Happy belated birthday

Last Monday marked the 18th birthday for Ukraine. They celebrated similarly to how the USA celebrates. Lots of beer food and fireworks. Oh yeah there was a military parade with a bunch of fighter jets and army things on the street. I'd post pictures but I'm pretty beat from work. It's rather strange to see a bunch of children (and adults) climbing on tanks, missile launching vehicles, and other types of army machinery.

Certainly an interesting thought is this though. Rather often you'll hear people in the USA talk about how the "founding fathers must be rolling in their graves" about whatever is going on in politics that week/month. When's the last time Ben Franklin or George Washington gave their input? Here though, most of those founding fathers are still alive, and some are still quite active in politics. Now, obviously the land has been around for more than 18 years, but the country has only been independent for 18 years.)