Freedom

Listening to: pyrotechnics

July 4th should be an official DA holiday! The freedom to be an artist should be cherished and nurtured wherever it may be. Americans truly take this for granted.

There can be peace - or war - but what prevails is the artistic spirit borne of freedom.

And there are the truly free Alaskans who have tied themselves to barrels of oil and the revenue it generates. Not sure they are the same ones celebrating with fireworks lakeside in broad daylight.

My nephew is in Iraq fighting with our US national guard. His mother is relieved that he is somewhere safe from the drug dealers in his city where he works as a police officer and heads up the dealer's hit list. What has the world come to.

My sister has nightmares of her sons being drafted and sent off to fight. She feels helpless. We had several teenagers in Anchorage killed by gunfire last week.

Without art we may all succumb.

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"What are we making weapons for? Why keep on feeding this war machine? We take it right out of the mouths of our babies. Take it away from the hand of the poor. What are we making weapons for?" - J. Denver
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