Special thanks to all the American soldiers here on SI. May you enjoy our nation's birthday in peace with your loved ones. Same to the rest of you! THESE COLORS DON'T RUN BOSTON STRONG A lil something for the kids here on this fine weekend of Patriotic pride: "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
True that. Since the last Independence Day, it's been a gauntlet for the Northeast. God Bless the Union, and the rest of the contiguous (and you too, Hawaii, Alaska, PR, Guam, the Northern Marianas, American Samoa and the Virgin Islands).
Everybody have a fun, safe and happy 4th? Hoping yous guys all did. Thanks again to our veterans past and present. Some great weather here in the northeast that you should all be enjoying with the family and friends. Brought to you courtesy of the red, white and blue.
let us not forget why we celebrate this day. it is celebrated because of our freedom over a tyrannical government. don't spout your "i'm anti-American" freedom rants on me either. my grandfather stormed Normandy Beach in WWII, my father fought in the Vietnam War, and my brother is currently a Sgt. in the U.S. Marine Corp and has done 3 tours in Afghanistan fighting Al-Qaeda while our gov. arms Al-Qaeda in Syria. here is a little refresher on the document and its meaning for this day of celebration. as Americans it's our duty to honor this document. The Declaration of Independence: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, 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 shown, 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
We don't want your blessings Haoli, we want our independence back from the blood sucking imperialist American leaches. FREE HAWAII!!!
My younger brother who is currently serving in the Army surprised us on the 4th after not being home for 8 months. I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend the holiday
Once again America-can-do-no-wrong imperialist tendencies rear their ugly head. Hawaii didn't have a written language when the West imposed its spellings of its language and names of its things on it - including names like the Sandwich Islands and Hawaii.. From a phonemic perspective, nobody ever says FU Haole with a hard A inflection. Its said with a distinct hard E generally accentuating the FU intention towards those apparently lacking a soul, such as those who have blind faith in an America that is daily straying from its roots, once oriented towards real Freedom. Did you know that between 1850 and 1900 getting caught surfing was punishable by death in the Islands? Have you even ever been past Makaha on the way to Yokes and suddenly been stricken to surf Free Hawaii. You might be a paying attention editing fool, but you need to learn some "real" American history. Then again, at least you know how to spell jackass you sheepish piece of Jack... For that I am thankful! Haole's abound!
I love me some U.S./World history, and I know this guy tried ripping you one, but is that the Aloha spirit?
i love how people make assumptions about people's knowledge of various things (like history) from something completely unrelated. i am WELL versed in hawaiian & us history, from both "offical" sources & unofficial. but you already have judged me as a "sheepish piece of jack...", so whatever.
Good thing the US claimed the Hawaiian Islands. Imagine if it had been Japan? Or worse, Spain! You'd be singing a different tune then, BRAH.
Youse Hawaiin successionists need to really think aboot what Hawaii would be like as an autonomous ice nation.You need to really think aboot what you'd lose without the cover the U.S. blankets y'all wit' I know, I know, you'll tell us all how paradisical Hawaii would be in the 21 century as an independant ice nation. Pipe dream you pidgen, speaking, choke mokes. You know what I don't like aboot Hawaii is how the surf world acts like the Hawaiins are hard-guy thugs. Man, those clowns wouldn't last a day in Chicago. Shoot, they'd be crying aboot the air temperature.........on a 50 degree day.........Bring Da Hui to Philadelphia on a warm summer's night, attitude on display. Yes, Hawaiins will say, " Mainlanders are cowards who use guns for everything." Yeah, then go do some time in a mainland prison and say that. OH PATRIOTS, we are NOT FREE. CANADA IS MO' FREE THAN US. We sure have a lot of laws for a "free country." Dudes, EVERYTHING is illegal. All we are free on is: Speech(usually, sort of...kind of.......yeah better than alot of places) Religion Yep, that's it. Like you can get a ticket for "LOITERING" and get arrested for "Vagrancy" That's not freedom, dawgs. Well, the more money you have or if you are a corporation then you get some more freedoms. But the average hack ain't free. Just because you can buy sh!t doesn't make you free.
When talking with my brother about what to do for the 4th, I said "let's keep it American and party", he replied, if we're gonna keep it American, we should invade other peoples parties and remove their hosts.. In the name of democracy". almost spit my beer out, but that would have been un-American. I don't like talking about government but thumbs, you're American, you were born one and you're gonna die one. Learn to love it, and before you get all hard talking **** to njsurfer and the rest of the forum about how it's Americas fault, yell at your ancestors for being weak. I don't like our government anymore either, but even more I dislike those who live under its rule and use its laws to protect themselves while crying about how evil and harmful it is.
