Happy 4th of July (2014)!

6 Responses to Happy 4th of July (2014)!

1. Bruce says:

   July 4, 2014 at 12:47 pm

   The United States ‘Declaration of Independence’
   — approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776

   John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams (1776-07-03) …

   “I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction, even although We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”

   http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

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   Independence Hall:

   “Independence Hall is, by every estimate, the birthplace of the United States. It was within its walls that the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It was here that the Constitution of the United States was debated, drafted and signed. That document is the oldest federal constitution in existence and was framed by a convention of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies. Rhode Island did not send a delegate. George Washington presided over the debate which ran from May to September 1787. The draft comprising a preamble and seven Articles, was submitted to all thirteen states and was to take effect when ratified by nine states. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire, the ninth state, approved it and it became effective in March 1789.”

   “Notable among the document’s many innovative features is the separation of powers among the legislative (Congress), executive (President), and judicial branches of government. Also important is that the Congress was split into two houses, the upper house (originally in the upper floor of adjoining Congress Hall), and the lower house (main floor of Congress Hall); the first gave equal power to all the states regardless of size and the second gave proportional representation according to size. You have to imagine the debates between the large and small states each attempting to form a government favoring them. You also have to marvel that this compromise was reached at all — a tribute to the extraordinary minds that were working together to make a new nation that could survive and renew itself in the face of unforeseeable obstacles.”

   INDEPENDENCE HALL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   Image Credit: http://www.ushistory.org/tour/independence-hall.htm

   
2. AMERICAN ADVOCATE says:

   July 5, 2014 at 1:02 am

   BRUCE , I HAVE BEEN THERE , WALKED ALL THROUGH INDEPENDENCE HALL AND TOUCHED THE LIBERTY BELL . ANY TRUE RED BLOODED AMERICAN GETS A THRILL AND FEELING OF PEACE AND SECURITY FROM THE SPIRITS WHO HAUNT THESE HALLOWED SITES .
   ON ANOTHER SUBJECT : RECENTLY , I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT THE OFFICE OF MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR , AND WAS SEEN BY DR . ………. FROM KENYA . I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS SITE AND WROTE DOWN THE ADDRESS AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LOOK IT UP . NEXT TIME I SEE HIM , I WILL ASK IF KNOWS ANYONE AT COAST PROVENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL .
3. Bruce says:

   July 5, 2014 at 8:13 am

   AMERICAN ADVOCATE wrote:

   RECENTLY, I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT THE OFFICE OF MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, AND WAS SEEN BY DR. ……… FROM KENYA. I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS SITE AND WROTE DOWN THE ADDRESS AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LOOK IT UP. NEXT TIME I SEE HIM, I WILL ASK IF KNOWS ANYONE AT COAST PROVENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

   I deleted the name of your Kenyan doctor to help prevent any harassment or intimidation of him by the omnipresent obots.

   You potentially have a valuable contact there. It will be interesting to learn what comments he may have, if any, regarding Obama, the WasObamaBornInKenya site, and the CPGH in Mombasa.
4. AMERICAN ADVOCATE says:

   July 5, 2014 at 6:58 pm

   @ Bruce:
   BRUCE , I NOTICED THAT YOU DELETED THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR , BUT I ONLY POSTED ONE NAME ~ NOT BOTH . YOUR IDEA IS GOOD THOUGH .
5. AMERICAN ADVOCATE says:

   July 12, 2014 at 9:36 pm

   @ AMERICAN ADVOCATE:
   BRUCE , THERE WAS A CONTESTANT ON THE JEOPARDY PROGRAM TODAY ~ JULY 12 , 2014 , BY THE NAME OF AMANDA STEADMAN , BUT SHE DID NOT WIN
6. Bruce says:

   July 13, 2014 at 8:58 am

   Very pretty name – “Amanda”