that squeeze into the area but that also means there will be traffic and it will be difficult to get a good view of the festivities.
Water Street between Fulton Street and Broad Street is one area that will be closed. The same goes for Lexington Avenue between East 42nd
4
Jul
Fireworks, barbecue, parades on the Fourth of July … but hold the flags.
Sounds ridiculous, right? Although Howard Zinn died earlier this year, that was his suggestion back in 2006. And what does The Progressive magazine do this July 4th? They trot Zinn’s anti-American sentiments out for their left-of-center audience by republishing his piece, "Put away the flags."
"On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blesse[d]," Zinn wrote. "Is not nationalism — that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder — one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred?"
And that disgusting sentiment comes in addition to Progressive magazine editor Matthew Rothchild’s immature July 3 anti-patriotism piece saying that "between God, country, and apple pie, I’ll take the apple pie" suggesting patriotism is "toxic."
Although it’s not out of the norm to see left-wing vile coming from such a publication, it is a little surprising to see anti-American tripe - including Zinn’s tired and nearly four-year old screed about America’s role in history.
"How many times have we heard President Bush tell the troops that if they die, if they return without arms or legs, or blinded, it is for ‘liberty,’ for ‘democracy’?" Zinn wrote. "One of the effects of nationalist thinking is a loss of a sense of proportion. The killing of 2,300 people at Pearl Harbor becomes the justification for killing 240,000 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 3,000 people on Sept. 11 becomes the justification for killing tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan and Iraq. And nationalism is given a special virulence when it is said to be blessed by Providence. Today we have a president, invading two countries in four years, who announced on the campaign trail in 2004 that God speaks through him."
Perhaps it is wishful thinking for the brilliant minds at The Progressive magazine to set aside one day to commemorate the birth of the world’s greatest nation and not someone who loathed the United States.
4
Jul
X-Force #28
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Written by: Craig Kyle Chris Yost
Art by: Mike Choi
“SECOND COMING”, CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The final battle begins here! It#39;s X-Force#39;s last stand in the future and the X-Men#39;s last stand in the present. Bastion has been one step ahead of the X-Men the whole time, but one X-Man#39;s sacrifice could turn the tide! Don#39;t miss the penultimate chapter of the X-Event of 2010!
4
Jul
Best known these days as daddy vamp Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight series, Peter Facinelli, 36, tells us he likes to spend his 4th of July in classic tradition – watching fireworks and tending to the grill.
Peter Facinelli may act the role of an ancient vampire, but in real life the Eclipse star is just an all-American guy.
“Growing up, everyone would be lighting [fireworks] off down the street and it#39;d be the nosiest, loudest day of the year, and the most explosive,” he says. “I think may