Happy 4th of July!!!!!! (and a belated Canada Day too!)

Post by **Nathan** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:05 pm

and a happy monday to everyone else.

Post by **danlo** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:08 pm

(oh Brits still a little bit grumpy about the whole thing, eh

)

Post by **Creator** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:12 pm

danlo wrote:(oh Brits still a little bit grumpy about the whole thing, eh )

Happy 4th as well!! And happy Monday to our International Watch brothers and sisters!

Post by **lurch** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:52 pm

..So here we are at our once a year opportunity to remind ourselves of the bold action by our founding fathers and celebrating the amazing evolvement of the Declaration of Independence and ,,later , the Constitution...which for some also includes and opportunity to remind the other side of the coin..

..Our talk radio shows are full of interviews reminding us the this or that qualities of the founding fathers. History, history history. What happened, happened no matter what the spin mysters say. Some things I learned today
include:...A) George the 3rd was not insane during the trying times of 1776. His mental difficulties were still 20 years ahead of him. What he and his parliment couldn't get thru their head was that the American revolutionist were dead serious..B) The American standard of living at that time was one of the worlds highest..Many farmers with productive land and orchards and fat cows. The British Officer core couldn't understand how it was that all the well-off folks were being traitors to the Crown and Kingdom,,by not wanting to pay their taxes.
...With all the hoopla of the day,,I still give much thanks to whatever brought about one Ben Franklin. His low key presense thru-out the revolution,,his simple but to the core advise, his charm with the French Court and diplomatic skill,,etc,,his influence is everywhere and We are much better off today for it.....MEL

Post by **matrixman** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:21 pm

Here's wishing my fellow Watchers in the U.S. a happy 4th of July!

Has "The Greatest American" come around the airwaves yet in the States? It's that show where they get people across the country to vote for whom they think is their single greatest citizen, whether living or deceased. Britain started this whole concept and already had their go at it. We had our version of it in Canada recently.

Re: Benjamin Franklin...I'm guessing he would rank pretty high on any Greatest American list?

Post by **lurch** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:46 pm

...I'd go to say..if one can get pass the nationality issue,,Ben Franklin was a Great Human Being. Fortunately his place and time was as it was...MEL

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:55 pm

Franklin's overrated. He can't hold a candle to the Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:55 pm

Or the Rhinestone Cowboy.......

Post by **Edge** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:12 pm

Matrixman wrote: Has "The Greatest American" come around the airwaves yet in the States? It's that show where they get people across the country to vote for whom they think is their single greatest citizen, whether living or deceased. Britain started this whole concept and already had their go at it. We had our version of it in Canada recently.

We were going to have it here in South Africa... but the whole thing was canned when the poll results were deemed to be politically unacceptable.

coughwrongcolourcough

Anyway... happy 4th, American Watchers!

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:41 pm

Happy Holiday!!!

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:56 am

Yay for the fireworks.

Happy 4th of July.

Post by **Seareach** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:13 am

Happy 4th...even though I don't really know the significance of it (sorry for being so DUMB!). If it's anything like Australia day then you must have a wonderful day (lots of pies, beer and footie!).

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:23 pm

Serious? It marks America's declaration of Independence from the then British Empire.

--A

Post by **Nathan** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:14 pm

just think, without the British empire you'd have no independence day. You owe us so much...

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:23 am

Nathan wrote:just think, without the British empire you'd have no independence day. You owe us so much...

Here's, have a white gold dollar.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Happy 4th of July!!!!!! (and a belated Canada Day too!)

Happy 4th of July!!!!!! (and a belated Canada Day too!)

...and a happy 4th to all as well..

Yes..