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Happy 4th of July!(2016) — Page 2

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It’s pretty good.

The arrogance of many of our citizens is one of the things we could work on, however.

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I’m just amazed it’s lasted 240 years. Barely, but still.

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There are many places where it could have all fallen down.

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And that’s amazing.

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yhwx said:

And that’s amazing.

I guess. There are a lot of countries that have last much longer than this.

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Warbler said:

at first, I though you were talking about William IV, but he wasn’t George III’s brother, he was his son. So what does George III’s brother have to do with this?

He was George 4th brother and George 3rd’s son he who list to George Washington who was the first president and not George Clinton who was just in charge of parliament.

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Wow, America is becoming some sort of dynasty. The Bushes, Clintons, my god.

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Bingowings said:

As much as I think Nationalism is a dangerous religion the American people have furnished the world with great philosophy, fine cuisine, beautiful and valuable art, generous charitable contributions and some of the nicest people I have ever met.
It is gifted with landscape of astonishing epic sweep and grandeur and I wish all American’s reading this a very happy collective birthday.
I still hope for an Independence day for my home patch, not for the flag or the dancing or the other local oddities but just to bring democracy closer to home.
Every country has an unfortunate aspect to it and hopefully you will give that a moment’s thought too while the red rockets glare.
Keep your pets in and handle your gunpowder safely and let the festivities be fun.

Well written, and thank you.

It’s strange to think that just 243 years ago, my namesake was dumping tea into a harbour, and now here we are.

I don’t like to think of myself as a Nationalist, because I think that Nationalism is a disease that has caused a lot of strife in the last hundred years or so, but I do like to think of myself as a Patriot. I like the ideals of the country and what it’s meant to stand for. At the same time, it’s not a perfect country (stepping back and being objective, I wouldn’t even call it the “best”. Not that I could tell you what the “best” country is, but America is certainly near the top of the list) and there is a lot of work to do to hit those ever-moving goalposts. It’s worth it, though.

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Warbler said:

Bingowings said:

Every country has an unfortunate aspect to it and hopefully you will give that a moment’s thought too while the red rockets glare.

I think about that more often than you realize.

As a United States Army Veteran I think about it often too. America is not perfect but she sure can be amazing so I keep the faith … for her and the world.

Be safe everyone … have fun … and treat each other well.

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Bingowings said:

Warbler said:

at first, I though you were talking about William IV, but he wasn’t George III’s brother, he was his son. So what does George III’s brother have to do with this?

He was George 4th brother and George 3rd’s son he who list to George Washington who was the first president and not George Clinton who was just in charge of parliament.

He who list to George Washington? Anyway, I got confused because you originally said

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George the 3rd and his brother William

Thus I though you were talking about a brother of George III, and not William IV.

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Halfway into my English Breakfast Tea just now, I realized what I was doing.

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Well, fireworks were a sham this year. The place that was supposed to have them didn’t. Though we did see a lot of non-professionals doing fireworks. . . .

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yeah, I’ve a lot of them go off around my area tonight and last night, even though they are illegal(except for the pros) in NJ.

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They were illegal here for public use up until a few years ago.

Incredibly nothing has been destroyed by them yet (this is sarcasm). Almost like you can trust people to act like adults sometimes.

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People are intelligent, groups are stupid.

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That’s a very defeatist viewpoint.

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