Happy 4th July To All Us Thai Visa Members

[ThaiPauly]

Today also co-incides with my first wife's birthday.

Thats not something I intend to celebrate

Old Cow

[G54]

??? Did the Yanks win something on the 4th?

[Rinrada]

had tae get it in ...one day.....

Congrats Yanks...

[WeeGB]

had tae get it in ...one day.....

Congrats Yanks...

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Maybe someone should send Alex Salmond a supply of blue woad - he could lead a new rebellion!

Scotland - where real men dinnae wear troosers!

Incidentally, my wife, who's Thai, loves the Kenneth McKellar version of Flower Of Scotland, and she knows all the words, which apparently a lot of Scots don't.

Sounds like some of our American friends managed to have a good celebration - only 364 days until next time.

[Spee]

Congratulations, yanks!

Yep, enjoy (in)Dependence Day.

And may Obama gives to America the turn your great Country needs.

Pretty ironic but I doubt that Obama has ever read the Declaration of Independence or even remotely believes in what it states. His actions over the first 5 months in office indicate the same, as he further ramps up the soft tyranny of big government started 75 years ago by FDR. The same could be said for the rest of the worthless scum who presume to call themselves national leaders yet continue to tax and spend the country into bankruptcy.

"IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States."

[MiG16]

ermm this thread is not about discussing America's foreign or domestic policy.

so lets not start.

[chuckd]

My family and I spent last year at the US Military compound in Saudi Arabia,

chuck, was that Escon ?

Yeah, it was Eskon Village. We had to park across the freeway and walk over the bridge to get past all the security. I had been there many times but my family had not. It was an experience for them. We were guests of the NavyDet Commander and his folks.

There are many comments on this forum and others about the young men and women of the US Military. I have been closely involved with them the past 20 years or so and many of them are remarkable people. They are smart, highly dedicated and fiercely patriotic, despite what Hollywood portrays them as. It has been my pleasure to break bread with them on many occasions and never once has one of them done anything out of the ordinary or out of line. They have respected my wife and children and at all times have shown the proper respect for me and my family.

They are willing to place their lives on the line for our freedoms and for that, they deserve my profound respect.

My two cents worth.

[Rinrada]

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.

Cant knock then...great stuff

[mahtin]

Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this, I think I speak the sentiments of America.

—

Thomas Jefferson

, November 29, 1775

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States...nce#cite_note-4}

Bloke certainly had a way with words

[pmarlin]

Congratulations, yanks! And may Obama gives to America the turn your great Country needs.

You must hate us.