Happy Independence Day!

July 04, 2009

Happy Independence Day!

While you're out in the backyard or at the beach setting dead animals on fire and drinking your weight in beer (as I and mine will be), at some point in the festivities please take a moment to read and remember two documents that made your debauchery possible: The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Recommended reading, both of them.

Happy Fourth of July!

Jul 4, 2009 8:57:00 AM | Still True Today

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