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Post by portrush on Jul 2, 2015 22:52:36 GMT -5
Have a happy 4th of July Everyone! Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.Remember: freedom is never free! It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.
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Post by 3bid on Jul 3, 2015 9:37:00 GMT -5
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Post by portrush on Jul 3, 2015 10:00:47 GMT -5
Thank you 3Bid. One never knows without personally researching...but apparently Snopes is NOT the end-all on accuracy. Watch the video instead...its awe-inspiring. Have a wonderful 4th! pr
SNOPES IS RUN BY A MAN AND A WOMAN WITH NO BACKGROUND IN INVESTIGATION USING GOOGLE. Snopes.com has been considered the 'tell-all final word' on any comment, claim and email. Once negative article by them and people point and say, "See, I told you it wasn't true!" But what is Snopes? What are their methods and training that gives them the authority to decide what is true and what is not? For several years people have tried to find out who exactly was behind the website Snopes.com. Only recently did they get to the bottom of it. Are you ready for this? It is run by a husband and wife team - that's right, no big office of investigators scouring public records in Washington, no researchers studying historical stacks in libraries, no team of lawyers reaching a consensus on current caselaw. No, Snopes.com is just a mom-and-pop operation that was started by two people who have absolutely no formal background or experience in investigative research. David and Barbara Mikkelson pictured above; are from San Fernando Valley of California. They started their website 'Snopes' about 13 years ago. After a few years it began gaining popularity as people believed it to be unbiased and neutral. But over the past couple of years people started asking questions when 'Snopes' was proven wrong in a number of their conclusions. There were also criticisms the Mikkelsons were not really investigating and getting to the 'true' bottom of various issues, but rather asserting their beliefs in controversial issues. In 2008, State Farm agent Bud Gregg hoisted a political sign in Mandeville, Louisiana referencing Barack Obama and made a big splash across the internet. The Mikkelson's were quick to "research" this issue and post their condemnation of it on Snopes.com. In their statement they claimed the corporate office of State Farm pressured Mr. Gregg into taking down the sign. In fact, nothing of the sort ever took place. A friend of Mr. Gregg personally contacted David Mikkelson to alert him of the factual inacuracy, leaving him Mr. Gregg's contact phone numbers. Mr. Mikkelson was told that Mr. Gregg would give him the phone numbers to the big exec's at State Farm in Illinois who would inform them that they had never pressured Mr. Gregg to take down his sign. But the Mikkelson's never called Mr. Gregg. In fact, Mr. Gregg found out that no one from Snopes.com had ever contacted any one with State Farm. Yet, Snopes.com has kept their false story of Mr. Gregg up to this day, as the "final factual word" on the issue. What is behind Snopes' selfish motivation? A simple review of their "fact-checking" reveals a strong tendency to explain away criticisms towards liberal politicians and public figures while giving conservatives the hatchet job. Religious stories and issues are similarly shown no mercy. With the "main-stream" media quickly losing all credibility with their fawning treatment of President Obama, Snopes is being singled out, along with MSNBC and others, as being particularly biased and agenda-modivated. So if you really want to know the truth about a story or a rumor you have heard, by all means do not go to Snopes.com! You could do just as well if you were a liberal with an internet connection. Don't go to wikipedia.com either as their team of amateur editors have also been caught in a number of bold-faced liberal-biased untruths. (Such as Wikigate and their religious treatment of Obama.) Take anything these sites say with a grain of salt and an understanding that they are written by people with a motive to criticize all things conservative. Use them only to lead you to solid references where you can read their sources for yourself. Plus, you can always Google a subject and do the research yourself. It now seems apparent that's all the Mikkelson's do. accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/snopes-got-snoped.html |
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Post by 3bid on Jul 3, 2015 10:42:38 GMT -5
Thank you 3Bid. One never knows without personally researching...but apparently Snopes is NOT the end-all on accuracy. Watch the video instead...its awe-inspiring. Have a wonderful 4th! pr
True. Snopes isn't the end-all on accuracy.
Lets take it one more [the last?] level:
www.factcheck.org/2009/04/snopescom/
Now back to the fireworks.
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Post by gabbyhayes on Jul 3, 2015 11:13:18 GMT -5
Beautiful video PR….Thanks
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Post by imSINGLEruRICH on Jul 3, 2015 15:08:26 GMT -5
Happy 4th PEEPS !!God Bless America !!Enjoy but remain safe !! ANDSTILL WAITING FOR THE CMKX FIREWORKS !!
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Post by 3bid on Jul 5, 2015 10:07:33 GMT -5
Grateful Dead Celebrate July 4th With Empire State Building Light Show
Unique LED display synchronized to encore performance of "U.S. Blues"
By Jon Blistein July 5, 2015
www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grateful-dead-celebrate-july-4th-with-empire-state-building-light-show-20150705#ixzz3f1pKw4su
The Grateful Dead celebrated Independence Day Saturday night with a synchronized light show atop the Empire State Building in New York City that was broadcast live to the sold-out crowd at Chicago's Soldier Field during the band's encore performance of "U.S. Blues."
The LED tower lights glowed red, white and blue — colors fit for both the Stars and Stripes and the famous Steal Your Face skull — while an assortment of Grateful Dead imagery appeared on the mast of the Empire State Building. The display was coordinated and created by the band and Empire State Building lighting designer, Marc Brickman.
For those who missed the light show, a video is available over on the Grateful Dead's website. An encore performance of the lighting display will appear again on the Empire State Building July 5th at 9 p.m. EST, and fans will be able to listen along to the studio version of "U.S. Blues" (off 1974's From the Mars Hotel) on iHeartRadio’s Q104.3.
The Grateful Dead will finish out their much-touted, three-night Fare Thee Well stand at Soldier Field July 5th. The performances mark the Dead's 50th anniversary, as well as the first time the group's surviving members have performed together in 20 years. Phish's Trey Anastasio took up the challenge of filling in for late guitarist, Jerry Garcia.
For those unable to score tickets to the Fare Thee Well shows, they have been broadcast live on pay-per-view and in select theaters, and have also been airing on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead station. The concerts are also being recorded and will see release in a variety of formats — from a two-CD "best of" set, to a comprehensive box set with four-CDs and a double-disc DVD or Blu Ray — on November 20th as Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead.
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Post by 3bid on Jul 7, 2015 1:52:19 GMT -5
A brief fact-based Fourth of July history lesson.
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