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		Happy 237th birthday, America; why not take Moyers' advice and read the Declaration of Independence today? Then down 2 fifths of Jim Beam and polish your shotgun like the founders intended (en.wikipedia.org)		213
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ozebb		2012-07-04 09:12:41 AM

Well, subby, I *was* going to watch my favorite musical, '1775'...

EnviroDude		2012-07-04 09:19:32 AM

Happy Dependence Day.

Shostie		2012-07-04 09:30:02 AM

Here. I can sum it up for you guys:

"F*CK YOU, ENGLAND! YOU GUYS SUCK! And here's a list of reasons why:"

Weaver95		2012-07-04 09:34:13 AM

EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Just don't read the patriot act or all that good cheer will go RIGHT down the tubes.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 09:59:18 AM

EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Really? Sorry to hear that. What drugs got you hooked, besides impotent rage?

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-07-04 09:59:24 AM

Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:00:52 AM

EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Somebody misplaced his red-white-and-blue bootstraps for today.

quatchi		2012-07-04 10:01:47 AM

Good advice from Moyers.

/Unless "polish your shotgun" is some new euphemism I haven't encountered yet.

Happy 4th, American Farkers.

Hopefully you'll have better weather than the crappy rain Vancouver got on Canada Day just past.

swaxhog		2012-07-04 10:02:57 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

True. Americans hadn't distilled argued reasoning down to "Because, fark you, that why".

Weaver95		2012-07-04 10:03:27 AM

coeyagi: EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Really? Sorry to hear that. What drugs got you hooked, besides impotent rage?

he's still bitter/insane about Obamacare being constitutional. which is really weird because he cheered for the patriot act. personally, I would think that if you were worried about protecting personal freedom in the US of A then you'd be mad as hell about the abuses inflicted on the Occupy protesters or the excesses of the TSA and the DEA in their 'war on' terrorism and drugs (respectively). Not to mention the whole net neutrality debate. my point is that there are a LOT of things out there that 'threaten american freedom' and Obamacare ain't one of 'em.

So I really don't understand what the hell the GOP shills are talking about when it comes to 'protecting freedom'. they don't care about freedom, or at least they haven't in a long time anyways.

jso2897		2012-07-04 10:03:53 AM

coeyagi: EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Really? Sorry to hear that. What drugs got you hooked, besides impotent rage?

He's hooked on attention from troll-feeders like you. You are The Pusher.

texas_tornado		2012-07-04 10:04:42 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

Keep reading for the phrase "many firmness."

/not kidding

FriarReb98		2012-07-04 10:04:43 AM

As someone who was born in 1976, let me just tell submathtard: I AM NOT 37 YET!!!!

Weaver95		2012-07-04 10:04:58 AM

I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

LarryDan43		2012-07-04 10:05:47 AM

Kill some English?

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:06:11 AM

EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Things EnviroDude depends on but blithely dismissed because he's a Fox News shill:

-FAA
-FDA
-EPA
-Highways
-Bridges
-Clean Air Act
-Police
-Firemen
-Teachers
-Military
-Post Office
-Army Corps of Engineers
-TSA (depends on? Heh, he loves himself a BCS)
-Election Officials
-State Inspectors (of bridges, highways, gas pumps, stormwater ponds, etc)
-ETC, ETC, ETC

Thanks a lot O'McFartbummertaxbongo!

david_gaithersburg		2012-07-04 10:06:41 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

.
.
If all of those inalienable rights get you down just remember, you are still free to leave, well once you pay an exit tax, and taxes for ten years after giving up citizenship.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:07:05 AM

jso2897: coeyagi: EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Really? Sorry to hear that. What drugs got you hooked, besides impotent rage?

He's hooked on attention from troll-feeders like you. You are The Pusher.

PSA: Guess what? He sees his name again when you respond to me.

texas_tornado		2012-07-04 10:07:25 AM

texas_tornado: AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

Keep reading for the phrase "many firmness."

/not kidding

Manly. Manly firmness.

/stupid "no preview" setting
//stupid me for using it

Weaver95		2012-07-04 10:07:31 AM

david_gaithersburg: AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. The Declaration of Independence has a great opening, but it just kind of sputters after that.

.
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If all of those inalienable rights get you down just remember, you are still free to leave, well once you pay an exit tax, and taxes for ten years after giving up citizenship.

oddly enough, the only ones threatening to cut and run these days are Republicans.

Fabric_Man		2012-07-04 10:08:04 AM

Now when you say, "polish your shotgun..."

MisterLoki		2012-07-04 10:09:01 AM

X- The 4th of July

Drink well and stay safe.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:09:04 AM

Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Read the Bible. A virtuous GOPer is a "Bible Learned" one.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:09:44 AM

Fabric_Man: Now when you say, "polish your shotgun..."

Democrats: masturbate
Republicans: suicide?

Lionel Mandrake		2012-07-04 10:10:18 AM

Fabric_Man: Now when you say, "polish your shotgun..."

For me, every day is Independence Day!

thamike		2012-07-04 10:10:28 AM

LarryDan43: Kill some English?

licklovelaugh.files.wordpress.com

"Yes, sir. Just give an address and an extraction point."

Weaver95		2012-07-04 10:10:32 AM

coeyagi: Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Read the Bible. A virtuous GOPer is a "Bible Learned" one.

yeah, see - there's a problem with that....the Republicans aren't actually 'christian'. they don't read the bible either.

rich_mitch		2012-07-04 10:11:15 AM

The founding fathers drank rum, not whiskey.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:11:43 AM

Weaver95: coeyagi: Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Read the Bible. A virtuous GOPer is a "Bible Learned" one.

yeah, see - there's a problem with that....the Republicans aren't actually 'christian'. they don't read the bible either.

They read it, but with the reading comprehension of your average Special Olympics participant.

thamike		2012-07-04 10:12:05 AM

MisterLoki: Drink well and stay safe.

utahpunk.org

Or a combination if the two.

alwaysjaded		2012-07-04 10:12:05 AM

They're playing all episodes of John Adams today on HBO.

/ got nothin

o5iiawah		2012-07-04 10:12:07 AM

coeyagi: EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Things EnviroDude depends on but blithely dismissed because he's a Fox News shill:

-FAA
-FDA
-EPA
-Highways
-Bridges
-Clean Air Act
-Police
-Firemen
-Teachers
-Military
-Post Office
-Army Corps of Engineers
-TSA (depends on? Heh, he loves himself a BCS)
-Election Officials
-State Inspectors (of bridges, highways, gas pumps, stormwater ponds, etc)
-ETC, ETC, ETC

Thanks a lot O'McFartbummertaxbongo!

Police, fire, teachers, and any road other than a federal highway are all state functions.

Weaver95		2012-07-04 10:13:46 AM

coeyagi: Weaver95: coeyagi: Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Read the Bible. A virtuous GOPer is a "Bible Learned" one.

yeah, see - there's a problem with that....the Republicans aren't actually 'christian'. they don't read the bible either.

They read it, but with the reading comprehension of your average Special Olympics participant.

I don't think they even bother. look - Christ was pretty clear on the whole 'heal the sick/help the poor/f*ck the bankers' thing. But if you want to be a 'good Republican' you have to abandon the sick, hate the poor and love bankers. damn near everything the GOP stands for is anti-christian. Which isn't to say that the GOP doesn't believe in a god. I'm just saying that they're not worshipping the christian god.

slackist		2012-07-04 10:14:41 AM

Is this the right thread to point out that your beloved DoI was crafted by Brits?

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:14:48 AM

o5iiawah: coeyagi: EnviroDude: Happy Dependence Day.

Things EnviroDude depends on but blithely dismissed because he's a Fox News shill:

-FAA
-FDA
-EPA
-Highways
-Bridges
-Clean Air Act
-Police
-Firemen
-Teachers
-Military
-Post Office
-Army Corps of Engineers
-TSA (depends on? Heh, he loves himself a BCS)
-Election Officials
-State Inspectors (of bridges, highways, gas pumps, stormwater ponds, etc)
-ETC, ETC, ETC

Thanks a lot O'McFartbummertaxbongo!

Police, fire, teachers, and any road other than a federal highway are all state functions.

What's your point? It's still something you depend on that the government (federal, state or loca) provides.

trotsky		2012-07-04 10:15:00 AM

The best part? I am trolling morons on facebook right now with this:

i.imgur.com

ajakjoye		2012-07-04 10:15:45 AM

Uh, isn't it America's 236th birthday?

johnny_stingray		2012-07-04 10:16:23 AM

...purfuit of happineff ?

markfara		2012-07-04 10:16:43 AM

MisterLoki: X- The 4th of July

Drink well and stay safe.

Ahhhh. . . . Thank you. I'm going to dig out my autographed copy of "Hey, Zeus" and listen to it all day today.

I love X.

markfara		2012-07-04 10:17:19 AM

MisterLoki: X- The 4th of July

Drink well and stay safe.

Ahhhh. . . . Thank you. I'm going to dig out my autographed copy of "Hey, Zeus" and listen to it all day today.

I love X.

/What's up with this "flood protection" crap today?

NutWrench		2012-07-04 10:17:39 AM

I attach a copy of the Bill of Rights to all my e-mails in the hopes that the NSA will actually read it.

coeyagi		2012-07-04 10:17:50 AM

Weaver95: coeyagi: Weaver95: coeyagi: Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Read the Bible. A virtuous GOPer is a "Bible Learned" one.

yeah, see - there's a problem with that....the Republicans aren't actually 'christian'. they don't read the bible either.

They read it, but with the reading comprehension of your average Special Olympics participant.

I don't think they even bother. look - Christ was pretty clear on the whole 'heal the sick/help the poor/f*ck the bankers' thing. But if you want to be a 'good Republican' you have to abandon the sick, hate the poor and love bankers. damn near everything the GOP stands for is anti-christian. Which isn't to say that the GOP doesn't believe in a god. I'm just saying that they're not worshipping the christian god.

No disagreement. Just saying, all the people I know who are GOPers go to church and read the Bible. It's the spin doctors of the clergy, Fox News and the like that says that shiat doesn't matter but being a Christian society does. Or they are so stupid as to think that they are helping poor people by... not helping them. Get bootstrappy!

Religion is all interpretation, and they need some new hackmasters for sure.

Ima4nic8or		2012-07-04 10:18:07 AM

I plan to drink a few beers, polish my shotgun (or have my wife do it for me), smoke some meat and light off some real fireworks. None of that gay safe and sane crap.

LargeCanine		2012-07-04 10:18:58 AM

Weaver95: I just don't understand the Republican party anymore.

Of course not. But recognizing that you don't understand Republicans is the first step.

The Righteous Mind

Passive Aggressive Larry		2012-07-04 10:19:57 AM

If the Declaration of Independence was written by Obama, Republicans would be against it.

meat0918		2012-07-04 10:21:51 AM

Passive Aggressive Larry: If the Declaration of Independence was written by Obama, Republicans would be against it.

They were called Tories back then, weren't they?

Monongahela Misfit		2012-07-04 10:22:29 AM

FriarReb98: As someone who was born in 1976, let me just tell submathtard: I AM NOT 37 YET!!!!

Me either, Don't add another year to us Yet subbs, we want to live through it ourselves.

o5iiawah		2012-07-04 10:24:21 AM

coeyagi: What's your point? It's still something you depend on that the government (federal, state or loca) provides

Because McFartbummertaxbongo should have nothing to do with the hiring of teachers, cops and firefighters.
Only the wackiest of anarcho-capitalists (like Penn Gilette) dont want teachers, cops and firefighters, they just think they should be hired on a local level by the people in the communities who best understand their needs.

Conservatives dont hate government - just a federal government that doesn't seem to know its place. All the thing the federal government tries to do (and ends up doing poorly) is better left to the states and communities (who tend to do them better, with more accountability from constituents) If your mayor needs a federal grant to hire cops, he isn't doing his job properly.