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Happy 4th of July everyone!!

So, you let an Italian starting the celebrations for the Independence day?! image

God bless the US of A! I am very proud that my two sons are American citizens.

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edited to add: This morning, since my family is still in Italy, I left a note on my wife's Facebook page. It is dedicated to my children, Filippo and Niccolò.
I think it is always important to keep in mind what this Country was founded on.

"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."


July 4, 1776
The member formerly known as Ciccio / Posts: 1453 / Joined: Apr 2009

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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    Becky
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image Great post....Happy Independence Day....Cheers, RickO

  • I watched the flag pass by one day.
    It fluttered in the breeze.
    A young Marine saluted it,
    And then he stood at ease.
    I looked at him in uniform
    So young, so tall, so proud,
    With hair cut square and eyes alert
    He'd stand out in any crowd.
    I thought how many men like him
    Had fallen through the years.
    How many died on foreign soil?
    How many mothers' tears?
    How many pilots' planes shot down?
    How many died at sea?
    How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
    No, freedom isn't free.

    I heard the sound of taps one night,
    When everything was still
    I listened to the bugler play
    And felt a sudden chill.
    I wondered just how many times
    That taps had meant "Amen,"
    When a flag had draped a coffin
    Of a brother or a friend.
    I thought of all the children,
    Of the mothers and the wives,
    Of fathers, sons and husbands
    With interrupted lives.
    I thought about a graveyard
    At the bottom of the sea
    Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
    No, freedom isn't free.

    Happy and safe 4th
    Kelly "Kip" Strong
    UCSB Electrical Engineering....... USCG and NASA
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As much as I love our Country's doctrine I can't help but be inspired by what the Egyptians are doing today. Twice, in less than two years, their people have disposed tyrants. They seem to act and feel more free than our Country's sheeple.

    ed4sp


  • << <i>As much as I love our Country's doctrine I can't help but be inspired by what the Egyptians are doing today. Twice, in less than two years, their people have disposed tyrants. They seem to act and feel more free than our Country's sheeple.

    ed4sp >>


    It hasnt doesnt happen here..yet
    UCSB Electrical Engineering....... USCG and NASA
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    happy 4th of july all. ya'll be safe out there with this heat, its not good
  • tneigtneig Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭
    Happy 4th!
    COA
  • piecesofmepiecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
    Everyone have a good one with safety in the forefront of everything you do.
    To forgive is to free a prisoner, and to discover that prisoner was you.
  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Everyone have a good one with safety in the forefront of everything you do. >>



    Well said!
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Happy Independence Day, folks!image
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    I knew it would happen.
  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Happy Birthday USAimage


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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • nibannynibanny Posts: 2,761
    Gas1fan, I was expecting the flag in the Alabama sky...image
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  • nibannynibanny Posts: 2,761
    Not to be disrespectful but this skit always makes LMAO!

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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Gas1fan, I was expecting the flag in the Alabama sky...image >>



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  • JulioJulio Posts: 2,501
    "Happy fourth of July and Independence Day. This is one of those years they are on the same day". Peanuts.

    Take care. jws
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,764 ✭✭✭✭✭


    "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."


    July 4, 1776 >>



    "unalienable rights" are rights given by God, not man, not Government. Just to clear that up....Happy 4th!

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    I've got a mortar in my pants, kaboom!
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A poem by my dad:

    BACKBONES

    It was backbones unwavering
    That stood against a tyrant king
    And made this land of which we sing,
    From coast to coast with freedom ring.

    In spite of doubts, hardships, and fears
    Of dangers rife in hostile spheres,
    Backbones in form of pioneers
    Extended west our land’s frontiers.

    And backbones joined in one accord
    Stood firm against the Axis horde
    Until victory we had scored
    And peace unto our land restored.

    Down through the years we’ve had unrest,
    Divisions, strifes, and times depressed
    But through them all our land was blessed
    With backbones equal to each test.

    But now I wonder in dismay,
    When this land of ours I survey,
    Where are the backbones of today?
    Why are they fading fast away?

    One answer comes, and one alone,
    For why our land is spineless prone:
    True backbones are all homegrown,
    And love of home has all but flown;

    And in most families of today,
    With moms and dads too much away
    In quest of wealth for mere display,
    Backbones to lesser traits give way.

    Home, in truest sense of the word,
    Is where noble ways are stirred,
    Where steadfastness is seen and heard,
    Where right, not riches, is preferred,

    And where is taught: though all else fail,
    When foes or misfortunes assail,
    All who of Heaven’s strength avail
    Shall ever in the end prevail.

    "Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey



  • << <i>A poem by my dad:

    BACKBONES

    It was backbones unwavering
    That stood against a tyrant king
    And made this land of which we sing,
    From coast to coast with freedom ring.

    In spite of doubts, hardships, and fears
    Of dangers rife in hostile spheres,
    Backbones in form of pioneers
    Extended west our land’s frontiers.

    And backbones joined in one accord
    Stood firm against the Axis horde
    Until victory we had scored
    And peace unto our land restored.

    Down through the years we’ve had unrest,
    Divisions, strifes, and times depressed
    But through them all our land was blessed
    With backbones equal to each test.

    But now I wonder in dismay,
    When this land of ours I survey,
    Where are the backbones of today?
    Why are they fading fast away?

    One answer comes, and one alone,
    For why our land is spineless prone:
    True backbones are all homegrown,
    And love of home has all but flown;

    And in most families of today,
    With moms and dads too much away
    In quest of wealth for mere display,
    Backbones to lesser traits give way.

    Home, in truest sense of the word,
    Is where noble ways are stirred,
    Where steadfastness is seen and heard,
    Where right, not riches, is preferred,

    And where is taught: though all else fail,
    When foes or misfortunes assail,
    All who of Heaven’s strength avail
    Shall ever in the end prevail. >>



    Nice to see another poet.
    Regards
    Kelly "kip" Strong
    UCSB Electrical Engineering....... USCG and NASA
  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    image Thank you for sharing derrybimage

    Your daddy has a nice way with words!image
    Avid collector of GSA's.
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