Happy 4th!!!
Cargo Master
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x3 I'll be celebrating with some American raised beef and pork and some American brewed beer!
Thank you to all, soldiers and tradesmen alike, that fight daily whether with weapons or hands and integrity to make AMERICA, despite our problems, STILL THE BEST place I could hope to raise my kids. This Shiner is for you...
Now go destroy your kids MIC calculator!!!
Thank you to all, soldiers and tradesmen alike, that fight daily whether with weapons or hands and integrity to make AMERICA, despite our problems, STILL THE BEST place I could hope to raise my kids. This Shiner is for you...
Now go destroy your kids MIC calculator!!!
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Happy Independence Day everyone. We are celebrating with a family cookout and probably some shooting exercises (Appleseed AQT's) as well. Seems a fitting tradition...
Here are some words to ponder on this momentous anniversary:
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world."
These words still continue to amaze me. These men signed that "Declaration" knowing that it could (very likely) cost them their lives and their fortunes. I can't help but wonder how many, in this day, would be willing to take that same risk. I know that many have and continue to risk their lives for these freedoms and for that I am ever grateful. May the rest of us be ever vigilant to protect these liberties and never take them for granted.
Here are some words to ponder on this momentous anniversary:
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world."
These words still continue to amaze me. These men signed that "Declaration" knowing that it could (very likely) cost them their lives and their fortunes. I can't help but wonder how many, in this day, would be willing to take that same risk. I know that many have and continue to risk their lives for these freedoms and for that I am ever grateful. May the rest of us be ever vigilant to protect these liberties and never take them for granted.
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