Happy 4th of July!

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4th of July Playlist for Your Listening Pleasure

AMERICAN GIRL
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
AMERICA
Neil Diamond
AMERICAN PIE
Don McLean
PINK HOUSES
John Mellencamp
ALL-AMERICAN GIRL
Carrie Underwood
AMERICAN WOMAN
Lenny Kravitz
BORN IN THE U.S.A
Bruce Springsteen
WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND
Grand Funk Railroad
FIREWORK
Katy Perry
ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
Neil Young
LIVING IN AMERICA
James Brown
MADE IN AMERICA
Toby Keith
GOD BLESS THE U.S.A
Lee Greenwood

Great Quotes from Great People About Freedom

As we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and our independence from Great Britain, here are some great quotes from great people about FREEDOM.

 

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” Abraham Lincoln

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.” John Basil Barnhill

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” Adlai Stevenson

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson Mandela

“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.” Woodrow Wilson

“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.” Hubert H. Humphrey

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill

“When plunder has become a way of life for a group of people living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it, and a moral code that glorifies it.” Frédéric Bastiat

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”  Ronald Reagan

“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.”  John Milton

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”  Abraham Lincoln

“Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.”  Freidrich Hayek

“The truth shall make you free.”  Jesus

“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.”  Andre Gide

More dogs are lost on the 4th of July than any other time of year

Be sure to take a current picture of your pet just in case they are lost during 4th of July celebrations!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Indepenence Day in America!

Did you know John Adams believed that July 2^nd was the correct date on which to celebrate the birth of American Independence, and would reportedly turn down invitations to appear at July 4^th events in protest?

When the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical.  By the middle of the following year, however, many more colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility against Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments such as those expressed in Thomas Paine’s bestselling pamphlet “Common Sense,” published in January 1776.  Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” played a remarkable role in transforming a colonial squabble into the American Revolution.  This 47-page pamphlet sold some 500,000 copies (the population was estimated to be 2,500,000 in 1776), powerfully influencing American opinion when Paine wrote the following:  “Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America.  This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.  Hither they have fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.”

On June 7, 1776, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion calling for the colonies’ independence.  Amid heated debate, Congress postponed vote on the motion and appointed a five-man committee – including Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York – to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain.

On July 2^nd, the Continental Congress voted in favor of Lee’s resolution for independence in a near-unanimous vote (the New York delegation abstained, but later voted affirmatively).  On that day, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that July 2 “will be celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival” and that the celebration should include “Pomp and parade…games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and Illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.”

On July 4^th, the Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence.  Though the vote for actual independence took place on July 2^nd, from then on the 4^th became the day that was celebrated as the birth of American independence.
In 1870, the U.S. Congress made July 4^th a federal holiday; in 1941, the provision was expanded to grant a paid holiday to all federal employees.  Over the years, the political importance of the holiday would decline, but Independence Day remained an important national holiday and a symbol of patriotism.

Note of interest: The population in America in 1776 was estimated to be 2.5 million.  In President George Washington’s first term in office, he had only 5 Cabinet members and about 1,000 federal workers in his employ.  Today almost 2.5 million Americans work for the federal government with a total U.S. population of approximately 317 million.

Sources:  http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th; http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense;

Freedom, the 4th of July and America

I am an American. I was born and raised in the great state of Colorado and I love my freedom! I love that every American citizen can vote and I love that the American Dream is mine for the taking!

If you havent seen the movie Primary Colors, starring John Travolta, you should rent it this weekend. The movie is based on an explosive book written anonymously, supposidly about Bill Clinton and his presidential campaign. Love him or hate him, you walk away knowing that deep in his heart, he has a true love for America and the American people.

Other countries call American's arrogant. I think that is a true statement. Personally, I dont think there is a better country than America, and I do feel kind of sorry for anyone that does not live here.

I have a (possibly unhealthy) fascination with King Henry VIII and that whole era. He led a little too much with his heart which created quite a mess between "church and state". He alone seemed to enjoy freedom while his people suffered at the hand of his romantic whims and somewhat undecided religious views. I can only imagine how that scenario would play out in modern America!

I also have a (possibly unhealthy) fascination with Elvis. He served in the military, enjoyed great success in the career he dreamed about having, had a mama who cooked wonderful American meals, and got married and divorced. You dont get more American than that, folks.

Enjoy your holiday weekend, spend time with those you care about and eat good food!

Happy 4th of July, everyone!