She has a point, but that isn't going to stop me from eating cheeseburgers and going to a baseball game, which will be followed by fireworks. And maybe it's me, but what are here answers to this oppression? To not participate in in a BBQ? Seriously, until people actually do something constructive to stop our slide into slavery, I'm planning to live my life as free from the agitation & stress she describes as I possibly can.