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4th of July is Independence Day

4th of July is Independence Day

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Not hearing “Independence Day” much this year, so let me say it loud: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!! It’s about a revolution against the tyrannies of old King George. How could so much of our hard-won independence for our freedom and democracy been so senselessly squandered? How could Independence Day be represented the way I’m seeing it this year? I want to see more patriots and less nationalists! Give me liberty or give me death – it’s on the license plates still…

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Patriotism not a sin

Patriotism not a sin

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One of my relatives sent me one of those email thingies intended to sway you into some sort of feeling or other. It was about the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and what happened to them. “Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.” (See the Snopes breakdown on the facts) It ends with the idea that we shouldn’t take our liberties for granted. I certainly…

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