Happy Today-is-Really-a-Friday Posbang
Mates,
With the July 4th holiday tomorrow, today is most folks' Friday for a glorious summer weekend and to celebrate the greatest country ever conceived by man. I copy the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence here to honor those brave and visionary founders:
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
So What will your 4th of July celebration look like?
I act, play a guitar, dropped out of school and get high all day, but am famous so listen up. /s
agree more with you. I have but one pos to give.
Could you possibly find an easier, more cyptic, and ultimately completely implausible explanation for the country's difficulties. How did shit get so messed up? Yep, had to be Clooney. It's always Clooney. Oh, and that pesky Tim Robbins.
Or Eastwood and Gibson on the other side of the aisle? I took his comment to mean more of the big money influencing some people in gov't rather than famous vapid idiots influencing non famous vapid idiots.
of those people have shit to do with anything. If you are looking for the Illuminati you won't find them on the red carpet. Penn, Springsteen, Eastwood, Gibrson. Small potatoes. Very small.
Obviously there was a post that was deleted because your post makes no sense whatsoever.
He replied to a post from himself initially, so you should be able to understand it all now.
Clearer writing ought to do the trick. It just came out of left field and moreover, either crosses or straddles the line against politics on this board.
or even how two oil barons can auction off America one piece at a time, or one representative.
Fireworks
S'Mores need to be added to that list.
I say America, you say Beer!
AMERICA!
America...
Wait, shit...
Beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy 4th everyone! Beer, grilled food and baseball is in store for me this weekend.
I have to get the hell out of here (Cape Cod) before it becomes a parking lot at the two bridges that connect it to the rest of this state.
Have a safe 4th MgoPeople.
And, of course, our national anthem:
and Busch Light. Tonight might just kick some ass.
tomorrow to pick up a Kawasaki Vulcan 900, only 1900 miles, $3,500. I've bought five bikes on e-bay now, and absolutely NO regrets or problems.
Happy 4th everyone!
Enjoy the ride back. No beer for you.
One fairly easy day of work and then it's a 3 day weekend full of gorging myself with alcohol and food while watching shit get blown up, all in the name of "Murica!
fireworks, golf. And now I think I am going to pick up a copy of the Declaration of Independence. In Cold Blood is kind of creeping me out and I need a new read. That looks like a good one. They have that in paperback?
I thoroughly enjoyed In Cold Blood (Capote yes?), truly chilling IMO.
Capote. It is exceptional. It may be the most thorough exploration of the nature of violent crime and mental illness ever put in print or on screen. Detailed and balanced to such an extent that it is really playing tricks on my mind (and forcing me to check the locks on my doors). I will finish it (and enjoy it), but it is not exactly light-sunny-weekend reading material. Gonna put it aside for a while.
I will never forgive capote for what he said about kerouace (it's not writing, it's typing), however both 'in cold blood' and 'on the road' sit in my top ten favorite books (with Darma Bums just outisde the top ten)
jdon
was not exactly well balanced. He talked shit about pretty much any other author of his time that had the audicity to be good. He basically swore off his best friend for winning the Pulitzer Prize.
At least this morning, I have to fill the time. The best part about this "Friday" for me is as follows:
A) I am leaving at noon or so.
B) The retirement reception (we have a lot of these around this time of the year) had Bob Evans catering, so I have eggs, sausage and biscuits at my desk right now.
C) The storm is more or less done.
I even get to spend the Fourth by myself - my wife works and my kids will be spending the night with my in-laws.
can quit life right now and go out on top. You have reached a pinnacle weekend that it doesn't sound like can be improved upon. What more do you need to prove, right? Game, set, match.
With two Fridays!
Is that Ricky Stanzi?
I envy those of you who have today off. SEVEN more hours and let's get the whisky flowing!
(if you are able to in consideration of work loan and computer access), pick a topic and just learn everything there is no know about it. If you aren't going to do shit today, become an expert in some interesting topic. Previous choices of mine have been the Challenger disaster, Woodstock 99, and the events leading to the American civil war. Some fascinating shit. It can be your "foods that start with the letter Q" category if you ever find yourself on Jeopardy.
me are on completely different sides of the aisle but I must admire the simplicity of your plan. M.A.N. S.H.O.O.T G.U.N. Welcome to the US of A!!