http://statenews.com Fireworks light up the Michigan skies every Fourth of July season with varying degrees of color, sound and power but East Lansing fire marshal, Bob Pratt said a lot of these displays are breaking Michigan law. en-us Foundry4 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:59:13 -0500 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:46:40 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/18749/view “I always go to the reservations to get (illegal) fireworks. We have to have (illegal) fireworks, the Fourth of July is coming up. If you don’t have (illegal fireworks), you aren’t celebrating our independence; it is a part of our culture” Ahh yes…this dates back to colonial days when people were upset because the British made the use of fireworks illegal…an act that prompted the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. It had nothing to do with unfair taxation, or anything silly like that. Actually, on the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, settlers rode their horses to Native American reservations to purchase fireworks. Of course, the Indians cut them a deal because, as we all know, settlers and Native Americans were BFFs back then. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:40:06 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/18749/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/18899/view Too bad the reporter wasn't a little more knowledgable about movie trivia. Travis Bickle was the "Taxi Driver". "One day a rains gonna come that washes all these streets clean". Who ever you are nice job!!!!! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:46:40 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/18899/view