HAPPY 4th OF JULY
Coming home from work this morning (and don't ask why I had to go in for three hours to unlock the store and let people in and out cause a manager that doesn't have keys was scheduled) I was listening to NPR radio. They recited the Declartion of Independence, different reporters doing different parts. They did the entire document.
Call me a nerd, call me foolish, call me naive (just don't call me late for supper...ok, ok, old joke), but I got goose bumps listening to it. I still think it is one of the greatest written documents in the world.
As screwed up as our country gets sometimes, as stupid as our leaders get (and they don't get much stupider than our present leader) this is still the greatest country in the world.
Some people don't understand that criticizing your country doesn't mean yuo love your country any less, it might mean you love it a little more. You're willing to see the bad things as well as the good, and try to change the bad. That's what those guys did some two hundred odd years ago...they saw the bad and tried to change it. Did a pretty good job of it too, wouldhn't you say?
1 comment:
Same thing happens when you actually pay attention the meaning of 'pleading the fifth' is all about. These things do have something very important to say.
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