Happy Independence Day

Happy 243rd birthday, America, and happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans.  Here in the good old U.S. of A., are some things going on:

From National Review, you're free to celebrate Independence Day in the manner of your own choosing.

From FrontpageMag, open border demagogues offer nonsense, not solutions.

From Townhall, "why we celebrate Independence Day".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the best and worst songs to play for today.

From the Washington Examiner, when then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) didn't want refugees.  (How do you say "skeleton in the closet" in Vietnamese?)

From The Federalist, how to understand the opening to Thomas Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

From American Thinker, why the left has problems with patriotic symbols.

From LifeZette, freedom does not mean assaulting our fellow Americans.

From NewsBusters, major networks decide against covering President Trump's 4th of July parade.

From WSOC TV, fireworks in Fort Mill, South Carolina go off prematurely.  (via Twitchy)

From Twitchy, a Democrat tells people who have a problem with the Betsy Ross flag to "take a [bleep]ing civics class".

From Breitbart, Donald Trump the Younger slams Nike.

From Fox News, in New York City's Coney Island, the hot dog eating champs repeat.

And from WPVI-TV, in a July 4th tradition, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania runs its annual Soap Box Derby.