{"id":7462,"date":"2009-03-13T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2009-03-13T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:49:06","slug":"thats-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-pike-county-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7462\/thats-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-pike-county-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s the night the lights went out in Pike County Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pike County Chamber of Commerce has decided not to host the annual Fourth of July fireworks this year because of the current state of the economy. You can read the whole story here: C.O.C. decides not to host July 4th event<\/a><\/p>\n

No fireworks? No Celebrating our Independence? Are you kidding me?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t any doubt that times are hard. All we have to do is cut on the news, and gloom and doom is broadcast 24 hours a day \u2013 7 days a week. Turn on the radio: Whenever they stop playing songs, the announcer is battering us with how bad things are, with how we\u2019re living in fear and hopelessness. All we have to do is look at our neighbors and see them losing their homes to foreclosure. We all pray quietly that we won\u2019t be next\u2026<\/p>\n

Next to lose our home. Next to lose our car. Next to lose our job. Next to lose a person that we love.<\/p>\n

There is darkness everywhere. <\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s EXACTLY<\/strong> why we shouldn\u2019t cancel the fireworks. That\u2019s exactly why we need to celebrate our Nation\u2019s Independence. That\u2019s exactly why we need to go boldly into the night.<\/p>\n

Fireworks<\/strong>. They are a reminder of a time when royalty tried to tax our people to death with an iron-fist from across the Atlantic. They are a reminder of the brave men and women who laid down their lives to fight for our Independence. They are a reminder of the men who signed their names on a piece of paper – even though many believed they were signing their own death warrants. They are a reminder of the soldiers that have died in days of old and in the most recent days of new. Some of those soldiers lived here in Pike County. Went to school here. Have families here. How can we dare insult their memory by not honoring their service?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fireworks.<\/strong> They are reminders that we are a people that call ourselves Americans and we don\u2019t all have to agree to get along. We come in many shapes. Many colors. Many sizes. We\u2019re all unique. We\u2019re all beautiful in our Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce has decided not to host the annual Fourth of July fireworks this year because of the current state of the economy. You can read the whole story here: C.O.C. decides not to host July 4th event No fireworks? No Celebrating our Independence? Are you kidding me? 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