Pirate's Cove

A day early for Patriotic Pinup, but, hey, special occasion.

When 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 (continue reading)

And one of my all time favorites, Tom and Jerry’s Yankee Doodle Mouse

Others:

• Basil has the Declaration of Independence, as does Blogs For Victory
• Michelle Malkin mentions that this is the 233rd Independence Day
• Ed Morrissey must be reading my Tweets :)
• The Jawa Report has a wonderful piece on the day
• Blue Star Chronicles has fireworks and video
• No Sheeples Here has the 4th of July Full Metal Jacket Reach Around version
• This ain’t Hell… has video from the RNC and news from Iraq
• Nice Deb has lots of TEA Party info
• Cassy Fiano points out how North Korea celebrated the 4th
• Pundit & Pundette have Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• More as I find them

Speaking of TEA Parties, for those in the Raleigh, NC area, ours is July 4th, 2009 at the Halifax Mall in Raleigh NC, 1:00pm – 5:00pm. This will be a family-oriented event with guest speakers, food vendors, games and activities for the kids, with a little history lesson or two.

Crossed at Stop The ACLU.