Flowerwater Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 2 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 91 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 33 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/01/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 7 hours ago, bryan said: Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free. Inane quotes are useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowerwater Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 2 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 91 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 33 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/01/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 I know a huge number of veterans. I grieve a few who never made it home. I'll choose not to pay attention to garbage that tells me I must be ashamed to be a free American and celebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY one day in a year, when every single day I thank God I'm an American. Hows that? God Bless America! And God deal with all enemies who come against us. Even in print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowerwater Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 2 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 91 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 33 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/01/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 9 minutes ago, Cobalt1959 said: Your statement is self-defeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Aristotle Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 907 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 264 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Yowm said: The article dated June 28th 2016...I was starting to wonder. I would have said for the past 5 decades...but I get the Obama connection lol. And yet there is this in the body of that OP article. I bolded what I'm referring to. "....I’d like to challenge you patriots this year (and every year hereafter) to begin referring to this holiday by its correct name; “Independence Day.” " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 9 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 319 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/13/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 36 minutes ago, Flowerwater said: Inane quotes are useless. Sorry, I thought the saying was both obvious and thought provoking. Here's more background: The idiom expresses gratitude for the service of members of the military, implicitly stating that the freedoms enjoyed by many citizens in many democracies are only possible through the risks taken and sacrifices made by those in the military, drafted or not. The saying is often used to convey respect specifically to those who have given their lives in defense of freedom. Richard B. Cotten was a conservative broadcaster and commentator. He would close the program with his tradmark saying, "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Aristotle Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 907 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 264 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Kate said: I, as well as thousands of Americans, celebrate America's Independence on July 4. Always have, always will. No one will ever change that. The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes. July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the date they remembered. Great addition to this thread. I love your profile picture by the way. Very lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 227 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 469 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/18/1960 Share Posted July 3, 2017 37 minutes ago, Flowerwater said: I know a huge number of veterans. I grieve a few who never made it home. I'll choose not to pay attention to garbage that tells me I must be ashamed to be a free American and celebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY one day in a year, when every single day I thank God I'm an American. Hows that? God Bless America! And God deal with all enemies who come against us. Even in print. There were more than a few who never made it home. There have been thousands of troops who never were able to walk on American soil after they left for deployment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 227 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 469 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/18/1960 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Anonymous Aristotle said: I love your profile picture by the way. Very lovely. Thank you. My profile picture is my youngest daughter, Jacie Lynne. She was a member here until she was killed in a car accident on April 19 of this year. She was 24 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 7 hours ago, LadyKay said: I wish people would stop telling me what to do. People go out of their way to find things to spend their time worrying about. I still remember being in boot camp for the 4th of July, which is what they called the basewide celebration even 28 years ago, and we got to "watch" the fireworks. We all had to sit crosslegged on the parade deck and had to clap on command something like "clap now"..."stop". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Aristotle Posted July 3, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 907 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 264 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 3, 2017 13 minutes ago, Kate said: Thank you. My profile picture is my youngest daughter, Jacie Lynne. She was a member here until she was killed in a car accident on April 19 of this year. She was 24 years old. I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I had no idea. She was a lovely young woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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