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2006-07-04 
"When, in the course of human events..."
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Posted by Seafarious 2006-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 And what an amazing thing those men created when they pledged their lives and sacred honor, forthrightly affixing their signatures to a document that they knew amounted to a death sentence should they be captured. Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Rantburgers, fellow Americans and our allies, a toast to America. And may she have 230 more years!
Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan  2006-07-04 00:30||   2006-07-04 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 here here!
Posted by 2b 2006-07-04 00:33||   2006-07-04 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 And 230 years from now, may all the world have long been as free as we are now.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-04 00:42||   2006-07-04 00:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Amen
Posted by djh_usmc 2006-07-04 00:43||   2006-07-04 00:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Back in 2000 when I was trying to run for Congress (10th House District, California) a potential backer asked me how I felt about the possibility of being assassinated should I be elected.

I turned to him and with a straight face and serious intent quoted this statement,

"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

Would that I had the courage of the men who founded this country and fought for the freedom we enjoy today.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2006-07-04 02:12|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com]  2006-07-04 02:12|| Front Page Top

#6 'Tis a great and wondrous good fortune to be born an American. I pray I have earned the privilege through my actions and my service. Would that all Americans appreciated their auspicious lot, for they have won life's lottery.
Posted by Spaiper Whons8054 2006-07-04 02:47||   2006-07-04 02:47|| Front Page Top

#7 The best men of an age afixed their names to that doccument.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-04 04:50||   2006-07-04 04:50|| Front Page Top

#8 And the best men of this age will ensure the wisdom engendered in that document lives on and spreads around the world.
Posted by DanNY 2006-07-04 07:30||   2006-07-04 07:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Send a copy to Kofi.
Posted by Slomoper Jolumble7671 2006-07-04 09:25||   2006-07-04 09:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Every day I wake up I'm grateful my ancestors got on those boats.

Thanks, all you great-great-great-(etc.) grandparents. Your coming to America all those years ago gave me the greatest gift there is besides life itself: I was born in America.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-07-04 10:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]  2006-07-04 10:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Or, as Feivel Mouskowitz said, "Amerrrrreeeca. Where there are no cats, and the streets are paved with cheese." :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-07-04 10:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]  2006-07-04 10:06|| Front Page Top

#12 I love America there is no other place I rather be then here. Warts and all she is greastest place on earth.
Posted by djohn66 2006-07-04 10:23||   2006-07-04 10:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Words to live by.
Posted by xbalanke 2006-07-04 10:36||   2006-07-04 10:36|| Front Page Top

#14 One of the best retorts I ever had in an argument was to an Irish moonbat with whom I was arguing (the war, American neo-imperialism, etc). I reminded her that 'my ancestors came to this country to get away from your ancestors.'

She didn't like that much :-)
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-07-04 12:01||   2006-07-04 12:01|| Front Page Top

#15 PowerLine has a great post (which they do every year, I think.)

The eternal meaning of Independence Day
Posted by PBMcL 2006-07-04 12:15||   2006-07-04 12:15|| Front Page Top

#16 It's been a rough Independence Day for DW and I. We're trying to recover from our daughter's wedding yesterday, and the hectic week beforehand. Yet as with every other Independence Day we've shared together (almost 40 of them), we are eternally glad we were born Americans. We've both lived in less fortunate nations, and many less free than ours. There is no greater place on Earth than the United States of America!
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-07-04 20:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-07-04 20:31|| Front Page Top

#17 Here, here, OP. May you and yours celebrate another 40 with us. Just imagine the 'burg 10 years from now, much less 40. Especially if Condi runs in '08! Happy 4th everyone, and I toast God for allowing me to live in such a free and prosperous land.
Posted by BA 2006-07-04 22:48||   2006-07-04 22:48|| Front Page Top

#18 Heartiest congratulations on your family's joy, Old Patriot! May they have as many happy years as you and your lovely DW.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-04 23:25||   2006-07-04 23:25|| Front Page Top

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