Happy Independence Day

I got a big kick out of that.

Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 12:28pm.

I got a big kick out of that. The death of Andy Griffin overshadowed that in the state. It was more of a national story. There were two other veto overrides, the budget and the Racial Justice Act. Two years ago the Commicrats passed a bill that would allow minorities to have their death penality case reviewed based on racism. It turned out to be one big SNAFU. That bill straigthened out the mess of the Commiecrats. Dumpling has the lowest rating of any of the other 57 governors. She vetoed the budget because the GA didn't spent enough money.

Only 57 more days until football!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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She should be able to change her vote...

Submitted by GregE on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 3:34pm.

.......but for the IDIOCY of the rule which says a vote can only be changed if it won't effect the outcome. What genius concocted that one, and what set of geniuses actually passed it?

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Did Bloomberg arrest him?

Submitted by GregE on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 3:46pm.

Did Bloomberg arrest him?

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I watched Chestnut's record-tying vomitacious achievement,

Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 11:22pm.

after which I promptly removed the twelve franks from our grill and tossed them to the neighbor's Great Dane. I actually think it took Chestnut 10 minutes to consume 68 dogs, or about the same amount of time it took the Dane to down a dozen.

Jer

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Very good article

Submitted by GregE on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 8:18pm.

I had a conversation with an Indian girl at work. She's 27, has lived here about 6 years. Her husband has a green card and is also from India.

She talked about how things are in her home city of Hyderabad. Not very known, yet in recent years has jumped to be a major city in India. Lots of Information Tech companies there. But she says when she goes home to visit, after a couple of weeks she is ready to leave. She says she's just not used to that anymore. Not that she doesn't love her home country. She does, but she says that its just so different than here. She's been here 6 years but it sounded to me like she's felt that way for some time, having gone back to visit several times.

Her mother came here to visit not long ago. Her first time in America. She said her mother would have loved to stay, and not just because her daughter is here. Her mother said she just felt it was peaceful here, in a suburban VA area. She just really liked it.

I asked another Indian co-worker about a year ago, what did he like when he came here. What did he notice, what sticks in his mind as far as what early experience he liked. His immediate words......."the freedoms." It's not that he was oppressed in India, as they are a democratic society and he comes from a middle to upper-middle class family. But there was just something different that he felt and experienced as he made his way in America.

Very interesting conversations. If you work with anyone from another nation, just ask them a simple question about what was their early impressions upon arriving here. You'll enjoy the feedback.

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Celebrating.........

Submitted by GregE on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 8:21pm.

............what was, more than what is. Celebrating how we started, not where we've fallen. Leave "present day" out of it on this day. We have a base, a foundation on which to stand. That's saying much more than most nations.

I view it as the kid who grew up in church, then as he got out on his own, strayed from any thought of his faith. A few years later, maturing, he finds it again, something he likely would not have gotten back to had he not had that foundation laid many years before.

The more people know, the better off we'll be. That is something that has to change because too many people, know far too little about our nation's foundation.

I have gotten very very interested in our history and founding documents in the last 3 years or so, much more than ever before. And there are many people out there like that. I believe that our Founding documents and principles are in discussions moreso than ever in the last 100 years.

Just remember that everyone wasn't in favor of the American Revolution. I have read the number at 25%. Most were apathetic, against it, or loyal to the British.

I didn't do anything special today with any group of people. But I did pull out a copy of the Declaration of Independence I had sent to me from Hillsdale College, and made it a point to read it slowly and carefully, thinking about each of the lines in it. (you have to, you can't just blow through it, as the language of the time won't allow you to do that and understand what you just read)

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