Three friends' birthdays..and one really big one

[thatcrazycajun]

Happy birthday to three of my friends list who share their days of origin with my country and theirs: figmo, it_aint_easy and happyfunpaul!

And a very happy 232nd birthday to the United States of America. Warts and all, it's still the best place in the world to live, and anyone lucky enough to be born here needs to never forget that they have basically won the genetic lottery. On this date in 1776, the members of the Second Continental Congress signed their names to the Declaration of Independence...and carved them into history.

Let us celebrate the wonders of our land, the ideals of our founding and the many good things our nation has produced...and work to make her the best that she can possibly be—especially in this Presidential election year.

Woman, to Ben Franklin as he exited Independence Hall: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what have we got, a monarchy or a republic?"
Franklin: "A republic, madam...if you can keep it."

Comments

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

I respectfully disagree with you that the USA is the best place in the world to live. By a number of yardsticks, there are many countries that do a lot better by their citizens.

Off to picnic with WSFA!

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Hope you had a fun time at the picnic.

And your disagreement with me, in my view, is one of the things that makes this country a great place to live: that we can disagree with each other in public, on a Web site, and not have it be violent or have either of us arrested for expressing our respective views.

You may find this of interest: Happy Fourth of July? For many Americans, not so much (http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/05/1641128-americans-unhappy-birthday-too-much-wrong-right-now)