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Amen Alex... I'm damn proud as well and thankful I was born here.
I can't think of a single other country I'd rather live in.
And... Somewhere this week, Lee Greenwood's gettin' paid
You worried about the blue state rebellion? That will take less time than the Granada "War".Happy Birthday, America. I hope it’s not your last.
That is AWESOME!In December 1775, Benjamin Franklin published an essay in the Pennsylvania Journal under the pseudonym American Guesser in which he suggested that the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the American spirit:
"I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?"
Pipe down or face a ban.USA USA USA!! Red White and Blue all over this house!! Orange and Blue too!
Wish i was gone be here to see....lolHappy Birthday America! I am extremely proud to have been born here and live here.
I shudder to think about how it will look in another 50 years though.