July 2, 2009

Fanblogs of July Patriotic Open Thread

This holiday always reminds me of the story of the dependency that had an uprising against it's colonial master, fought a bloody six year guerilla-style campaign against them and only finally won it's revolution with the help of European money and the military might of one of the two superpowers in the world, who was looking to fight a proxy battle against their arch-enemy. A few years after winning the fight, the country placed their first leader into power--just shortly after even adopting a written constitution. They struggled whether or not to declare him a de-facto monarch, and named the newly formed capital city after him. And it happened in the new world. And which banana republic was this? The United States of America.

As our country celebrates it's 235th birthday, everybody have a good weekend and tell us what you'll be doing with you and yours. Happy B-day, USA! Hoo-Rah!

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Fanblogs of July Patriotic Open Thread

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This holiday always reminds me of the story of the dependency that had an uprising against it's colonial master, fought a bloody six year guerilla-style campaign against them and only finally won it's revolution with the help of European money and the military might of one of the two superpowers in the world, who was looking to fight a proxy battle against their arch-enemy. A few years after winning the fight, the country placed their first leader into power--just shortly after even adopting a written constitution. They struggled whether or not to declare him a de-facto monarch, and named the newly formed capital city after him. And it happened in the new world. And which banana republic was this? The United States of America. As our country celebrates it's 235th birthday, everybody have a good weekend and tell us what you'll be doing with you and yours. Happy B-day, USA! Hoo-Rah!