For the moment, let's leave aside any curiosity about what is in West Virginia that President Bush has spent three of the last four Independence Days there. Just take a look at the picture that accompanies the New York Times article, in which the camera angle and a huge wad of bunting unfortunately makes it appear at first glance that the President is wearing a very large, froofy skirt.
While we're on the subject of Independence Day, I would like to submit a modest proposal: anyone purchasing fireworks must first pass a brief exam (may be written or oral):
1. Twenty-seven allegations are made against the king of England within the body of the Declaration. Summarize three.
2. List the four specific declarations made in the final paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.
(Answers can be found here)
I don't think it is too much to ask people to have a glancing familiarity with the content of the document that formally announced American independence before they get explosives, since that is nominally what we are celebrating today with those explosives.
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