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No problem, I was just snarking (4.00 / 1)

Although, the irony is that July 2nd was the real independance day, because that's when the decision to declare independance was voted on. The 4th was when the DoI was signed, which at that point was more ceremonial than substantive. So the name of this holiday is wrong in at least 2 ways! Hell, so is Presidents' Day, which isn't the birthday of either of the 2 presidents' birthdays celebrated. And why is Veterans' Day, which was originally Armistice Day, commemorating the end of WWI, still known as such, since all WWI veterans are probably long since gone? Shouldn't it be combined with Memorial Day?

Also, shouldn't we be celebrating the end of both the Revolutionary and Civil wars, certainly both happy days? WWII is more complicated, since it had 2 end dates.

Anyway.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. (Proverbs 11:25)

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by: kovie @ Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 15:20:58 PM CDT

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