SUBJECT: 4th of July, Independence Day 

CHARACTERS: Husband, Wife 

SETTING: In their living room

PROPS: A newspaper 

(Wife is sitting reading the newspaper, husband comes

in) 

Husband: "I''m home, hon." 

Wife: "Finally!  You know the government passed

labor laws over fifty years ago.  You don''t have to work eighteen hour days

anymore." 

Husband: "Oh, very funny.  I could have been home

thirty minutes ago, but there was a traffic jam downtown.  These people were

protesting in front of City Hall, and they just slowed traffic for

miles." 

Wife: "What was the protest about?" 

Husband: "I don''t know.  Something about a new

homeless ordinance.  I was too ticked off to notice at the moment.  It''ll

probably be on the news tonight." 

Wife: "Were the protesters standing in the

street?" 

Husband: "No, but y…