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Happy Independance Day, all y'all. Have a safe, happy and great day. May you, your family and friends have a fun and joy filled day. Cheers to all.
Happy and safe 4th
Thank you Bart, Happy July 4th to all. And be careful if your using fireworks. 
Other places celebrating 7/4.......... earthcalendar
Other places celebrating 7/4.......... earthcalendar
ya have a good and safe one , now go blow something up!
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Happy 4th of July to everybody!!!
A Happy 4th of July to all.
You are most welcome, Ray. My pleasure. Since I'm half a damn Yankee anyway....... 
I took my girls to some fireworks in the small town of Wyoming, IL last night. Decent display and good tunes playing in the background. Kinda hit me after a bit (and a couple visits for snack money from my kids)...it is so easy to bitch, piss, moan and take everything for granted that we have. Is this country perfect? Probably not. Do we have all the answers? Probably not. Do we have people who do things that we are not proud of? For sure.
But...do we all still share the fact that we live in one of the greatest countries in the world? We should.
Happy birthday America!!
But...do we all still share the fact that we live in one of the greatest countries in the world? We should.
Happy birthday America!!
QUOTE (bull @ Jul 4 2008, 07:09 PM) 
Is this country perfect? Probably not. Do we have all the answers? Probably not. Do we have people who do things that we are not proud of? For sure.
But...do we all still share the fact that we live in one of the greatest countries in the world? We should.
Happy birthday America!!
But...do we all still share the fact that we live in one of the greatest countries in the world? We should.
Happy birthday America!!
Agreed there Tim, but maybe we should exercise our right to do was set forth in the Declaraion of Independance:
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Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Very. Well. Said. bullski. <doffs hat.>
A lot of people and countries moan about the U.S. of A. Most of them are just jealous or envious.
No country or system is perfect, howeve, given the history of a number of countries I would have to say (my opinion only) that Canada, The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmakr, Norway, England, and choose two of your own choice; are probably the top ten countries in the world based on a number of salient economic and subjective factors.
In North America we are especially blessed with great weather (for the most part), great geography and natural resources, great economies, great trade opportunities, great people, great neighbours and a shared and mutual ideaology vis a vis capitalism and free market economies.
Canada and the U.S. are definitely extremely lucky to have each other.
I don't believe there are any two other countries that share so much and trust each other to the extent we do.
A lot of people and countries moan about the U.S. of A. Most of them are just jealous or envious.
No country or system is perfect, howeve, given the history of a number of countries I would have to say (my opinion only) that Canada, The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmakr, Norway, England, and choose two of your own choice; are probably the top ten countries in the world based on a number of salient economic and subjective factors.
In North America we are especially blessed with great weather (for the most part), great geography and natural resources, great economies, great trade opportunities, great people, great neighbours and a shared and mutual ideaology vis a vis capitalism and free market economies.
Canada and the U.S. are definitely extremely lucky to have each other.
I don't believe there are any two other countries that share so much and trust each other to the extent we do.
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