Happy Birthday America

Well, it's America's birthday. America is like that friend that you don't really like, but her parents are really rich. Therefore, she has a sweet party every year for her birthday, so you kind of pretend to like her once a year in order to take part in the festivities. However, despite your dislike for this girl, when you think about it, she has some good qualities at her core that you really enjoy in a friend. Every year you end up thinking...maybe I should just be friends with her. She's not all that bad. Then, a few weeks later, she does something to piss you off again. It makes sense, if only in my mind.

Nonetheless, does anybody know what fireworks are made of? I'm really curious. Mainly, I wonder how bad it is for the environment. Seriously, the cloud of smoke over Baum Stadium was enormous. It looked like it had to be doing something bad up in the atmosphere. If fireworks are bad for the environment and contribute to global warming, it must be a pretty detrimental day for the atmosphere on the 4th of July. Think about it. Every small town in America does some crazy display of fireworks. I wonder...