Great Erma Bombeck Quote

I found this over at Right-Mind, and it really captures part of what has historically separated the United States from much of the rest of the world:

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."

—Erma Bombeck

There are other countries where the tradition is also focused on friend and family--but there are way more for whom the traditional Soviet Union's May Day Parade is the model.