Our Great (and not so great) Independence

It's Fourth of July. I'm at work, working on Punkster. The rest of the world is off, except, I bet, for the small business owners, they never have off, at least never the normal times. But as I sit here and listen to “America the Beautiful” and get patriotic and start feeling like making presidential speeches to match the likes of the presidential speeches in “Armageddon” or “Men in Black” you know, the ones that really hit home, bring tears to your eyes, want you to go out and get those aliens, I am inspired to do my best speech for the world of small business. “Ladies and Gentlemen, let us appreciate our Independence today, on this fine day of Independence appreciation. Let us appreciate our independence from bosses, our independence from cubicles, from dress codes, from co-workers we can’t stand, from monitored e-mails, from morning commutes, our independence from traffic jams, from long-winded meetings of people trying to sound like they know what they are talking about. But let us also take this moment to also grieve some of our independencies, let us remember in a moment of silence with deep regret, our independence from automatic deposit into our bank accounts, let us take a moment of silence for savings accounts, for the office supply closet, let us take a moment of silence for the loss of the ability to leave your work life at work, let us take this time to remember our heightened solitude and our stress level. But, on this great day of Independence, let us mostly remember that this is what we wanted, this is what we aimed for, and this is what we are doing! We are go-getters, we are going to prevail! We do not need anyone telling us what to do, we are entrepreneurs, we are driven, we are Independents! Now, go out there and celebrate your Independence!” Leanne President (Of Punkster)