Happy 4th of July (Independence Day).

[NY2FLDWC85]

Lots of us may complain how bad we have it in America, especially due to our economy dating back to the beginning of 9-11. I'll be the first one to admit, that I'm not a fan of many aspects of our Government, but when I went to Europe a little over two years ago, I was there for roughly 3 months in a small country known as 'Latvia', when I came back to America? The first thing I did when I got off the plane was literally kiss the ground that we walk on. I was so thankful to be back home, and so proud to be an American. We have it made when compared to other Countries. In Latvia? They lived on a farm with no running water. Had to use the restroom outside in the freezing cold. Long story short, I guess we take our living conditions for granted from time to time. Happy 4th of July everyone. Been on the grill since around 11:00, done cooking for now. Rays and Yankees coming up; Baseball and 4th of July go hand and hand.

[John_0515]

+1

Best country on the planet.

[crossfire]

HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!

WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE & HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!

[crossfire]

Here is a list of signers
(from Wikipedia)

Fifty-six delegates eventually signed the Declaration:

President of Congress

1. John Hancock (Massachusetts)

New Hampshire

2. Josiah Bartlett
3. William Whipple
4. Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts

5. Samuel Adams
6. John Adams
7. Robert Treat Paine
8. Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island

9. Stephen Hopkins
10. William Ellery

Connecticut

11. Roger Sherman
12. Samuel Huntington
13. William Williams
14. Oliver Wolcott

New York

15. William Floyd
16. Philip Livingston
17. Francis Lewis
18. Lewis Morris

New Jersey

19. Richard Stockton
20. John Witherspoon
21. Francis Hopkinson
22. John Hart
23. Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania

24. Robert Morris
25. Benjamin Rush
26. Benjamin Franklin
27. John Morton
28. George Clymer
29. James Smith
30. George Taylor
31. James Wilson
32. George Ross

Delaware

33. George Read
34. Caesar Rodney
35. Thomas McKean

Maryland

36. Samuel Chase
37. William Paca
38. Thomas Stone
39. Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia

40. George Wythe
41. Richard Henry Lee
42. Thomas Jefferson
43. Benjamin Harrison
44. Thomas Nelson, Jr.
45. Francis Lightfoot Lee
46. Carter Braxton

North Carolina

47. William Hooper
48. Joseph Hewes
49. John Penn

South Carolina

50. Edward Rutledge
51. Thomas Heyward, Jr.
52. Thomas Lynch, Jr.
53. Arthur Middleton

Georgia

54. Button Gwinnett
55. Lyman Hall
56. George Walton

[Apache 51]

[Dirtstar]

thanks for the clarification.

[Mohegangreen]

Happy 4th

[FF2®]

Originally Posted by NY2FLDWC85

I was there for roughly 3 months in a small country known as 'Latvia'

Yeah "Lativa" has it bad ala "Croatia"

[Bonhomme Richard]

Originally Posted by NY2FLDWC85

Lots of us may complain how bad we have it in America, especially due to our economy dating back to the beginning of 9-11. I'll be the first one to admit, that I'm not a fan of many aspects of our Government, but when I went to Europe a little over two years ago, I was there for roughly 3 months in a small country known as 'Latvia', when I came back to America? The first thing I did when I got off the plane was literally kiss the ground that we walk on. I was so thankful to be back home, and so proud to be an American. We have it made when compared to other Countries. In Latvia? They lived on a farm with no running water. Had to use the restroom outside in the freezing cold. Long story short, I guess we take our living conditions for granted from time to time. Happy 4th of July everyone. Been on the grill since around 11:00, done cooking for now. Rays and Yankees coming up; Baseball and 4th of July go hand and hand.

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

[Jetworks]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

Who pissed in your cornflakes?




















































I want to know, because this may be the funniest thing you've ever posted.

[JStokes]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

I like how he had to say "in a small country known as 'Latvia'".

Like if he just said Latvia, we wouldn't have know what he was talking about.

_

[gunnails]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

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[dustykeller]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

[Dirtstar]

Originally Posted by JStokes

I like how he had to say "in a small country known as 'Latvia'".

Like if he just said Latvia, we wouldn't have know what he was talking about.

_

i know this much:


if you can't make it as a backup PG in the semi-pro 'Latvian' league, then you suck at basketball.

[crossfire]

Did somebody say Latvia?

[dmitexxi]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

You know, there are people here in America without running water. It's not just a problem in 'Latvia.'

Your style of posting? It makes me hate freedom of speech. Thanks for ruining the 4th of July.

Brutal

[freestater]

Originally Posted by NY2FLDWC85

Lots of us may complain how bad we have it in America, especially due to our economy dating back to the beginning of 9-11. I'll be the first one to admit, that I'm not a fan of many aspects of our Government, but when I went to Europe a little over two years ago, I was there for roughly 3 months in a small country known as 'Latvia', when I came back to America? The first thing I did when I got off the plane was literally kiss the ground that we walk on. I was so thankful to be back home, and so proud to be an American. We have it made when compared to other Countries. In Latvia? They lived on a farm with no running water. Had to use the restroom outside in the freezing cold. Long story short, I guess we take our living conditions for granted from time to time. Happy 4th of July everyone. Been on the grill since around 11:00, done cooking for now. Rays and Yankees coming up; Baseball and 4th of July go hand and hand.

Maybe you we're just in a crap part of Latvia?

The 4th of July is to celebrate the founding of a nation where individual rights would be held sacrosanct. Where limitations on government protected the citizenry from tyrants. Those protections are largely gone today. The standard of living you enjoy, as a modern American, isn't some benevolent gift from government. They're the result of free people engaging free marketplaces with the ends of bettering their own life.

You don't have indoor plumbing because government willed it so. You have it because Thomas Crapper wanted to become rich. You don't have light bulbs in your house thanks to some assembly of elected jackasses, you have it because Edison dreamed of hitting it big. If anything, the government stands in the way of these free marketplaces more often than not.

The way you presented it, you make it seem like an either/or proposition. It most certainly is not.

[crasherino]

Why does Latvia have quotes around it? Do I need to use those to do those "air quotes" with my fingers every time I mention a country's name?

I fear that will get me punched in the face right quick.

[FF2®]

Originally Posted by freestater

Maybe you we're just in a crap part of Latvia?

The 4th of July is to celebrate the founding of a nation where individual rights would be held sacrosanct. Where limitations on government protected the citizenry from tyrants. Those protections are largely gone today. The standard of living you enjoy, as a modern American, isn't some benevolent gift from government. They're the result of free people engaging free marketplaces with the ends of bettering their own life.

You don't have indoor plumbing because government willed it so. You have it because Thomas Crapper wanted to become rich. You don't have light bulbs in your house thanks to some assembly of elected jackasses, you have it because Edison dreamed of hitting it big. If anything, the government stands in the way of these free marketplaces more often than not.

The way you presented it, you make it seem like an either/or proposition. It most certainly is not.

Before I die, I want to be witness to a Freestater/DWC debate any issue.

[Jets Things]

Originally Posted by crasherino

Why does Latvia have quotes around it? Do I need to use those to do those "air quotes" with my fingers every time I mention a country's name?

I fear that will get me punched in the face right quick.

In Soviet Latvia, quotes air you!