OT - Happy Independence Day
Mates,
Happy Independence Day to all. Maybe take a moment to consider the sacrifices of the brave men and women who formed this country and made it the greatest country in human history.
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You talk about 'educating people" as if you are Jesus on the Mount. Give over yourself. You are not God. You are not a Messiah. You are a man. A man who, like the rest of us,is terribly flawed. One of which is your inclination towards self-promotion and self-deification.
You can claim to be Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Lincoln all rolled into one on the internet and no one would know the better. I don't place much stock into what people claim they are.
Those men were humble. You are anything but. The mark of a good man is to encourage social consciousness and comity by refraining from braggadocio and to live as exemplary of a life as humanly possible(no man is perfect).
You haven't displayed such traits on here. Talking trash is NOT the behavior of a man with a social conscious. Obnoxiousness and self-righteouness are not virtues. Humility and tact are.
Yoy may well be the the upstanding citizen you claim to be in your direct relations with people. But your indirect contacts are simply horrendous. In all due respect, you come off as a jackass sometimes on here.
I'm flawed and I know it. I can be an asshole. I know that. I can also come off as a self-righteouness,arrogant prick. But what I can't do is brag about my virtues to people. I am humble enough to know that I a work in progress. All men are.
You don't seem to realize that. You, like many Americans, think yourself so removed from the every day foibles of people that you have designated yourself Chief Judge of Social Consciousness. It's arrogance like this that makes social progress so contentious. If people stopped putting on airs and acted only with sincere and respectful passion for social change our world would be a lot more amendable to change.
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You're both fucking assholes. The only difference is that he seems to do a better job of avoiding the banhammer.
(I say this as a fellow member of the asshole club)
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Happy Independence day lakeside in Harrison, MI. I've got coffee, a protein bar and a laptop with a hotspot. 21st century camping indeed. Also, it isn't yet 9 AM and I've already been beaten rather soundly by my own daughter in poker. Still can't believe she got that straight on the first effing draw. Cheers, everyone.
Happy 4th! Love this country and love this blog.
that the poor guy was shivering and panting in terror inside the house last night. There's an annual impromptu unofficial fireworks display in the small neighborhood park across the street from our house, and there's no escaping the noise. I'm putting him in the car and taking him someplace as far away from the noise as I can tonight. Which means no booze for me today. My liver will thank me, and so will my dog.
My dog used to flip out during fireworks as well. She is now 16(!) and was doing her business in the yard last night when a neighbor lit one off and I don't think she even noticed due to her hearing getting worse over the years.
Our previous dog was a chocolate lab, and I'm only now realizing how amazing he was—not only did thunderstorms not bother him at all, but he actually liked to be outside with us on the lawn watching the fireworks across the street. He wasn't deaf, but I guess he was just so laid back that it didn't faze him. I think our current dog's reaction is far more typical.
On a funnier note, wife went out back and chewed out the drunk neighbors for shooting off fireworks at 12:30. I didn't have a clue what was happening, but watched three 30 something couples grab their stuff and run inside. My wife is 5'4 112 soaking wet. Was hilarious!
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the grouse in the dark. however we live in the boonies, so no close fireworks and she will not have that conditioned response to go hunting with her tail going 1,000 mph.
Your wife is sopping wet?
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"toughness is learned" Jim Harbaugh
My fellow Americans, you're a goofy bunch, but I love you.
Merica.
European woman on Left.
American woman on Right.
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Fun fact: Adams was referring to July 2, not July 4.
From the beginning of that letter (the quote is from a letter he wrote to his wife on July 3, 1776): "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epoch, in the History of America."
You should totally point out to them that it's highly unilkely you're actually the world's greatest dad by objective measures. At best, you're probably "among the better dads" on the street or whatever, depending on the street.
My wife's mother grew up in a small town in NW Indiana that always had a 4th of July parade. The town drunk would appear and announce in a loud voice, "It's 4th of July in the morning, the day our precious Lord was born!" It became a family tradition to repeat this announcement every 4th of July. Although it's not still morning in Michigan, for states to the west it still is. So to all Mgobloggers, it's fourth of July in the morning, the day our precious Lord was born!
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