happy birthday, AMERICA.

[Omega]

I know it's a bit late for everybody except the west coast and beyond, but anywho:

Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans!

Tonight was pretty much quintessentially American... Hot dogs for dinner, explosions and pie for dessert.

What did you all do?

[blueonblack]

Sat at my desk at work, as usual. Got to watch the local fireworks out the office window.
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Suzuki mr wagon (http://www.suzuki-tech.com/wiki/Suzuki_MR_Wagon)

[SgtM]

^^ me too. Except I didn't get to see any fireworks.

[Acey]

happy 4th of july, people

[Luke122]

Happy (belated) Birthday Canada! (July 1)

I sat on my ass, drank beer, ate burgers. :) So basically, we are all the same. :D

[crenn]

I lurked on forums.

[Eclecticos]

Saved my money this go around. Gas is outrageous.
Sparklers anyone? :D

[jdbnsn]

double post, I know, save it...


Happy Belated Independence Day!!!

Although July 4th is a date celebrated by Americans commemorating the act of defiance by the British Colonies against their king, the spirit and relevance of liberty and justice is one of grave importance to ALL HUMAN BEINGS!
Let us never forget that the sacrifices made by all of our forefathers are completely squandered on a lineage of complacent, passive individuals whom are content accepting the religious, political, or otherwise persuasive ideological concepts or definitions of morality and reality. We must always remember that even though battles for liberty and independence can be won, lost, or otherwise concluded, the struggle for freedom and human rights is never finished. It is our responsibility as free-thinking men and women to NEVER lay down our arms against the forces of oppression. Let us never surrender our will to the kings, administrations, tyrants, dictators, landlords, priests, generals, slaveholders, corporations, teachers, or any other entity that would have us exchange our freedom to decide with our blind obedience and consent. It has been taught repeatedly by the great minds throughout our history that;

-it is almost always necessary to be willing to die for justice, almost never necessary to be willing to kill

-complacency=surrender=slavery

-in order to be strong enough to demand liberty, you must always be willing to fight for others who lack the strength to fight for themselves

-and lastly, in the end, if you feel that the majority is wrong, and that you are right, you probably are correct.

God Bless!

-Jon

[Ichbin]

/clap @ Jon.

Very profound.

[Computer-Geek]

I went to see fireworks in manhattan with my gf & other stuff =) Video quality sucks but still.. oW7_hGodqWU

[crenn]

For those with a sense of humour:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=603953&cid=24060549

[Airbozo]

I went to a great 4th of July ool party hosted by my British Brother-in-Law!

I was the only one that noticed the British flag next to the BBQ...


(notice there is no "p" in the ool. Let's keep it that way...)