In a blazing 60 second video, Jackie celebrates the 4th of July with some facts you may not have known about our Nation’s Birthday, where it’s socially acceptable to get drunk and blow things up! Ironically, we owe much of the flag-waving and blowing things up part of the celebration to China, where they’re as happy about our holiday as we are! China manufactures both the flags and explosives to sell to us…That’s American! We may grumble about imported goods the other 364 days a year, but a spirit of international goodwill infuses the Fourth of July.
The unfortunate deaths, and the nine thousand emergency room visits caused by fireworks are courtesy of our own American ingenuity gone awry…The 68.3 million cases of beer may be a contributing factor. The jury is still out on the question, no doubt enjoying a cold one. Which brings us (in a distasteful segue) to three American presidents for whom the Fourth of July, that most patriotic of all days – was the most unlucky day of their lives…And this is how we acknowledge it? Heck Yes! Sorry Presidents Jefferson, Adams and Monroe. Hmm…I wonder if any of them were setting off fireworks when ‘it’ happened? Oh well, don’t forget to raise your glass to them, and have a Happy & Safe 4th!