Independence Day

"Does Independence Day always fall on July 4th," asked a dimwit. 

I can't make this stuff up, people.

I wonder if our Founding Fathers had any clue what they started back in 1776 when we officially separated ourselves from Mother England.  If they could throw themselves into the future only to see the-orange-manchild-he-who-shall-not-be-named twittering temper tantrums and insults usually reserved for children age three and younger, they probably would not have signed the Declaration of Independence with the realization that democracy only promotes unruly, crass, unethical, self-absorbed idiots. 

Hey, Founding Fathers, it was a good idea at the time to sign the Declaration of Independence.  You did the best you could with what you knew at the time and with what you had to work with.  Back then they had no idea someday relatively soon:
1.  The U.S. population would swell to unmanageable proportions with everybody holding their hand out and complaining about something.  Everybody wants to take, but nobody wants to give.  Everybody thinks they are owed something or entitled;
2.  Advancement in technology would outpace evolution.  Machines are smarter and more predictable than us at this point;
3.  The impending industrial revolution would poison and choke the planet.  I guess that makes Chief Sitting Bull pretty smart.  Too bad we didn't listen at all and continued our path of raping and pillaging Mother Earth;
4.  The idea that somebody could be simultaneously obese and yet starving;
5.  The atomic bomb could annihilate the human race with the push of a button;
6.  WE WOULD BE ALLIES WITH ENGLAND WITHIN THE NEXT 100 YEARS OR SO.