The People Speak Out - Searching for America's Soul

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Hillbilly Joe - Another Voice in the Wilderness

Every quadrennial the Colton's Point Times likes to leave our safe haven and find out what the real people out there think.  It always seems more timely when the interview takes place during a presidential election year.

This election we are doing a follow up interview with the most entertaining guest ever to appear in the CPT, Hillbilly Joe.  Hillbilly lives down here in the Yankee Confederate Demilitarized zone in Southern Maryland.

This place was torn during the Civil War being a member of the Union and more Southern than any Southern state of the Confederacy.  In fact Maryland, the Union state, was the most dangerous place on earth for President Abraham Lincoln.

That was about 147 years ago that it ended, or 375,585 days, 5 hours and thirty-seven seconds since the South surrendered and the world came to a premature end according to Hillbilly Joe.

It seems a lot has happened to Hillbilly Joe since our last interview.  First he had a music video with the bad boys John Galt and the Junk Yard Dogs.  Then the people "lost their wits" in Hillbilly's terms and elected that "Barak Obama" as president pretender.

That alone was enough to cause contemplated fleeing to another country but none could be found offering adequate immunity to Hillbilly's family and in particular their beloved "huntin' dawgs", Darrell, Darrell and Darrell of course.

Finally Hillbilly Joe put his foot down and a cloud of dust exploded from the seismic shock, and told his family he was not leaving Southern Maryland cause he wanted to keep his John Deere Dealer and nothing on this earth, preacher included, was as important as a competent John Deere Dealer.

Besides, that dealer gave him a bona fide John Deere hat.  You don't mess with John Deere loyalty in Hillbilly country.

I once asked Hillbilly what political party he joined and he said neither since they both supported the socialist government in Washington, which is only about 60 miles away.  To Hillbilly there is a simple choice between American or Socialist.

So what makes up an American to Hillbilly?

"Real Americans don't allow code enforcement by them bureaucraps," he shot back.  "Ain't nobody gonna tells us what we like, what we eat, or what we think.  And sure as hell no one gonna tell us how to build our homes or what to do with our toilet water.

So what do you think of the job Barack Obama did these last three years I asked?

"Whose he?" Hillbilly said though I think he might be pulling my leg.

"You know, our president," I replied.

"Oh that Obama.  Daddy says he's an alien, like those Avatars from Hollywood.  You know the ones?  Anyway, I think it's time he got a new job."

"So who would you vote for?" I asked.

"Not one of them thieves!" he bellowed, "I ain't even registered to vote and I can't because I might become one of them socialists."

"Either way we got another four years under a minority president and that sucks."

I reminded Hillbilly that Romney was White but Hillbilly said he was also Mormon and that made him minority.

"So what is the biggest problem facing America?" I asked.

"Damn diesel is too expensive for the John Deere.  It's killing us little people.  I tell you if that diesel gets over $5.00 a gallon the Deere people will stop mowing, stop weed cutting, and stop hauling junk to the dump!  We could see the renewal of the Civil War at $6.00 a gallon."

When I asked how the recession affected his life he lit up.

"Can't afford good steaks for the barbeque, got to cook burgers and chicken.  Walmart's been overrun by cheap China stuff.  And they sold Bud to foreigners.  Even the Bud frogs and Clydesdales are foreign owned.   Can you imagine that?

Can't even afford our big trucks anymore.  Now we faced critical decisions.  Do we drive the hog or eat fries and Big Macs?"

"Come to think of it, for the first time in my life as a bona fide bachelor, I had to start thinkun' about how much food my date ate so as I could afford her."

According to Hillbilly downsizing for a Hillbilly or Redneck is impossible.  Most of what they got filling the garage, basement, attic and front yard are priceless treasurers.

Take for example, the Bathtub Mary.  Now that is a shrine like no other.  Old Joe says it is Hillbilly landscaping.  Once the tub stops holding water you turn it into a shrine.  A form of ancient recycling. 

But most junk comes in the form of parts from something that broke, all the left over nails, screws and wood from projects that didn't get finished, and anything he came across that he did not recognize.  You see, if he didn't know what it was then he better hang on to it until he found out.

Hillbilly also went through a real relationship for a time, even attempting the concept of cohabitating for a while.  He thinks he might have been under some powerful kind of voodoo spell then because what else could make him move from the comforts of Hillbilly Heaven to the alien landscape of town.

Now Hillbilly lives in his parent's garage with his car and television which is quite a step up from our last interview before the 2008 election.  Back then he lived in a house trailer in his parents back yard until the giant Pine tree started dropping branches from about 100 feet onto the roof of the trailer.

With his corner condo in the garage he only needs to leave home to go to the bathroom or shower across the yard in his parents house.  As a culture Hillbilly's really have little regard for expensive working bathrooms when Mother Nature has always taken care of things.

Hillbilly left the comforts of home to try his hand at living with someone but a Hillbilly without family is like a Big Mac without meat.  In time he returned to his shed full of parts, skunks under the house, Bathtub Mary and mom's home cooking.

He did blame Obama for some of his recent suffering.  Since Obama started raising the price of diesel and gasoline he was forced to make an economic choice, to get rid of his Ford pick up or John Deere tractor to save money.

No way the Deere was going, I mean it was a true revenue generator bringing in tax free bucks mowing lawns.  So he traded in the Ford truck for a Chevrolet Sonic, a 40 mile per gallon car.

Hillbilly felt bad buying a car from Government Motors Company, GMC, when Ford was the only one to not take a bailout.  But his purchase of a Chev really hurt Hillbilly Joe's pop who was Ford lifer. Hillbilly might as well have become an Obama socialist.

As for the class warfare issue raised by the president, Hillbilly said it was stupid with a capital "D", everyone knows there are two classes, Hillbillies and Inferiors.

On the issue of food quality Hillbilly said people been gettin' sicker ever since the white coats started messing with the food chain and pumpin' drugs into our livestock.

War in Afghanistan?  Why are we fighting there when illegals are running all over our borders back here?  Bring the troops home.

According to Hillbilly Joe it seems we have provided so much protection to the doctors through insurance and government regulations with so many restrictions that they don't do any genuine healing for fear of setting a bad example.

Yet Hillbilly considers himself a true patriot unlike those socialists in DC.  Why isn't it obvious from the Confederate flag flying from the pole in the bzckyard, with the Don't Tread on Me flag below it, while living in the garage condo just a stone's throw from the nearest bathroom.

Okay, we heard enough for this election.  Can't wait for the next quadrennial.

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America's newest film super star - Jennifer Lawrence

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Kentucky Kid tears up the script - writes her own story

I predict this weekend will see record box office receipts when the movie "Hunger Games" is released.  The 20 year old star, Jennifer Lawrence of Louisville, Kentucky was nominated for best actress a couple of years ago for her film "Winter's Bone" and ever since she has been tearing up the town.

Hunger Games is about the 6th movie or more she has made since Winter's Bone and I think this relatively unknown starlet will be a bonafide super star when her performance becomes known.

Stay tuned for updated information.
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Tim Tebow joins Jeremy Lin as Christians in NYC Coliseum

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Casting is complete - Mayan Armageddon Set for NYC

Later this year, on December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar ends signaling to many the End of Times, or Armageddon in biblical terms for mankind.  Just in time for this greatest of all dramas Divine Providence has again demonstrated a preference for sports by moving mountains so to speak to demonstrate His might.

First a few weeks ago he snatched Jeremy Lin from his cousin's couch and cast him in a starring role with the Knicks.  A few weeks later the coach was fired and now the Knicks, with Lin, are settling into becoming a real team.

Somewhere along the way Lin was noticed praising the Lord for his opportunity to perform on the world's biggest sports stage and the success he has achieved in a few short weeks.

The fact Lin evolved from obscurity in the NBA to the front pages at the same time Tim Tebow was evolving from obscurity in the NFL to the front pages was a decisive indicator of the spiritual interest in these two "angels of the light" shall we say.

Yet that was not enough to give the Creator proper leverage as we approach the final End of Time because Tebow was doing his spiritual thing in the much smaller Denver media market while Lin had the task in the Sodom and Gomorra monster media market.

Apparently the Creator sent St. Michael in to renegotiate what was necessary to unite the two Christian gladiators in the den of sin, New York City, so all the world would know their every move.

Mike just had to remove one of the greatest quarterbacks in football from his team, Peyton Manning from the Indianapolis Colts, and get Denver to acquire him, which they did, thus allowing Denver to trade Tim Tebow.

Mike then stunned the sports world by getting a deal done with the New York Jets for Tebow, before most people knew the Jets were even interested.

Suddenly NYC, the New Jerusalem to many Bible readers, will have the two most talked about Christian athletes in the world showcased this fall when they are cast into the NYC Coliseums, Madison Square Garden and Jets Stadium, before the toughest fans and meanest media in the world.

Just in time for the end of the Mayan calendar December 21, 2012.

Ironically, when both became Poster Players for God over the winter they also became close friends and they both expressed delight they would be in NYC together doing the work of the Lord.

As if having the front line of defense (Lin and Tebow) against the ravages of evil is not enough, there are also rumors that yet another media superstar may be part of the equation as Tim has been seen socially with Taylor Swift, the rather unconventional queen of country music.

Perhaps this whole effort by Divine Providence is just a test for the ad and public relations agencies of NYC who have proven to be masters of the dark side, think how they protected Wall Street, corporate crime, pornography, and all the myths and lies in such professions as medical, money and war.

Now they are going to have to deal with two twin pillars of Christianity and neither is a loud mouth preacher or hypocritical zealot.

I'd say Michael the Archangel pulled off some pretty slick negotiations to get both Lin and Tebow onto the front and back pages of New York media just in time for the Mayan Armageddon.

For the first time the Christians might just have a chance on the coliseum floor.  Much of the media, particularly those lacking faith, will have a difficult time trashing these Christian warriors.  The millions of New Yorkers who love an underdog, because most people in NYC are underdogs compared to Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue and Wall Street folks, have now got two heroes.

And somewhere up in Heaven the Creator is probably getting a good chuckle with Michael and the other archangels now that their missionaries are in NYC just before the End Times.  You see the Mayans are probably there too and they all know the truth about the Mayan calendar.  When they started carving the calendar they just had too small of a stone.  The rest of time is on the second Mayan calendar.

Jeremy Lin and Tim Tebow - serve your Creator well and win a few for the home team.  In serving, you will reap the important rewards for your toils, the eternal spiritual retirement program in the Eternal Kingdom where media and politics don't exist.

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Campaign 2012 - The Seven Cardinal Sins of Politics

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Sins of the past, present & future

1.  Failing to do something about the national debt!

2.  Failing to cut government deficits!

3.  Failing to attack the unemployment and under-employment problem!

4.  Failing to adopt a national energy independence plan!

5.  Failing to stop unnecessary gas, prescription drug and food price increases!

6.  Failing to reduce medical and health insurance costs!

7.  Failing to improve relations with China and Russia!  [They can solve our problems with Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Middle East.]

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Obamaville March 20 - This and that among other things.

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Mexican Earthquake

Mexico just got hit by a 7.4 earthquake. Somehow the jolt south of the border caused the CNN earthquake expert weatherman in Atlantato suffer a near global meltdown. There are a number of good anchors and weather people on TV but if you take away their prepared script on the teleprompter and ask them to extemporaneous fill in forget get it, their brain wiring shorts out.

While video feeds were being uploaded from the Mexican danger zone the weatherman suddenly ran out of teleprompter and forced to use his powers, knowledge and skills, he stammered. Then he started rambling away on his personal unscripted philosophy on how deep is a deep earthquake, this one was just 12 miles deep. When he could not remember the strength of the 2010 Haiti earthquake (it was 7.0), I changed channels.

Keystone Pipeline

As I wrote in earlier articles, this pipeline was not going away. Today President Obama reversed the Administration's earlier rejection of the pipeline and approved the construction of the southern section of the controversial line and indicated when the final route is submitted it may be approved. There is still a way to fast track approval and get Obama off the hook before the election and that is to give the Pipeline conditional approval pending submission of the remaining items.

World Affairs

Russia has now sent their version of Green Berets to Syria and the few who have noticed it have no clue what is going to happen. Not long ago I wrote that Putin was the key to bringing an end to potential war in the Middle East in Syria and Iranand that I expected Chinato lean on them as well in order to defuse the crisis.

I believe these elite troops are not in Syriato protect the President but to stop the President from further violence against the people. It was my view that once Putin was re-elected on March 4 and the election certified so much as possible, he could become the international peacemaker and steal the favorable ratings from Sarkozy, Obama or other international figures.

At the same time there is evidence Russia and China under President Hu Jintao are leaning on Iranto cooperate with nuclear inspections and for North Korea to negotiate a nuclear arrangement with the west. If they are successful they will rapidly elevate Russia and China in world opinion which some people in the US will consider a threat.

Where I come from you encourage people to negotiate peace whether you agree with them or not in other matters. Foreign policy has gotten so crazy that the State Department must revise the enemies list every week or two.

Today is the Illinois primary, the state where four former governors are retired in jail. That is about all I have to say about it.

One wonders how Newt is going to be the conservative savior when he spends so much time visiting historic sites and not campaigning.

Romney will win.

Federal Budget

Paul Ryan of Wisconsin should get an award as the bravest person in congress as he released his second annual federal budget and long term economic recovery plan. No other member of congress has put his career and reputation on the line proposing ways to save America from debt and deficits.  No Democrat or Republican.

It took about three seconds for Democrats to denounce the budget as Satan's offspring without looking at it or having any intention of telling the truth about it. The President presents an annual budget that never gets approved by congress and the Senate has not approved a budget for about three years.

Ryan offers tax cuts, tax adjustments, tax reform, entitlement reform, and contrary to his critics, he has no intention of destroying senior medical protection programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

To those trashing the Ryan budget, where is your alternative???

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Amelia Earhart, the lady, the myth and the family secrets

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Before I write the news, and it has been a slow couple of days, did you hear...

I recently exposed, I mean mentioned, my dreadful Putnam family secret regarding the curse of the Salem Witches. It was one of those "on you and all future generations of the Putnam family".

Well one earlier manifestation of the curse may have taken place about 81 years ago when Amelia Earhart, perhaps the greatest female aviator of all time, married one George Palmer Putnam of the New England Putnam family (the same one as the Salem Putnam family).

GP asked her to marry him six times before she finally relented, and they tied the knot February 7, 1931. Six years later, July 2, 1937, she was declared missing trying to fly around the world. So 75 years ago another Putnam succumbed to the Salem curse.

With news that enough evidence has now been found in the South Pacific to warrant a new investigation of her mysterious vanishing act, Amelia has now jumped back into the front pages of the news.

Amelia and George Palmer Putnam

This time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has thrown her support of the mission, and a public private expedition is being launched. As a Putnam, I'm all for solving the distant family tragedy but doubt they will stumble across the Salem curse.

For those of you who haven't a clue who Amelia Earhart might be, the following is from her official website and gives a neat, and short biography. This website has to be the most accurate since it is hers.

Aviator Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. On May 15, 1923, Amelia Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license.

Yet another example of the magic of the Internet. Amelia died 75 years ago and has an official website today. That would be so much like her. Her hunger to shatter barriers and records in planes matched her desire to shatter social and cultural barriers in life.

Now I must admit, when I think about her life and death it is really strange to think she was 70 years old and trying to break the record flying around the world. Back then she'd already lived longer than most people in America.

It was probably because she spent much of her youth growing up in Iowa, (my home state by coincidence), where clean air and living made the Midwestern families a quite hardly bunch.

One last tidbit. Back in 1937 it took about 25-30 days to fly around the world. When Amelia checked in last time on her trip she had flown over 22,000 miles and had about 7,000 miles left to fly, meaning the entire odyssey would have been just about 30,000 miles.

That is one tough lady.

From her official website: http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/bio.html

Biography

When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair, she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting," she said. It wasn't until Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition, almost a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she said. Earhart, who felt a mixture of fear and pleasure, stood her ground. As the plane swooped by, something inside her awakened. "I did not understand it at the time," she said, "but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by." On December 28, 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change her life. "By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground," she said, "I knew I had to fly."

Although Earhart's convictions were strong, challenging prejudicial and financial obstacles awaited her. But the former tomboy was no stranger to disapproval or doubt. Defying conventional feminine behavior, the young Earhart climbed trees, "belly-slammed" her sled to start it downhill and hunted rats with a .22 rifle. She also kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film direction and production, law, advertising, management, and mechanical engineering.

After graduating from Hyde Park High School in 1915, Earhart attended Ogontz, a girl's finishing school in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She left in the middle of her second year to work as a nurse's aide in a military hospital in Canada during WWI, attended college, and later became a social worker at Denison House, a settlement house in Boston. Earhart took her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921, and in six months managed to save enough money to buy her first plane. The second-hand Kinner Airster was a two-seater biplane painted bright yellow. Earhart named the plane "Canary," and used it to set her first women's record by rising to an altitude of 14,000 feet.

One afternoon in April 1928, a phone call came for Earhart at work. "I'm too busy to answer just now," she said. After hearing that it was important, Earhart relented though at first she thought it was a prank. It wasn't until the caller supplied excellent references that she realized the man was serious. "How would you like to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic?" he asked, to which Earhart promptly replied, "Yes!" After an interview in New York with the project coordinators, including book publisher and publicist George P. Putnam, she was asked to join pilot Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis E. "Slim" Gordon. The team left Trepassey harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F7 named Friendship on June 17, 1928, and arrived at BurryPort, Wales, approximately 21 hours later. Their landmark flight made headlines worldwide, because three women had died within the year trying to be that first woman. When the crew returned to the United States they were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York and a reception held by President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.

From then on, Earhart's life revolved around flying. She placed third at the Cleveland Women's Air Derby, later nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers. As fate would have it, her life also began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic crossing and were married February 7, 1931. Intent on retaining her independence, she referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."

Together they worked on secret plans for Earhart to become the first woman and the second person to solo the Atlantic. On May 20, 1932, five years to the day after Lindbergh, she took off from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Paris. Strong north winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems plagued the flight and forced her to land in a pasture near Londonderry, Ireland. "After scaring most of the cows in the neighborhood," she said, "I pulled up in a farmer's back yard." As word of her flight spread, the media surrounded her, both overseas and in the United States. President Herbert Hoover presented Earhart with a gold medal from the National Geographic Society. Congress awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross-the first ever given to a woman. At the ceremony, Vice President Charles Curtis praised her courage, saying she displayed "heroic courage and skill as a navigator at the risk of her life." Earhart felt the flight proved that men and women were equal in "jobs requiring intelligence, coordination, speed, coolness and willpower."

In the years that followed, Earhart continued to break records. She set an altitude record for autogyros of 18,415 feet that stood for years. On January 11, 1935, she became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland, California. Chilled during the 2,408-mile flight, she unpacked a thermos of hot chocolate. "Indeed," she said, "that was the most interesting cup of chocolate I have ever had, sitting up eight thousand feet over the middle of the Pacific Ocean, quite alone." Later that year she was the first to solo from Mexico City to Newark. A large crowd "overflowed the field," and rushed Earhart's plane. "I was rescued from my plane by husky policemen," she said, "one of whom in the ensuing melee took possession of my right arm and another of my left leg." The officers headed for a police car, but chose different routes. "The arm-holder started to go one way, while he who clasped my leg set out in the opposite direction. The result provided the victim with a fleeting taste of the tortures of the rack. But, at that," she said good-naturedly, "It was fine to be home again."

In 1937, as Earhart neared her 40th birthday, she was ready for a monumental, and final, challenge. She wanted to be the first woman to fly around the world. Despite a botched attempt in March that severely damaged her plane, a determined Earhart had the twin engine Lockheed Electra rebuilt. "I have a feeling that there is just about one more good flight left in my system, and I hope this trip is it," she said. On June 1st, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan departed from Miamiand began the 29,000-mile journey. By June 29, when they landed in Lae, New Guinea, all but 7,000 miles had been completed. Frequently inaccurate maps had made navigation difficult for Noonan, and their next hop--to HowlandIsland--was by far the most challenging. Located 2,556 miles from Lae in the mid-Pacific, Howland Island is a mile and a half long and a half mile wide. Every unessential item was removed from the plane to make room for additional fuel, which gave Earhart approximately 274 extra miles. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca, their radio contact, was stationed just offshore of Howland Island. Two other U.S. ships, ordered to burn every light on board, were positioned along the flight route as markers. "Howland is such a small spot in the Pacific that every aid to locating it must be available," Earhart said.

At 10am local time, zero Greenwich time on July 2, the pair took off. Despite favorable weather reports, they flew into overcast skies and intermittent rain showers. This made Noonan's premier method of tracking, celestial navigation, difficult. As dawn neared, Earhart called the ITASCA, reporting "cloudy, weather cloudy." In later transmissions earhart asked the ITASCAto take bearings on her. The ITASCA sent her a steady stream of transmissions but she could not hear them. Her radio transmissions, irregular through most of the flight, were faint or interrupted with static. At 7:42 A.M. the Itasca picked up the message, "We must be on you, but we cannot see you. Fuel is running low. Been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet." The ship tried to reply, but the plane seemed not to hear. At 8:45 Earhart reported, "We are running north and south." Nothing further was heard from Earhart.

A rescue attempt commenced immediately and became the most extensive air and sea search in naval history thus far. On July 19, after spending $4 million and scouring 250,000 square miles of ocean, the United States government reluctantly called off the operation. In 1938, a lighthouse was constructed on Howland Island in her memory. Across the United States there are streets, schools, and airports named after her. Her birthplace, Atchison, Kansas, has been turned into a virtual shrine to her memory. Amelia Earhart awards and scholarships are given out every year.

Today, though many theories exist, there is no proof of her fate. There is no doubt, however, that the world will always remember Amelia Earhart for her courage, vision, and groundbreaking achievements, both in aviation and for women. In a letter to her husband, written in case a dangerous flight proved to be her last, this brave spirit was evident. "Please know I am quite aware of the hazards," she said. "I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

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"If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to."
                                  (Old Irish saying)

It is that time of year again, St. Patrick's Day, America's most celebrated non-holiday of the year when all 310 million of us can be Irish for the day.  I am a die hard St. Patrick's Day parade junkie having attended parades in New York City, Chicago, and yes, even travelling to Ireland for the Dublin parade.

I find parades much safer than those times I was taking bus tours of Irish bars when I noticed in the packed bar standing next to me was a stark naked Irish man in boots only.  When I looked around no one else seemed to notice anything wrong so I just ignored the lack of clothes and grabbed my green beer.

Something odd always seemed to happen on St. Pats no matter where I might be like in Omaha, Tucson, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philly, LA  or where ever I might have landed.  It was always great to see the cultural barriers and differences dissolve for a day.

Even the Irish Queen of motor racing, Danica Patrick, is proud to show her heritage with her new shamrock paint job on her NASCAR hot rod.

Whether you’re Irish or a leprechaun wanna-be… everyone loves a good St. Patrick’s Day Parade! You may have heard the expression “Everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.” Though St. Patrick’s Day is the national holiday of Ireland, it is celebrated world wide… from North America to Argentina, Germany to Montserrat, Mexico to Russia. Originally a religious celebration in observance of the death of Saint Patrick (circa 385 – 461), one of the Irish patron saints, it has now become more of a holiday to celebrate the Irish culture and it’s influences worldwide.

The United States has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day well before it’s independence from Great Britain. The first St. Patrick’s Day and parade in North America was held in Boston in 1737 followed by New York City in 1756. While St. Patrick’s Day originated in Ireland, the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade is held in Chicago with over 2 million spectators and participants. The US, with it’s large Irish ancestry, has parties, parades and events throughout the country.

My Irish Wolfhound - CuChulainn Deo Irie

So have another Guinness, throw down an Irish Cream, and chase it with an Irish coffee and all your woes may just go away.
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