Happy American Independence Day!!!!
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy American Independence Day!!!!
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in."
-- Confucius
Happy America Day, Americans!
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Be blissful niffweed, for you are woefully ignorant,
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Isn't every day America day? I thought this was just the one where we're allowed to blow shit up.Originally Posted by mn0good
Oh and the day we did all that Declaration of Independence stuff a bajillion years ago.
Moonlight will fall
Winter will end
Harvest will come
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We appreciate Canada's love. Let's go play some hockey
"Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities..."
- Voltaire
i took the kids to see some serious fireworks tonight it was awesome. it felt like they were exploding 5 inches from your face. that, along with some horseradish hummous dip, made the night amazing. patriotic, and amazing. :-)
ILE
those who are easily shocked.....should be shocked more often
just watched the fireworks going off down the street =) not much for patriotism but still pretty neat.
Today only really felt like the fourth at the very end, when I took a group out to go see the big local fireworks show - which was actually pretty neat to watch. All the flashing and booming made me think of cannons and explosives and battle, which made me think of other things, like history and people and ideals... But I didn't think too hard on it all because I was too busy just enjoying the colors and sparkles and movement and music that the girls had blasting from my speakers.
The rest of the day felt weird in a usual sort of way. Out of normal, and slightly out of balance, but not too unlike what it was supposed to be. Not like a holiday, anyway.
I did read poetry today, though.
Oh, to find you in dreams - mixing prior, analog, and never-beens... facts slip and turn and change with little lucidity. except the strong, permeating reality of emotion.
About time: there are finally some halfway decent fireworks videos of Nashville's show coming up on Youtube. These are designed to be seen with music (the Saturns, for instance, appeared during the ET theme song, one of the less patriotic musical selections), but it's still fairly cool even without that here. Of course, I'm biased with hometown pride.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AV6aKjDhiWg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uQcK1p7L3j0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ow98iIXT-0
And the best part of the finale (the least epileptic friendly, as someone from the crowd points out):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EGuv6aWdrqA
Some of those in the crowd are pretty drunk, heh.
A longer take of the finale, and you can just barely hear the music that's supposed to go with it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=woB6I4s6UwA
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Hope everyone had a good Independence day.
A few pics from tonight... I only got a few I liked due to the smoke along with it being my first time out to photograph fireworks. I kept having to wipe condensation off my lens too...lol
I saw the inside of a garbage can.
Drinking 10 redbulls and vodkas in a little under 3 hours is not recommended. Not recommended at all.
I drank nothing but Tennessee whiskey on the 4th. I'm a true American.
"Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities..."
- Voltaire
Happy Lol @ England Day.
Seriously though, they should stop calling it The Fourth Of July and start calling it by its actual name, Independence Day.
Seriously. Who knows where this, uncorrected, might lead....
"Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities..."
- Voltaire
Easy question: Do you guys know why American Independence day is celebrated with fireworks?
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in."
-- Confucius
Because we like blowing things up?
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Nope.
Think of the Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. Bombs bursting in air....and the flag was still there... meaning during the battle in Fort McHenry when the British blockaded the harbor, bombs and cannons were bursting throughout the night, but the British had not taken the harbor, which is the "and the (American) flag was still there..."
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in."
-- Confucius
I knew that, but I think my answer better explains why they're still popular.
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This is indeed my favorite holiday.
niffweed has been brainwashed by the liberal intelligentsia since he was 10.
why the fuck is everyone speaking about independence day as if it happened yesterday
hi Jimbean. nice to see you.
(I love the Schoolhouse Rock song "No More Kings"!)
IEI-Fe 4w3
I'm rediscovering just how many things I do with my left hand today after burning the crap out of my left index finger last night.
Still - lighting 5 mortars at once: worth the pain.
ETA: Ewwww! (Actually, it doesn't hurt today - just has a strange pressure)
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Didn't.
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Greetings, ragnar
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Yay for the land of pseudo-freedom!
Happy 'Try hard not to be Brits' day.
4th of July 1946 – Never Forget!
When the Philippines finally became independent from the USA.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
I predict 20 years before Australia starts celebrating "Cultural Invasion Day".
Thanks!
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Because globalisation is totally like the countless massacres and injustices against the indigenous Australians?
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Clowns & Entropy
What does that have to do with the level of thought control American media and intelligence has on Australia?
I'm going to vote for Americans in next election. Misuses Institute Austrian Economics style, lul.
I have no idea what Snooki is :/
The difference between "America" and "USA" is not very well known, either.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
THIS THREAD IS IRONIC ON SEVERAL LEVELS....
I was not actually referring to the use of 'MURICA in this thread, because this could be seen as an ironic reference to the use of America as a synonym for USA itself. In German, it's very common to say "US-Americans" (especially in formal texts) if one strictly refers to citizens of the USA. We don't say US-America, though, but instead our equivalent of "United States" most of the time.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
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