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Happy Independence Day America!
« on: July 04, 2012, 12:57:14 pm »
to the U.S.A.


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 02:04:19 pm »
I like your Ostara (sp?) rabbits, Del.  :)
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 02:47:08 pm »
I like your Ostara (sp?) rabbits, Del.  :)

Thanks!  I'm behind on changing my icon for the seasons. :P  Midsummer came and went so fast!

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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 02:59:26 pm »
Thanks!  I'm behind on changing my icon for the seasons. :P  Midsummer came and went so fast!

I know what you mean. Time just seems to be racing by.  :-\
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2012, 12:46:51 pm »
"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Monday mistakenly described Labor Day as a celebration of entrepreneurs and business owners, rather than workers.

“ 'Today, we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business and earned their own success,' the conservative congressman said in a statement. 'I am committed to keeping taxes low and reducing red tape to make it easier for Virginia’s small business owners to start hiring again, create more jobs and ensure a thriving economy for the future so more people can achieve the American dream.'

"However, Labor Day actually celebrates the victories of trade and labor organizations in the United States, who fought for 8-hour work days and other standards that most Americans take for granted.

"The first Labor Day was organized by the Central Labor Union of New York City in 1882, according to the Department of Labor. Other labor organizations across the country quickly adopted the celebration."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/rep-cantor-labor-day-celebrates-business-owners/


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2012, 01:03:34 pm »
Thanks for pointing that out, Marge.  Talk about not getting it.  ::)
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Re: A new perspective on Labor Day
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2012, 07:34:19 pm »
"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Monday mistakenly described Labor Day as a celebration of entrepreneurs and business owners, rather than workers.

“ 'Today, we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business and earned their own success,' the conservative congressman said in a statement. 'I am committed to keeping taxes low and reducing red tape to make it easier for Virginia’s small business owners to start hiring again, create more jobs and ensure a thriving economy for the future so more people can achieve the American dream.'

"However, Labor Day actually celebrates the victories of trade and labor organizations in the United States, who fought for 8-hour work days and other standards that most Americans take for granted.

"The first Labor Day was organized by the Central Labor Union of New York City in 1882, according to the Department of Labor. Other labor organizations across the country quickly adopted the celebration."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/rep-cantor-labor-day-celebrates-business-owners/

Oh brother.   ::)  Either the man didn't do his homework or he was deliberately trying to twist a holiday to suit his own agenda.

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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2018, 02:27:16 pm »
Isn't it nice how our friends in other places wish us a happy Independence Day? I don't see many Statesians wishing other countries the same thing, except for Canada. And I think that's because Canada Day is so close to our Fourth of July.
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2018, 11:31:17 am »
Isn't it nice how our friends in other places wish us a happy Independence Day? I don't see many Statesians wishing other countries the same thing, except for Canada. And I think that's because Canada Day is so close to our Fourth of July.

Guilty as charged. I don't even know when their holidays are. The United States so monopolizes global culture that ID is more widely familiar.



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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2018, 06:21:02 pm »
Isn't it nice how our friends in other places wish us a happy Independence Day? I don't see many Statesians wishing other countries the same thing, except for Canada. And I think that's because Canada Day is so close to our Fourth of July.

What about Bastille Day? That's July 14, isn't it?  ???
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2018, 09:07:24 pm »
Good point. Let's plan to celebrate!
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2018, 12:08:22 am »
What about Bastille Day? That's July 14, isn't it?  ???

Good point. Let's plan to celebrate!

"Let them eat [cherry] cake"?  ;D
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2018, 04:38:07 pm »
I must admit, I don't know very many holidays in other countries.

I've heard of Midsummer, Cinco De Mayo,  Canada Day, Bastille Day.  If others are listed they may jog my memory, but I don't know them off-hand.


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2018, 10:14:27 am »
I must admit, I don't know very many holidays in other countries.

I've heard of Midsummer, Cinco De Mayo,  Canada Day, Bastille Day.  If others are listed they may jog my memory, but I don't know them off-hand.

I've totally heard of Cinco de Mayo -- and even know what date it falls on!  :laugh:  Oh but wait, do I know what it celebrates? Nope not really. Something to do with Mexican independence from Spain, I'm guessing. Sorry, Mexicans.

I don't know when Canada Day is or what it celebrates. Sorry, Canadians. I've heard of Boxing Day, and isn't that the day after Christmas? It used to remind me of the sport of boxing, but then I came to think it's something about boxing up your gifts or throwing the gift boxes away. But that's probably not it. Sorry, UK residents.

I do know vaguely what Bastille Day is (something about storming the Bastille in the French Revolution?). But I never remember what the date is, or think about it more than once every five years or so. Sorry, French people.

Midsummer, however, is one where the date and reason for celebrating are both pretty obvious. As a child, I read a book by a Swedish author set in Sweden in which children celebrated Midsummer, and it sounded really fun. As another resident of a far northern latitude, I can totally relate to the idea of celebrating the solstice. Yay, Scandinavians!

For years I've been under the impression that the traditional refreshments for Midsummer were crawfish and ice-cold vodka. That's because when I lived in New Orleans I wrote a newspaper story about China trying to overtake the crawfish industry by deliberately selling crawfish at below-market rates. (My spellcheck is telling me I'm supposed to say crayfish but in Louisiana they call them crawfish.) I learned that Scandinavian countries were the biggest crawfish importers, and somebody said they eat them at Midsummer with vodka.

That sounded delightful to me. And I just googled now and found that there IS a holiday in Scandinavia where they consume those things. Only it's in August.

Yep, I'm one of those ignorant Americans.

Chrissi and I have been trying for years to promote a holiday called Longerdays, the day after the Winter Solstice. It hasn't caught on really widely yet but at least we can say it's celebrated internationally!

(In truth, I think we already have one or two winter solstice celebrations -- they're called New Year's Day and Christmas. I'm pretty sure the dates designated are related to their proximity to the solstice, and in the case of Christmas the willingness of early Christians to meet pagans halfway on holiday traditions.)







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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2018, 07:20:10 pm »
Yep, I'm one of those ignorant Americans.

*raises hand*

I'm one too!


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2019, 06:44:30 pm »
One of the greatest joys of my recent vacation was the chance to join in an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. People come from miles around to join in a parade, a rodeo, capped by fireworks everywhere and dancing in the streets! Stay tuned here for photos and reminiscence!
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2019, 09:15:18 am »
capped by fireworks everywhere

Hope you didn't have to beat up any bikers!


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2019, 05:18:33 pm »
:laugh:


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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2020, 01:08:02 pm »


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2021, 03:18:13 pm »
Hello BetterMost!


Happy 4th of July to the US members.





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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2021, 03:18:34 pm »
Thought you may enjoy my 4th of July Facebook greeting today, which reflects my strange sense of humor.


Happy 4th of July to everyone who celebrates!
Hope you have fun at the family BBQ!






For those unfamiliar with the scene above, it's from Night of the Living Dead.  Just before this scene, Harry (the man) is shot and stumbles down to the basement where his sick daughter (Karen) is.  He gets to her, and dies.

When we see them again, it's in the scene above.  Karen has reanimated (she died before he came down to the basement), and is eating her father's arm.  Hence my line "fun at the family BBQ".

:laugh:


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2021, 05:38:51 pm »
One of the greatest joys of my recent vacation was the chance to join in an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. People come from miles around to join in a parade, a rodeo, capped by fireworks everywhere and dancing in the streets! Stay tuned here for photos and reminiscence!

Hope you didn't have to beat up any bikers!

And nobody had a slop-bucket mouth.
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« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2021, 05:41:32 pm »
So what do I do this evening? Watch the different Fourth of July celebrations available on TV, or do what I usually do (thus making it a tradition), watching a video of the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy, with the great Jimmy Cagney playing the great George M. Cohan?
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2021, 06:01:39 pm »
And nobody had a slop-bucket mouth.

I forgot to mention that the parade leader was Craig Johnson. I talked with him and got his latest book signed.
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« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2021, 06:28:30 pm »
So what do I do this evening? Watch the different Fourth of July celebrations available on TV, or do what I usually do (thus making it a tradition), watching a video of the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy, with the great Jimmy Cagney playing the great George M. Cohan?


I would think go with tradition.  It reminds me of my friend who makes a point of watching "It's a Wonderful Life" each Christmas.


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
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« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2021, 10:24:13 pm »
I would think go with tradition.  It reminds me of my friend who makes a point of watching "It's a Wonderful Life" each Christmas.

That's what I did. I started the film early enough that it was finished in time for me to watch the city fireworks display from the window at the end of the hall, which faces east toward the Delaware. I now have "A Capital Fourth" on PBS on TV.

I was able to see other fireworks displays from my balcony, off to the southeast in New Jersey, some so far away that they were barely above the horizon.
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« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2021, 10:25:24 pm »
I forgot to mention that the parade leader was Craig Johnson. I talked with him and got his latest book signed.

Which Longmire novel was that?
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #27 on: July 04, 2023, 11:08:25 am »
Happy Independence Day



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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2023, 11:38:26 am »
Happy Independence Day to you, dear Brokie friends! Hope I don't get mad enough to kick some teeth out!
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« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2023, 11:48:06 am »
Happy Independence Day to you, dear Brokie friends! Hope I don't get mad enough to kick some teeth out!

Just stay away from people with slop-bucket mouths.
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Re: Happy Independence Day America!
« Reply #30 on: July 04, 2023, 01:51:59 pm »
Nah, I'm going to find some bikers to beat up! Happy Brokie Holiday, everyone!