Happy 4th of July!

[suggs]

Yeah, weird how you still use the Imperial system of measurement.
And I wonder where you got the pedantic bits of your character from.
I mean frm

Just a few more red coats and we can do it! I'm writing to my MP as we speak.

[TheLucas]

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

[Nobunaga]

Thank god for Daz
Its a fair point though. I guess its ok to celebrate terrorism now.

... The colonists, in rebellion, did not seek to kill mass quantities of British women and children.

... Your comparison is a stretch.

...

[InkL0sed]

I don't understand why people are celebrating.

This is the day on which Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison all died...

[silvanricky]

Happy 4th of July!

[wicked]

I don't understand why people are celebrating.

This is the day on which Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison all died...

... and Jessie Helms. Celebrate!!!

[chaosfactor]

Lets face it 'Wife' , you are never happy are you?

[suggs]

Thank god for Daz
Its a fair point though. I guess its ok to celebrate terrorism now.

... The colonists, in rebellion, did not seek to kill mass quantities of British women and children.

... Your comparison is a stretch.

...

So you wouldn't mind if a gangs started killing policemen? Thats exactly the same. Or perhaps FBI is even more accurate.

[chaosfactor]

The 4th of July was good for me!!

I scored some Cocaine at the Iron Maiden Gig I was working on, was late, got drunk, missed some moves and became an even bigger nightmare than i was yesterday, result!

[tzor]

This is the day on which Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison all died...

Because that's the way they would have wanted it.

I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on steady advance... And even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and liberties of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them...The flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them.

[Beastly]

Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895


1. My country,' tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrims' pride,
from every mountainside let freedom ring!

2. My native country, thee,
land of the noble free, thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
thy woods and templed hills;
my heart with rapture thrills, like that above.

3. Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees sweet freedom's song;
let mortal tongues awake;
let all that breathe partake;
let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.

4. Our fathers' God, to thee,
author of liberty, to thee we sing;
long may our land be bright
with freedom's holy light;
protect us by thy might, great God, our King.

[Nobunaga]

Thank god for Daz
Its a fair point though. I guess its ok to celebrate terrorism now.

... The colonists, in rebellion, did not seek to kill mass quantities of British women and children.

... Your comparison is a stretch.

...

So you wouldn't mind if a gangs started killing policemen? Thats exactly the same. Or perhaps FBI is even more accurate.

... Sure, Suggs. It's exactly the same. What was I thinking?

...

[Beastly]

God Bless America
Words and music by Irving Berlin
© Copyright 1938, 1939 by Irving Berlin



"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.

[Fircoal]

Well I always wondered why "Americans" say "f*ck U".

good one. What can we say? We like to be different. No U's, no metric. Today we celebrate our right to do our own fucking thing, thank you very much. *bows*

Metric is good, it's the better way to do things. It's more convenient. To celebrate inconvenience is stupid. Also blind patriotism isn't good either

[dewey316]

Well, the day is drawing to a close here on the West Coast. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Indepence Day.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

[firth4eva]

Well, the day is drawing to a close here on the West Coast. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Indepence Day.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

That was the stupidest thing ever.

[radiojake]

ahh patriotism and nationalism... how else would they manage to send dumbshits to war?

[static_ice]

To me it's not about patriotism and celebrating the country, it's about getting almost the entire family from my mom's side together just this once during the year, and blowing stuff up with them.

[heavycola]

Happy July 4th all! Don't blow your hand off with fireworkers tonite!

because the median level of intelligence in your half-arsed excuse for a nation is so pitifully low that you actually have to give out these warnings every year.

The news on July 5th - firework injuries were up again this year after yesterday's celebrations. Over 3 million americans lit their fireworks at the wrong end, gave them to their toddlers to play with or simply shoved them up their arse after drinking too much thunderbird, all the while slurring the words 'Like, fuckin' A!' over and over again.

[Nickbaldwin]

"YEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! WE'RE ALL CUNTS!" *BOOM*

[Iliad]

We don't have harbours in New England, only harbors. In fact, today we celebrate our distinct right not to use an extra U in words!!!!

it's nice that the people who died, died for a good cause. Putting an extra u is hard work

[joecoolfrog]

you guys still celebrate murder and rebellion

Yer fuckin A right my good man and we celibrate kicking the shit out of ourselves several decades later then we celibrate saving Europes ass a couple times. Then we kinda tied one and lost a couple ya know... Not so good... but we are really hopin the next one works in our favor.

Damn but it sounds one hell of a lot like how we feel about this game eh?!?111?!?1?!1??

Aint life grand?

Head for the lake, get seriously small, play twister with the half naked women and celibrate freedom!!! (I will be!)

Happy American Independence Day!!!

European Ass ......Was the Donkey in great pain ?

[Iliad]

<wiki edit> God Bless America! Happy 4th from your friends across the pond! </edit>

Wicked just a question: why is daz's point about other locked indepence threads is being completely ignored?

Well I always wondered why "Americans" say "f*ck U".

good one. What can we say? We like to be different. No U's, no metric. Today we celebrate our right to do our own fucking thing, thank you very much. *bows*

Metric is good, it's the better way to do things. It's more convenient. To celebrate inconvenience is stupid. Also blind patriotism isn't good either

"Guys how about this: f*ck the English with their stupid u's. We demand that it is an inalienable right of each man that they don't use u's. FOR FREEDOM!"

[Fircoal]

<wiki edit> God Bless America! Happy 4th from your friends across the pond! </edit>

Wicked just a question: why is daz's point about other locked indepence threads is being completely ignored?

Well I always wondered why "Americans" say "f*ck U".

good one. What can we say? We like to be different. No U's, no metric. Today we celebrate our right to do our own fucking thing, thank you very much. *bows*

Metric is good, it's the better way to do things. It's more convenient. To celebrate inconvenience is stupid. Also blind patriotism isn't good either

"Guys how about this: f*ck the English with their stupid u's. We demand that it is an inalienable right of each man that they don't use u's. FOR FREEDOM!"

NO Us FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!!

[suggs]

Excellent work people. Hopefully Muy Taiguy will be piised off. Thats all that counts really.

Oh, and Nob Ganja: its not exactly the same -but you are celebrating the triumph of citizens picking up guns and shooting the authorities, so its not much different.

Damn you Corn Wally!