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Give Me 5 Good Reasons…fourth of July

So it’s fourth of July and my brother in law texts me, “Five good reasons that USA is the best?” So me being the stereotypical guy that can’t back down from a challenge says, “OK, when is post time?” He indicates that he wants to post in the next three hours. As I write this I have had three New Belgium Arrow beers and the clock currently reads 2:48, with a deadline of 3:00pm. So if this sounds phoned in, it is in a way. I will say that I do love this country and this is an easy feat to give five good reasons that America is the best.

1. Freedom of Religion.

I am man of faith, I get my cup filled each week at the local Catholic establishment. Thank you George Washington for allowing me to worship Twinkies if I wanted to.

2. I can choose my own profession.

Unlike communist China or any other oppressive regime, I have the freedom to play in any industry as a career. How many other countries would allow a student to pull federally subsidized loans in a pursuit of attaining a degree in women’s sufferage?

3. I can vote.

Even though my vote is just one of the roughly 200,000,000 votes cast in a general Presidential election and means very little in the grand scheme, it pacifies me. I am able to gather with people that have the same slanted view as myself and attempt to make other people think the same way.

4. Your future lies in your own hands.

Opportunity is available to every single person in this nation, black, white, red, yellow, purple, rich, poor, medium, drunk, addicted, sober, rocker, hip hopper, punker, you get the picture. If you want something, the only thing standing between you and the object or career, or transvestite hooker is your own mind, no matter what you say.

5. The official start of fourth of July is a competitive eating competition.

I kept it pretty serious up until this point, but where else in the world does a nation celebrate the disgusting gluttony that is consuming 68 hot dogs, or over 20,000 calories, in under 10 minutes? Nowhere, because the rest of the world is starving, oppressive, arrogant, or just plain sucks.

Happy Fourth of July from the crew of one at @brewery33 Labs.

:)

BTW it’s 3 o’clock.