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Yesterday, 09:33 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,294
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Happy Independence Day
Two hundred and Forty Nine years ago, a bunch of folks smarter than us (certainly smarter then me) managed to give the bird to mother England, Original Brexit, and chart a course for a people unmatched in the millennia of recorded history. The oppression and taxes too great, freedoms too few, these wise folks put all their chips on the table and doubled down for future generations. This country has since become a beacon of hope to people everywhere.
For all of our problems, squabbles, and sparring, this two hundred something year old experiment in Democracy is working and we should strive harder to make it better. Sure, there may be a small handful of countries that may seem, oh I dunno, nicer, due to the lottery of geography, they have not needed to do the heavy lifting of the world. They have not become the melting pot, the inventors, or the facilitator of PAX AMERICANA, nor the bastion of Hope. Having spent time in other countries, including behind the Iron Curtain for a brief stint, we are lucky beyond words by lottery of birth.
This week, embrace your freedoms, reflect on your good fortune, and please do an extra 10%. An extra ten as a parent, child, friend, and citizen. The hard part has been done, we need to do our part for the next 249 years.
Remember to meet people in the middle, they are your family and neighbors
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Yesterday, 09:50 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,862
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Thanks John. Greatest Country in the world. Is and will be forever.  |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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Yesterday, 09:51 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,210
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Well said, as always
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Yesterday, 10:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,307
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Happy fourth of July everyone!
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Yesterday, 11:42 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,645
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Thanks John. Greatest Country in the world. Is and will be forever. |
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Well said, as always
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Thanks John, Happy 4th to everyone! |
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,441
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Happy Fourth
As you celebrate our independence, don’t forget that after making that declaration the Founders laid out a plan.
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”.
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Somerset Ma
Posts: 1,826
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Happy fourth everyone, be safe and enjoy.
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Today, 05:08 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,126
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Very well said John!
And Happy Independence Day to all
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