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America's Birthday Party. Were You invited?

news.yahoo.com — The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.

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  • boomerang42, on 07/06/2008, -17/+3Personally, I think fireworks are a waste of money and resources.
    inb4 "thats because you don't have any friends"
    • nobody98, on 07/06/2008, -3/+3Do you poo in your plant pots?
    • Tyrghast, on 07/06/2008, -2/+3What resources? Fireworks are relatively simple and naught but a few ounces of material each. They're fun.

      Of course, when you're setting them off by yourself I guess it's not that great.
    • DragonForce4, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5thats because you don't have any friends
  • MustacheFace, on 07/06/2008, -5/+23I don't love the 4th of July for liberty and freedom and all that jazz, but primarily because it's the one day outta the year I can use my sniper rifle without fear of immediate retribution (barretts are extremely loud). But if there's someone that I want to kill after July 4th, well then I'm pretty much out of luck until the next one rolls around - and by that time I might not even feel like killing anyone, depending on how good Christmas was.
    • alekies, on 07/06/2008, -2/+10wat
    • chilekillr, on 07/06/2008, -2/+9wat
    • TimeIsTissue, on 07/06/2008, -3/+10in the butt
    • digiwand, on 07/06/2008, -6/+1ROFL!

      Well I thought it was pretty funny. :)
    • snotrokit, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2can I digg ya twice, once for the submission, another for the barrett, one of the finest people hunters.... I mean weapons ever made.
    • sturmgiest, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2funny enough, I shot my rifle on the fourth. Best time of the year to do it. No one will be annoyed by the noise.
    • milhousem3m3, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1bullets do fall back down.
  • projectstartrek, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2I would have to say the ones in DC were the real official ones :P
  • reposado, on 07/06/2008, -4/+8Incoming posts from anti-America diggers.
  • TimeIsTissue, on 07/06/2008, -1/+17i'm a digg user. i don't get invited to anything.
  • lukemandese, on 07/06/2008, -8/+3This should not have been posted on digg
  • Petestreet, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6I went to a strip club and drank flaming shots surrounded by half naked women.
  • bullox, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2http://youtube.com/watch?v=ezUYcGj72EY

    Fireworks can be dangerous!
    • superkendall, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Now THAT's great firework action!
  • TinternAbbot, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2Saw them, they were tight, but this is a dumb thing to get to the front page.
  • superkendall, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Nice summary of a bunch of cool things around the US.
  • StandardsDT, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Did I celebrate Fourth of July?

    Yes but it got ended early thanks to my local police department. A minute after my brother, cousin and I launched our last mortar a police officer came into our back yard questioning us, taking down information (well hers I should say), and left us with the empty box of our mortar rounds that we finished off (we had more stuff inside). My cousin and I were given warnings and told that if he comes back later that night because of fireworks we'll be arrested and charged.

    The State of New Jersey Laws suck and police everywhere in near by towns were strict about fireworks this year. Never had problems in the past till now. Ah well hopefully next year will be different.
  • sagat, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Watched them from Williamsburg and seriously thought they were pretty crap. Last years were far more impressive and better timed.

    I must say it's always more fun going to a small town fireworks where everyone gathers in the town park while a bunch of armatures let off as much gun powder as they can find right above your head. The NYC fireworks are so staged and meticulously coordinated and the closest you can get is about 200 yards away that they might as well be watched on TV.
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2CHINESE FIRE DRILL!
  • Snuff99, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3I burned my finger.

    :-|
  • tarzan99, on 07/06/2008, -3/+1No I wasn't and I wouldn't have come if I had been. Try being a better country and we'll talk
  • tkaStryc9, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1I was invited to the party but I couldn't get to any of the local displays because there were about 10,000 brown people who weren't invited but showed up anyway. Maybe next year I'll get a bunch of my friends together and we'll go crash one of their Independence celebrations around May 5th.
  • theuber1337, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1I was sitting on Lake Michigan shore with a 6 pack of Leinenkugels watching things blow up. What could be better.
  • trumpcard, on 07/06/2008, -2/+1Who cares.
  • wassim2k, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Title makes it sound like nobody showed up. Real article title: "US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry"
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