Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day - [BCochran]

AoSHQ's official baseball corespondent brings you some thoughts on the holiday

Happy Independence Day to Ace, the Cobs, the Weekend Open Bloggers, all of you Morons, Ettes, Lurkers, Advertisers and whoever else frequents this den of iniquity.

While, for obvious reasons, Christmas and Easter are my two favorite holidays, Independence Day ranks just behind them. I LOVE the Fourth of July.

But it seems that more and more folks are morose and depressed and generally blue around this holiday. Many folks, looking at the current state of affairs and projected trajectory, are finding less and less to celebrate about. And while I certainly understand where they are coming from, I celebrate this day all the more.

“But Brent,” you’ll say, “we’re losing at every turn. Liberal/socialist ideals and thoughts seem to be winning the day. The one thing that FiCons and SoCons can agree on is that we’re losing!”

And I don’t disagree.

But here’s the thing, I celebrate the Fourth of July as a refutation of those ideas.

What does Independence Day stand for? What is it a celebration of? It is NOT a celebration of the country as it exists. It is a celebration of the founding of this country. It is an exultation of the ideals of liberty and an act of veneration toward the men who gave tyranny the middle finger.

Those men risked, quite literally, everything. And they did it for an idea. For a hope. On faith. What they fought for had never been done before. When Patrick Henry declared “Give me liberty or give me death!” no one knew quite what liberty would look like. But they were determined to give it a try. They believed in the ideals of freedom. When our Founding Fathers declared “we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” they did so not with heavy hearts and trepidation, but with boldness and, dare I say, joy. They were throwing off the yoke of oppression and grabbing their opportunity for a free life.

And by God they won. They succeeded. They were victorious.

Yes, they are likely distraught at what exists. There is much to bemoan, to rail against, to fear even. But not today.

Today, me and mine celebrate. We will eat, we will drink, we will colorfully blow some shit up. We will do so because brave men and women believed in freedom and liberty enough to dare all. They had far less than us, but still they had hope. Still they had faith. No one had shown them what liberty looked like, yet still they fought for it. I honor their memory today with that same hope, with that same faith. We have seen liberty, we have tasted freedom. We have done so because of those men and women and I will honor them and their memory and their sacrifice not in moroseness or anger, but in celebration and hope for the future.

There are 364 days to fret, to yell, to quake, to curse, to fear. Let us spend this day in celebration. In joy. Let us refuse to be cowed by the weight of the possibility of future oppression and instead, let us celebrate the day liberty and courage combined to give us this nation.

May God bless you, your loved ones and the United States of America.

Open Thread-[Weirddave]

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:15 AM

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1 I was born an Americam,I'm a patriot.I'll die an American patriot,fighting if I have to.

Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2015 11:12 AM (sPO3u)

2 Is it wrong to make it a point to say, "God Bless America" to people who would be annoyed?

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at July 04, 2015 11:13 AM (Q/3mX)

3 "And by God they won. They succeeded. They were victorious."

And we disgrace their sacrifice by throwing away freedom for the empty promise of utopia.

Posted by: Lily at July 04, 2015 11:16 AM (yj/Rg)

4
I love the principals and ideals upon which this country was founded. The perversion of 'freedom' it has become, not so much.

Posted by: Lily at July 04, 2015 11:17 AM (yj/Rg)

5 Very well put.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2015 11:21 AM (IrByp)

6 Cochran well said. We're off to a 4th party today. There will be live music, home cooked food, a pig has sacrificed itself for us, and good friends. I'm eternally grateful that I was born in this nation and know no other home. Yes we'll be blowing up shit too.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at July 04, 2015 11:24 AM (p6cXT)

7 I'm still a Patriot. These days however, it becomes necessary to consider where the emphasis lies, when commemorating the acts of our forefathers.

Politicians created the events surrounding the fourth of July. Noble men perhaps, but politicians nonetheless.

My emphasis at the moment is considering the lives and actions of the blood-spillers. The rabble rousers, those who through word and deed were willing to put their lives on the line.

I'm gearing up for a different kind of commemoration of my Patriotism. Flying a different type of Patriotic flag, and thinking on the actions of men like Henry, John Paul Jones, Samuel Adams rather than John. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Moseby, and N.B. Forrest. Those men are Patriots too.

All of them were willing to take up arms against tyranny. That is the mission to which I aspire today. Not celebration. And not flying the flag of the oppressors.

Sorry.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 11:26 AM (Dj0WE)

8 My hubby's family had a July 4th tradition growing up (they spent summers at a quiet New England seaside community) in addition to the kids putting on a little parade, fireworks, watermelon, grilling, etc. they would read the Declaration of Independence. Had it broken out on 3" x 5" cards so that each person got to read a sentence or two aloud. Got to do this once before the summer house was sold off.
This is such an incredible document and it should be read - and reading it aloud with others makes it even better. Will probably do it today with the family as a reminder of what we are celebrating today.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2015 11:28 AM (NOIQH)

9 I'll be celebrating. Not the losses we suffered recently but the fact that America, when her ideals are embraced, is the greatest country to have ever existed.

I'll continue the good fight and to do so as best I can.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at July 04, 2015 11:28 AM (JUdR1)

10 Very well said, Cochran.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at July 04, 2015 11:30 AM (JUdR1)

11
If you want to buck people up, and tell them to roll up their sleeves and get ready to defend freedom, I'm on board.

If you want to tell me, that despite all the 'little problems' this is still a totally awesome country for freedom loving people, I'm not buying.

Posted by: Lily at July 04, 2015 11:31 AM (yj/Rg)

12 There are some little shmucks at Vox and elsewhere saying they wished the American Revolution hadn't happened. Their reasoning (if it can be called that) is that an independent United States of America was bad for blacks (slavery supposedly would have been over earlier if we'd remained a British colony) and bad for Native Americans.

Now that's an interesting proposition. No Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase. No President Polk and the Mexican American War with expansion into the Southwest. No California--we'd all be eating beans and corn in Los Angeles and there sure wouldn't be as many of us. Not so danged many Scandahoovians in the Upper Midwest. No Mafiosos from Italy. The Russians, Ukrainians, Poles and Jews from Eastern Europe could stay home. The Comanches and the Apaches could still be riding horses, chasing buffalo and killing each other.

Yup in this happy Eden in the little twerp's imagination, everything would be better. Of course whoever the writer is he likely wouldn't be here--his ancestors would never have left Europe. And even if he somehow got here, there wouldn't have been a land grant state college to give him the miserable education he's obviously had.

So yeah--the American Revolution never should have happened! What a maroon!

Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 04, 2015 11:40 AM (Sda6L)

13 I used to celebrate 4th of July and feel proud. That ended November 2012 for me, when I realized I was not only in a nation that would cheat to win, but that I was largely surrounded by people who either did not comprehend, or wholly despised the founding and principles of the country. I haven't flown a flag since.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 04, 2015 11:47 AM (39g3+)

14 I got willowed in the last thread. I won't bother reposting it.

I do appreciate the positive thoughts and comments, even though I don't share them.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 11:47 AM (sdi6R)

15 *Whimper*

Posted by: Sunshine Patriot at July 04, 2015 11:48 AM (xpKhW)

16 So yeah--the American Revolution never should have happened! What a maroon!
Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 04, 2015 11:40 AM (Sda6L)

All across this great land of ours, people will be gathering in public parks. Many parks throughout this country were dedicated to the memory of war dead, or some otherwise long-forgotten hero from that town. There are statues and monuments.

In those parks, all across this land, some schmuck will be playing frisbee tag, or riding his skateboard, and he will run into one of those monuments or statues, and curse the fools who ever thought of putting a damned statue in a public park was a good idea.

Same mentality.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 11:50 AM (Dj0WE)

17 Yeah. Mexican administration of California was so good. Read "Two Years Before the Mast" for an alternate description.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 04, 2015 11:50 AM (baR5c)

18 Flags always up on Veterans Day and Memorial Day here at casa de Busyhands. Not today. Just ain't feelin' it.

Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at July 04, 2015 11:52 AM (Dwehj)

19 Utter nonsense. The 4th of July is another day for the fat and lazy to cook out, get drunk and pretend. Our country and it's systems from the Outhouse, the former hallowed halls of congress and our criminal judges have bent, bashed, eliminated and profaned all that our country at one time stood for and was founded on. We are in debt, have around a 50% unemployment rate and have criminal syndicates for political parties. Yay! Hip hip hoory God Bless America! Land of the looters and moochers!

Posted by: nomoremrniceguy at July 04, 2015 11:52 AM (JG47A)

20 It's not Memorial Day.

It's not Veteran's Day. So all those REMFers just STFU.

It's Independence Day. Play frisbee, if you want to. Crash into a statue if you are so inclined. Picnic, play, read, goof-off, work, drink too much, or abstain. whatever. Be free to do what you want.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 04, 2015 11:54 AM (baR5c)

21 In our near future:

Greek banks prepare plan to raid deposits to avert collapse

http://tinyurl.com/okbu6eo

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 04, 2015 11:54 AM (39g3+)

22 18 Flags always up on Veterans Day and Memorial Day here at casa de Busyhands. Not today. Just ain't feelin' it.
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at July 04, 2015 11:52 AM (Dwehj)

Same here. I quit flying it in November 2012, except for Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I flew it upside down on July 4, 2013 and was thinking about flying it at half-staff today, but I haven't been motivated to get dressed and go outside yet.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 11:55 AM (sdi6R)

23 CBF on top, AR-15 version of the Gonzales Flag below today. I won'the fly the Stars and Stripes I was proud to serve under again until we are once again a free Nation.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my hate cannot be found) at July 04, 2015 11:57 AM (l7Kbv)

24 Sarah Hoyt, who grew up in Portugal and appreciates Independence, recommends some reading:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/209989/

and a movie:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/209988/

Posted by: KT at July 04, 2015 11:57 AM (qahv/)

25 I'm at the kfc in Thomaston ga waiting on a bucket of cholesterol. I'm also fixing to go back and hang with 2 eighty year old ppl who should be in a nursing home. My 4th of July is sucking so far.

Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2015 11:59 AM (VGzqd)

26 The Declaration of Independence is considered to be the natural outgrowth of the move towards personal freedom started with the signing of the Magna Carta (June 15 1215), the seminal moment for Western liberties, where specific limits on the power of the crown was forced on the crown by the nobility, to guarantee the traditional freedoms of the nobility and the people because of tyrannical oppression by the crown.

Most people forget that June 15 is also the anniversary of the death of Wat Tyler (June 15 1384) who was one of the principal leaders of the Peasant's (or Wat Tyler's) Revolt, which had been an armed uprising (called for some reason a protest in many sources in true OWS doublethink) to refute a tyrannical power grab on the part of the crown against the traditional freedoms of the nobility and the people.

Freedom is a process, not a goal. That is what the 4th means

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2015 12:00 PM (3pRHP)

27 Well, for the sake of my two sons, I will defend what was started, America, and what it stood for. There have been tests in the past, not least of which was WWII, where between 50 to 80 MILLION people died. It is these times that we cannot loose sight of the big picture, that this country stands far and away for liberty, sometimes more, sometimes less. I am American.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at July 04, 2015 12:00 PM (myGBe)

28 Freedom goes both ways. If the prigs are free to take our freedoms, we are free to take them back. Start with small things. Correct prods and their PC talk. I live in a very democrat and union (birm) area and have been doing this. Surprisingly it has had an effect! They admit there is no reason to vote for Hillary, will not vote for Jeb, but like Trump! They also admit obama has been a disappointment, and when a lib said the other day that Obama should have raised taxes on the rich, I told him that had obama done that, Hillary would have nothing to run on. I showed him it was a trick to make us keep thinking "there is more work to be done so reelect them". I saw a light go on! So start small, but start correcting their goofy ideas.

Posted by: Chilling the most at July 04, 2015 12:02 PM (zW5rQ)

29 NOOD, gardening thread up for the gardening morons.

Continue to use this thread for your politics and other needs.

Posted by: Y-not at July 04, 2015 12:03 PM (RWGcK)

30 >>>no one knew quite what liberty would look like.

Liberty means freedom from having a penis and testicles. When we are all women, only then can we truly be free. Mandatory sex changes. "Brother, I come not to castrate you, but to liberate you!"

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at July 04, 2015 12:03 PM (mG3Qj)

31 BC...

I've been one of those people who couldn't find a reason to celebrate. I appreciate your perspective.

Now to go blow something up.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at July 04, 2015 12:03 PM (rJUlF)

32 I love my dead gay country.

Posted by: Barry "Sugarlips" Soetoro at July 04, 2015 12:03 PM (KVnkf)

33 We are not losing; quite the contrary. The more the progressive/left spouts their ridiculous politics of race and envy the more the length and breadth of flyover country makes note. There are issues that seem to be a touchstone for the left....hit them hard there. One, the Democrat Party has always been the Party of Slavery, even into the 60's featuring Bull Connor with fire hoses and dogs, George Wallace and the Democrat Congressmen and Senators opposing the 1963 Voting Rights Act with barricades, the ridiculous 'War on Poverty' $10 TRILLION dollars ago. Virtually everything the left has done has been wrong. People today look across this country and see cities like Baltimore, Democrat controlled for 50 years, as well as my own city of Detroit. They show a black community ruined by the lefts need of a victim group so they can be so very pleased with themselves with no regard to the destruction of the black family, which plunged that population into penury and serfdom. Now people understand how Margaret Sanger and her very Hitler like policy of eugenics needed, in her words, to 'cull' certain undesirable populations, such as blacks, through abortion. Its no mistake that blacks make up roughly 11.5% of the population yet account for 40% of all abortions. And its no mistake that Sanger's offspring, Planned Parenthood, locates fully 90% of their offices in Urban environments, i.e. there are none in West Bloomfield. These little factoids opened up eyes, mine included, when discussed with even the most hard core lib/Dem, and even among the liberal journeymen I work with. Punch back twice as hard, as Instapundit sez, and deny libs the moral high ground. Because they don't deserve it.

Posted by: Mark at July 04, 2015 12:05 PM (Sbazu)

34 Its best not to garden nood.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 04, 2015 12:07 PM (39g3+)

35 I'll be blowing some shit up later, or at least taking pictures of sober people blowing shit up while I beer.

Not sure sneering at people for enjoying the day with family and friends is gonna get a lot of support for our cause...

Posted by: HR on vacation at July 04, 2015 12:10 PM (yuLCa)

36 >> I love my dead gay country.

Oh! The humanity!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2015 12:11 PM (NOIQH)

37 Happy Independence Remembrance Day!

I think I'll catch up on laundry today.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2015 12:11 PM (KVRil)

38 Happy Independence Remembrance Day!

I think I'll catch up on laundry today.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2015 12:11 PM (KVRil)

39 When there is no more testosterone on the planet, people will lose their violent tendencies. We will have world peace.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at July 04, 2015 12:13 PM (p7dd/)

40 I won't be flying the flag today. I will be home after dark. Will wear my new sequined Stars and Strips top. Will spend a day at the pool, Dad will grill ribs, we will drink beer and enjoy our freedoms and friends. Big spody stuff after dark.

Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2015 12:14 PM (86JwB)

41 Last night one of my cats pissed on the bed. He did it right in front of me.

I know that cats will sometimes do that to mark territory, but Reggie doesn't usually do that.

The last time he did that was about 4-5 years ago, and he turned out to be deathly ill with acute kidney failure. He spent four days in the animal hospital and made a complete recovery, but the vet said it was a close call.

So last night he did it again.

Shit.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 12:17 PM (sdi6R)

42 Ahhh, my favorite time of year: The first day of the Tour de France, when the world's best cyclists, mechanics and chemists get together for the next 22 days and see who's fastest over the Pyrenees and Alps. And, of course, being the Tour de France, today's time-trial was won by an Australian rider, riding for a Swiss team. In Holland.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 04, 2015 12:20 PM (5buP8)

43 11 If you want to buck people up, and tell them to roll up their sleeves and get ready to defend freedom, I'm on board.

If you want to tell me, that despite all the 'little problems' this is still a totally awesome country for freedom loving people, I'm not buying.

Posted by: Lily at July 04, 2015 11:31 AM (yj/Rg)

Right on.

Posted by: rrpjr at July 04, 2015 12:22 PM (s/yC1)

44 39 When there is no more testosterone on the planet, people will lose their violent tendencies. We will have world peace.

I believe the left actually buys into this. They are actively trying to emasculate the planet.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 04, 2015 12:23 PM (5buP8)

45 Last night one of my cats pissed on the bed. He did it right in front of me.

I know that cats will sometimes do that to mark territory, but Reggie doesn't usually do that.

The last time he did that was about 4-5 years ago, and he turned out to be deathly ill with acute kidney failure. He spent four days in the animal hospital and made a complete recovery, but the vet said it was a close call.

So last night he did it again.

Shit.
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 12:17 PM (sdi6R)

Yep, cats are funny critters, and by funny I mean annoying as heck sometimes. They communicate that they are not feeling well by peeing, and sometimes dropping a deuce where there are not supposed to.

Take him to the vet. Hopefully he'll be alright.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 12:23 PM (Dj0WE)

46 Baseball Thread!
Ever seen a chart with both the popularity of baseball and American exceptionalism displayed over time? They decline almost nearly closely.
QED!

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at July 04, 2015 12:25 PM (uPxUo)

47 "American exceptionalism"

I have to say that I agree with Emperor Bambi on this one now. There's nothing exceptional about America.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 04, 2015 12:27 PM (YFw5T)

48 45 Last night one of my cats pissed on the bed. He did it right in front of me.

I had a cat take a crap in one of my loafers. My wife said that was a term of endearment.

I'm not buying that.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 04, 2015 12:29 PM (5buP8)

49 Not sure sneering at people for enjoying the day with family and friends is gonna get a lot of support for our cause...
________

Hey, if they want to sound fucking pathetic then let them sound fucking pathetic I say.

Posted by: Kenway at July 04, 2015 12:32 PM (xpKhW)

50 I believe the left actually buys into this. They are actively trying to emasculate the planet.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 04, 2015 12:23 PM (5buP

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Yeah, I find it entertaining to try to imagine the bizarre shit that leftists unconsciously believe, or consciously believe but are too afraid to say openly...yet.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at July 04, 2015 12:34 PM (p7dd/)

51 Good stuff, Brent! Thanks for posting this.

Posted by: EC at July 04, 2015 12:36 PM (j8YpL)

52 Not sure sneering at people for enjoying the day with family and friends is gonna get a lot of support for our cause...
Posted by: HR on vacation at July 04, 2015 12:10 PM (yuLCa)

Define sneering.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 12:37 PM (Dj0WE)

53 >>I believe the left actually buys into this. They are actively trying to emasculate the planet.

Yep. Robert Stacy McCain has done the heavy-lifting of actually reading all the feminists literature and they are Marxists who want to destroy men. And they have said and written this stuff openly but it's not being picked up by the media, etc. They choose to focus on the stuff that fits the narrative.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2015 12:37 PM (NOIQH)

54 45
They communicate that they are not feeling well by peeing, and sometimes dropping a deuce where there are not supposed to.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 12:23 PM (Dj0WE)

Funny cat story: I live in a split-level house, and a few years ago I need to have some work done on the ground level, where I normally keep their litterboxes. I closed off that room and moved the litterboxes into the kitchen.

When I returned home that night, there was a turd on the kitchen floor right in front of the litterbox. That was no accident. It was obviously deliberate.

The next night when I got home, there was a turd on the hallway carpet in front of the bedroom.

At that point the workmen were finished and I moved the litterboxes back where they belonged.

There was not a shred of doubt in my mind that the next one would have been on my pillow. Kira has ways of getting her point across.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 12:38 PM (sdi6R)

55 "My wife said that was a term of endearment. "

Ummm........no.

A feline member of your family is trying to say something.

And I believe that it starts with "HEY YOU!!"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2015 12:42 PM (VPLuQ)

56 Just got back from the store. have beef kabobs, corn on the cob, watermelon, apple pie, cherry pie and beer. Just the wife and I, so I'm going to grill around midday, after a couple warm up beers and so I have hours worth of dessert time afterwards.
Of course my flags are up, maybe I'll light the tiki torches at dusk. The ideals and sacrificed lives represented by the flag haven't changed any since Obama was elected.

Posted by: LincolnTF at July 04, 2015 12:43 PM (2cS/G)

57 >>>reading all the feminists literature and they are Marxists who want to destroy men.

To be fair, I found their arguments to be quite compelling. I hope they will accept my act of penance.

/s

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at July 04, 2015 12:44 PM (QNcbF)

58 There was not a shred of doubt in my mind that the next one would have been on my pillow. Kira has ways of getting her point across.
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 12:38 PM (sdi6R)

I only laugh because it's not my floor, not my pillow.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 12:45 PM (Dj0WE)

59 Yep. Robert Stacy McCain has done the heavy-lifting of actually reading all the feminists literature and they are Marxists who want to destroy men. And they have said and written this stuff openly but it's not being picked up by the media, etc. They choose to focus on the stuff that fits the narrative.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2015 12:37 PM (NOIQH)

The "research" conducted by the various "ism" groups is lumped together under the umbrella of "Conflict Theory."

The basic belief is: Sure, we don't have any evidence to back up our claims, but since oppression is our experience, our subjective interpretations are JUST as valid as your objective evidence.

That's basically it, in a nutshell. So they publish in so-called scholarly journals, and are taken seriously.

Why?

You know why.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2015 12:49 PM (Dj0WE)

60 Takei makes a non-apology apology worthy of Sharpton or a Clinton.

You see he can't be racist because he was in a Japanese internment camp as a little boy AND he's the Gay!!! He was just using a theatrical term that you idiot noobs are too neanderthal to understand all of the nuances. Lets see, who was President and ordered the Japanese rounded up into camps?? Must have been an old white conservative! Why did Takei pick on Thomas when his was not the only dissenting opinion?

Posted by: Cheri at July 04, 2015 12:52 PM (ZFPMM)

61 Because Taky is an asshole.

Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2015 12:55 PM (86JwB)

62 Brave Sir Robin - endearment? Nope, quite the opposite. There's a rivalry going on for your wife's affection and the cat is just now lettting you in on it. Cat pee is the worst.

Posted by: Cheri at July 04, 2015 12:57 PM (ZFPMM)

63 35 I'll be blowing some shit up later, or at least taking pictures of sober people blowing shit up while I beer.

Not sure sneering at people for enjoying the day with family and friends is gonna get a lot of support for our cause...>>>>>>>>>

I don't think people are being faulted for trying to have a pleasant day. It's just that some of us don't feel there is much to be celebrated right now. This is a solemn day for us and we're just expressing that.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2015 12:58 PM (KVRil)

64 Hi Infidel - yes, a bitchy little 3rd rate actor who by the way, is a racist little shit. Have a great day!

Posted by: Cheri at July 04, 2015 12:59 PM (ZFPMM)

65 @57 sorry, sweetie, you once had a p/nis (and still do, right?), so you can never be a woman. However, if you'd started out female and transitioned to male, the feminists would consider you a real man. Got it? Good.

Posted by: Agent J at July 04, 2015 01:02 PM (ueOgE)

66 Cat pee is the worst.
Posted by: Cheri at July 04, 2015 12:57 PM (ZFPMM)
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That stuff is like, 200 proof. The Everclear of pee.

Posted by: Mahatma Gandhi at July 04, 2015 01:05 PM (QNcbF)

67 "That ended November 2012 for me, when I realized I was not only in a nation that would cheat to win, but that I was largely surrounded by people who either did not comprehend, or wholly despised the founding and principles of the country. I haven't flown a flag since."

Same.

The bracket that once held the flagpole to my front porch has rusted. I took it down today, filled the holes, and painted it over.

Posted by: Jaws at July 04, 2015 01:06 PM (Rbtz3)

68 Again-- Takei gets to lecture a black guy on authenticity.

If he weren't a lefty and Thomas weren't conservative, the Usual Suspects would explode in an Orgy of Outrage.

Its about enforcing GoodMindThink.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 04, 2015 01:06 PM (oVJmc)

69 As I sit on the patio, wife is inside writing a review a book entitled "The Sacralization of Space and Behavior in the Early Modern World: Studies and Sources"...
She knows how to partayyyy!!

Posted by: LincolnTF at July 04, 2015 01:07 PM (2cS/G)

70 Because Taky is an asshole.

Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2015 12:55 PM (86JwB)

And he is all about his asshole. It's the center of his universe. Mr. Sulu's phaser is stuck on "stunned".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2015 01:09 PM (bUcRA)

71 Cheri- sent you an email.

Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2015 01:10 PM (86JwB)

72 And a happy Independence Day to my American friends! Celebrate the Idea of the Founders, and ignore for a day the shit sandwich served up by the present political class.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2015 01:12 PM (bUcRA)

73 Thanks Alberta. It is a beautiful day.

Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2015 01:13 PM (86JwB)

74 Hi Alberta, I hope you have a good day as well.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2015 01:19 PM (KVRil)

75 And we disgrace their sacrifice by throwing away freedom for the empty promise of utopia.

Posted by: Lily
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I've been quoting/paraphrasing Goethe this week:

"What you have inherited from your forefathers, you must earn again for yourselves, or it will not remain yours."

Posted by: mike hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2015 01:22 PM (9mTYi)

76 Most people forget that June 15 is also the anniversary of the death of Wat Tyler (June 15 1384) who was one of the principal leaders of the Peasant's (or Wat Tyler's) Revolt, which had been an armed uprising (called for some reason a protest in many sources in true OWS doublethink) to refute a tyrannical power grab on the part of the crown against the traditional freedoms of the nobility and the people.

I was just thinking about him recently, and contemplating a "Wat Tyler 2016" bumpersticker with a bunch of pitchforks on it...

When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 04, 2015 01:24 PM (a42f0)

77 And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor..

And here we are.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 04, 2015 01:26 PM (XAFOu)

78
In Trump news, he is citing the spate of recent crimes by illegals to back up his claim and it seems that Ted Cruz is the only one in the GOP to support what he's said and continues to say. Walker, has neither blasted nor supported Trump yet.

Well played, Mssrs. Trump and Cruz.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 04, 2015 01:27 PM (St6BJ)

79 Its about enforcing GoodMindThink.
Posted by: Pappy
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I note that in Takei's Op-Ed piece for MSNBC, he said:

"At the very least, the government must treat all its subjects with equal human dignity"

My emphasis. So, that's how Takei perceives the relationship of We The People to the government.

Posted by: mike hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2015 01:27 PM (9mTYi)

80 Celebrating Independence Day by going through a shit load of Soviet 7.62x54r tomorrow.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 04, 2015 01:27 PM (XAFOu)

81 I shall celebrate this Independence Day as Day One in the Transformation.

The Transformation is the collapse of the Empire and the birth of the Recovering Republic.

I call it the Recovering Republic because no republic is ever cured of weakness or evil and like an addict is always at risk of relapse.

Posted by: eman at July 04, 2015 01:28 PM (MQEz6)

82
To hell with George Bukkake. Ignorant actor's got to ignorant.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 04, 2015 01:29 PM (St6BJ)

83 Thanks for the good wishes, Alberta Oil Peon.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2015 01:30 PM (sdi6R)

84 ignore for a day the shit sandwich served up by the present political class.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2015 01:12 PM (bUcRA)
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I will be your server this evening. Would you like any mustard or mayo on that? We make all our ingredients freshly made.

Posted by: Barack Obama at July 04, 2015 01:32 PM (p7dd/)

85 "At the very least, the government must treat all its subjects with equal human dignity"

My emphasis. So, that's how Takei perceives the relationship of We The People to the government.
Posted by: mike hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2015 01:27 PM (9mTYi)
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Can we deport this turd? He apparently has about as much understanding of this country as the Tsarnaevs.

Posted by: asianmencephalosaurus at July 04, 2015 01:38 PM (p7dd/)

86 Went to a pre fourth event last night, heard a beautiful rendition of God Bless America. Struck me harder than it ever has that song is a prayer, a plea to God to truly bless this land. Shed many tears at the realization; luckily was dark and people were distracted by fireworks so no one noticed.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

I also recommend the song Bless This Land, is really lovely.

Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2015 01:42 PM (LiMbk)

87 Oh and went to Boy Scout pancake breakfast this morning. There was an hour wait in line to get food!! I have gone many years and has never been that busy. Luckily food was worth the wait, yum.

Will watch 1776 and the Story of a Patriot, the film that plays in the visitors center of Colonial Williamsburg, today. (Got both from Amazon if ppl want them.) great reminders of the founding, of how truly insane the idea of men breaking from the greatest nation on earth (at that time) and ruling themselves truly was. May we remain worthy of their vision.

Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2015 01:49 PM (LiMbk)

88 41 good luck with the kitteh. One of ours did the same thing (actually in the dog's bed, much to the dismay of the dog) and it turned out to be bladder stones. Full recovery, btw.

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2015 01:51 PM (e3bId)

89 Cochran, that was one fine post there. Excellent, even.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 04, 2015 01:53 PM (on01m)

90 As I watch the country I loved being demented and destroyed by the syphilis of Democracy, is it too much to ask, that those of you who also once loved her, will not piss on her grave by using the quisling word "racist"?

Just stop using that fucked-up word, OK? Do you go around calling people "bourgeios"? Of course not. You aren't Marxist hate-heads, don't use their vocabulary.

Posted by: Jerome at July 04, 2015 01:59 PM (Opcdk)

91 'Morose, depressed, and blue...'. The King 0 neutron bomb.

But he wont get rid of us all. The Revolutionary War was a LONG war---as will be the re-taking of our country after the Marxist lose in '16.

Horde Revenge is the Best Revenge.

Posted by: The roost aint what it used to be at July 04, 2015 02:02 PM (7GI9v)

92 I tweeted the Declaration of Independence this morning in 82 tweets.
Coincidentally this turned out to be tweet number 76:

That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;
#DeclarationOfIndependence 76
#1776

Posted by: @votermom at July 04, 2015 02:02 PM (cbfNE)

93 ""There are 364 days to fret, to yell, to quake, to curse, to fear. Let us spend this day in celebration. In joy. Let us refuse to be cowed by the weight of the possibility of future oppression and instead, let us celebrate the day liberty and courage combined to give us this nation.""

So on the 4th of july we should just eat and drink while on the other 365 days we should listen to posters here advocate letting the country burn.... Kind of schizophrenic.

Posted by: DrewM still sucks at July 04, 2015 03:25 PM (EgbCN)

94 Picked up Little VIA from Broad Creek Scout camp today.
Completed the 1 mile swim, and for grins, he did some clay shooting.

Hit 11 out of twelve with no previous experience.

17th birthday is in three days.

What to get...what to get?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2015 03:37 PM (VPLuQ)

95 As a 68 y/o disabled vet I can't fight the fight I used to but I can damn sure still fight with words.

Suffice it to say "GOD how I love this country"

The grand experiment that began 240 years ago today by our founding fathers, was indeed just that an experiment. None of those brave men knew what the experiment would yield, but it grew into the exceptional nation that the entire world respected. No other nation on GOD"S green earth said give me your tired, your sick, your huddled masses, no sir not one. But we did and we took those people and molded them into the "shining city on the hill" Alas it looks as though the experiment may have run it's course.

By electing the secular progressives to power positions we have forsaken our covenant with the GOD our nation was founded under. These idiots have chosen to "LEAD FROM BEHIND" What the hell does that mean? Why the phrase it's self makes no damn sense. If your leading you do it out front you can't do it from behind. What utter shit.

I pray I'm wrong but the capitol seems to want to confirm my fears.

Happy birthday America at least for now.

Posted by: Uncommon Cowboy at July 04, 2015 05:05 PM (WPWyY)

96 HOOAH!!

Posted by: Rick554 at July 04, 2015 05:38 PM (S7sC7)

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