A Different Drum

Fourth of July is third on my list of favorite holidays, after Chirstmas and Easter. I'm assuming this is because I'm hoplessly militantly nationalisitc. 

Regarlds of why, I'm having a great holiday. The space shuttle went off today, a great reminder of how great this country is, and how, despite setbacks, we can still overcome obstacles, and maintain the world's foremost space program. 

And, because I'm hoplessly a history dork, let us remember the brave, courageous group of individuals who, on a summer in foggy, fetid, fuming, filthy, Phildelphia, told the whole world that we were no longer servents of King George, but we were, and ought to be, free and independant states. We hold these truths to be self-evident, they said, that all men are created equal. Strange as it may seem, that was the first time in history that anyone had bothered to write that down.