The 4th Day of July, 1776 should always be a great day of celebration in this great country. The United States is a young country compared to European counterparts. We are though, the longest ruled country under the same document. The Declaration of Independence was the precursor to the constitution. These are two very critical documents in our country and should be treated as such until the end of time. That is my opinion as I am very proud to be an American.
The men who help create this country and the women behind them that supported their efforts are and will always be true patriots. They were all military men who helped defeat the British and gain our independence as a country. I know there is a lot of talk and discussion about the wrongs committed against the Native Americans. The way they were treated cannot be excused. Just like Slavery cannot be excused. As a country and have actually worked to wright those wrongs and have been pretty successful. Now we have Native Americans with the largest Casino's in the country and making so much money, it can never be spent in their great-grand kids lifetimes. We have schools, colleges, and even organizations whose sole purpose is to promote, educate and help the black community.
Thank God we live in a country, with a free market and capitalistic economy that allows for all those to be possible. There is not another country or nation where those who were once so suppressed been able to get ahead so fast or with such success. I am a firm believer in all men are created equal. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." ~Declaration of Independence. The beauty of this document is it has allowed our country to grow and prosper. We have one of the strongest military's, largest economic and most prosperous countries due to these documents.
The American spirit is a CAN DO attitude. We help our fellow neighbors, support our troops, and keep our government in check. The entrepreneurial spirit helped build this nation. Men who came from nothing built great empires and fortunes. Ones that live to this day and gives back to communities through many charities and organizations. We still have people who start from nothing and work their ways up to great success. Microsoft started from childhood friends who shared a common interest, Apple was created in a garage, and Yeti created by two brothers who had an idea for a better cooler that lasted longer.
Companies like those listed above are what makes America great and it is due to the brave men and women that we are allowed these freedoms. We have a CHOICE in this country. We can buy our coffee from an overpriced shop with it's roots in Washington state. Or we can buy it from the local diner down the road. Either way that money goes to hard working Americans. We can choose to buy a cake from the local baker which supports our community or go to a name brand store in larger cities. We can pierce, tattoo, or desecrate our bodies in any way we want and it is our choice.
Agriculture roots are deep in this country and has allowed us to grow into a country that feeds the world. The agriculture community help keep this country going in the beginning, still exist today. We have the right to choose food from a box brand store, or the local farmers markets. We have the choice to drink whole milk or almond milk. We have the choice to eat red meat or have a meatless diet (although who really knows why.)
Thanks to the brave men and women in our armed forces, the for thought of our founding fathers, and the hard work on all the men and women in this country, we have the greatest nation that exists. We have the CHOICES that many others don't have in other countries. America is not about telling everyone they have to love all groups of people. America was not designed to force people to do what they didn't want in life. America is about having the opportunity for those groups to exist in peace and prosper and thrive if they have great enough support. You cannot make a person love another person. You can however teach them to treat others with respect. America is about Freedom. America is about Choice.
As we go forth on this great day of celebration in the United States. Please remember, if you woke up in America today, thank a veteran. If you ate, thank a farmer. Without these two groups of people, nothing else in this country would be possible.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." ~ Thomas Jefferson
The men who help create this country and the women behind them that supported their efforts are and will always be true patriots. They were all military men who helped defeat the British and gain our independence as a country. I know there is a lot of talk and discussion about the wrongs committed against the Native Americans. The way they were treated cannot be excused. Just like Slavery cannot be excused. As a country and have actually worked to wright those wrongs and have been pretty successful. Now we have Native Americans with the largest Casino's in the country and making so much money, it can never be spent in their great-grand kids lifetimes. We have schools, colleges, and even organizations whose sole purpose is to promote, educate and help the black community.
Thank God we live in a country, with a free market and capitalistic economy that allows for all those to be possible. There is not another country or nation where those who were once so suppressed been able to get ahead so fast or with such success. I am a firm believer in all men are created equal. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." ~Declaration of Independence. The beauty of this document is it has allowed our country to grow and prosper. We have one of the strongest military's, largest economic and most prosperous countries due to these documents.
The American spirit is a CAN DO attitude. We help our fellow neighbors, support our troops, and keep our government in check. The entrepreneurial spirit helped build this nation. Men who came from nothing built great empires and fortunes. Ones that live to this day and gives back to communities through many charities and organizations. We still have people who start from nothing and work their ways up to great success. Microsoft started from childhood friends who shared a common interest, Apple was created in a garage, and Yeti created by two brothers who had an idea for a better cooler that lasted longer.
Companies like those listed above are what makes America great and it is due to the brave men and women that we are allowed these freedoms. We have a CHOICE in this country. We can buy our coffee from an overpriced shop with it's roots in Washington state. Or we can buy it from the local diner down the road. Either way that money goes to hard working Americans. We can choose to buy a cake from the local baker which supports our community or go to a name brand store in larger cities. We can pierce, tattoo, or desecrate our bodies in any way we want and it is our choice.
Agriculture roots are deep in this country and has allowed us to grow into a country that feeds the world. The agriculture community help keep this country going in the beginning, still exist today. We have the right to choose food from a box brand store, or the local farmers markets. We have the choice to drink whole milk or almond milk. We have the choice to eat red meat or have a meatless diet (although who really knows why.)
Thanks to the brave men and women in our armed forces, the for thought of our founding fathers, and the hard work on all the men and women in this country, we have the greatest nation that exists. We have the CHOICES that many others don't have in other countries. America is not about telling everyone they have to love all groups of people. America was not designed to force people to do what they didn't want in life. America is about having the opportunity for those groups to exist in peace and prosper and thrive if they have great enough support. You cannot make a person love another person. You can however teach them to treat others with respect. America is about Freedom. America is about Choice.
As we go forth on this great day of celebration in the United States. Please remember, if you woke up in America today, thank a veteran. If you ate, thank a farmer. Without these two groups of people, nothing else in this country would be possible.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." ~ Thomas Jefferson
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