XTRXTR
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Independence Day, 2026 - 250 Years
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SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
Yes, we got to go on board. When it's not at a drydock having maintenance done, it's always open to the public at the Charlestown Naval Yard.
PelliX
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Not able to find member JA Allen on MF
RedGuitar
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It was just last year that I realized Rickenbacker is made in the US. Brits & Canucks made that brand famous.Yea, we’re ok with this kind of humor. I didn’t notice your tele before
While we have Fender and Gibson, the Poles make some fine guitars with Mayones.
It was just a couple of years ago I found out was working less than a mile from their HQ in Santa Ana, CA. That was 25 years ago.
Far Rider
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My wife is a retired teacher. Several years ago a kid in her building watched his dad die setting off fireworks. It wasn’t pretty.
DirtySteve
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In July 1976 I was 8 years old. My grandmother (dad's mom) gave all of us kids a 1976 bicentennial silver dollar that became my most prized possession. When I was in the AF stationed in Korea ('92) one night when I was out my roommate had some friends over (at least that's the story he gave me) and one of them went through my stuff and stole my silver dollar along with some silver quarters and dimes that my grandpa (mom's dad) had given me. My grandpa turned out to be a child molesting piece of sh*t so I don't care about the quarters and dimes, but I never got over losing that silver dollar. I'm still pissed that I couldn't do anything about it and never knew who was in my room.
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Vinsanitizer
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In 1976 I was 11. I got a snare drum for Christmas that year. Everyone was very patriotic back then. Everyone stood up during the national anthem before the fireworks, took off their hats, right hands on their hearts, honored the veterans, etc. People painted everything red white and blue: fire hydrants, mail boxes, barns, motorcycles, jeans, headbands, USA flags everywhere. Such a great time to be a kid in the USA.
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PelliX
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From my time on teh interwebz I've learned that typically these type of videos are re-posted to trigger a response, a process known as 'baiting'. Baiting is a simple form of provocation, solliciting a response which is typically met with either antagonism or the pretense of being offended. Politics, and in particular a polarizing figure or politician, is a common topic for such matters.
Unfortunately, it generally results in increased hostility and hardly ever contributes to the general wellbeing of the platform where it takes place. This is the reason politics is deemed a no-go zone on most fora - this one included. Baiting is generally used by those who have an opinion on a matter but not wish or are unable to express is coherently in their own words, thus again obscuring the actual underlying reason or reasons for the animosity in the first place.
I must say, there's fertile ground for a lot of comedy here; a Brit talking to a Canadian about being polite and US politics.... Be that as it may, I sincerely hope that we're all mature enough to move on and disregard those who might attempt to stir the pot.
Unfortunately, it generally results in increased hostility and hardly ever contributes to the general wellbeing of the platform where it takes place. This is the reason politics is deemed a no-go zone on most fora - this one included. Baiting is generally used by those who have an opinion on a matter but not wish or are unable to express is coherently in their own words, thus again obscuring the actual underlying reason or reasons for the animosity in the first place.
I must say, there's fertile ground for a lot of comedy here; a Brit talking to a Canadian about being polite and US politics.... Be that as it may, I sincerely hope that we're all mature enough to move on and disregard those who might attempt to stir the pot.
XTRXTR
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Farron Balanced Is parsing words, Splitting hairs.
I can understand and empathize with what the actual Declaration of Independence means and even how a person can be taken aback by the way another states it or, perhaps a better word would be, paraphrases it.
It means a lot to me and I have feelings about it. But how I feel and how another chooses to reference it are two separate things. Even one step further is how the listener hears it.
The Document and how a person quotes portions with references to modern day global events or their interpretations of how it rings to modern audiences can make statements of its own. At the time of it's writing and development some modern ideas of governing weren't considered enough to be a threat and therefore not even discussed by founding members when drafting the Declaration of Independence. Only stray and unimportant factions of governance were discussed in the federalist papers in letters to and from the founding members of the original Colonial states. Not once is communism ever brought up in the DOI because it was an eastern idea that was of no concern to the western ideals of the time. Barely if mentioned as merely a faction of a style of governance in the letters during it's draft. It was in fact directed solely at the United Kingdom, specifically to its King.
From that perspective the orator is projecting strength by expanding these ideas into modern speech, even using modern techniques to passive aggressively insult modern communism while wielding a hand of strength into the zeitgeist beyond the communistic subversive control of media communications and to the ears listening behind the normal gates and walls they would not otherwise hear.
As far as the Fireworks and smoke. The 4th is the 4th and weather doesn't care about it. If the weather conditions were not perfect that is not in the control of the orator either.
Every year weather does what it does in every locale in the 50 states on the 4th. I'm in the mountains of Colorado in Buena Vista where a very large encampment of firefighters are stationed to fight many different fires north, east, west, and south of this location. Not a single firework has been lit here, no booms or bangs, smoke bombs, nothing at all in fact. I've been here since July 1st, it is now the 8th. I do not blame the weather, the fires, nor anyone for it.
I can understand and empathize with what the actual Declaration of Independence means and even how a person can be taken aback by the way another states it or, perhaps a better word would be, paraphrases it.
It means a lot to me and I have feelings about it. But how I feel and how another chooses to reference it are two separate things. Even one step further is how the listener hears it.
The Document and how a person quotes portions with references to modern day global events or their interpretations of how it rings to modern audiences can make statements of its own. At the time of it's writing and development some modern ideas of governing weren't considered enough to be a threat and therefore not even discussed by founding members when drafting the Declaration of Independence. Only stray and unimportant factions of governance were discussed in the federalist papers in letters to and from the founding members of the original Colonial states. Not once is communism ever brought up in the DOI because it was an eastern idea that was of no concern to the western ideals of the time. Barely if mentioned as merely a faction of a style of governance in the letters during it's draft. It was in fact directed solely at the United Kingdom, specifically to its King.
From that perspective the orator is projecting strength by expanding these ideas into modern speech, even using modern techniques to passive aggressively insult modern communism while wielding a hand of strength into the zeitgeist beyond the communistic subversive control of media communications and to the ears listening behind the normal gates and walls they would not otherwise hear.
As far as the Fireworks and smoke. The 4th is the 4th and weather doesn't care about it. If the weather conditions were not perfect that is not in the control of the orator either.
Every year weather does what it does in every locale in the 50 states on the 4th. I'm in the mountains of Colorado in Buena Vista where a very large encampment of firefighters are stationed to fight many different fires north, east, west, and south of this location. Not a single firework has been lit here, no booms or bangs, smoke bombs, nothing at all in fact. I've been here since July 1st, it is now the 8th. I do not blame the weather, the fires, nor anyone for it.