Happy 4th of July

[cecilia]

I'm back from a BBQ at my brothers'. brought a case of summer Sam Adams beer. Hey, it's patriotic

I had a Blueberry Hill Lager which smelled like blueberries and later a Porch Rocker which smelled and tasted like lemons. Quite excellent.

my brother cooked some sausages and spicy ribs. mm, good.

anyway, here's some important quotes from the people who brought you this country:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/04/35-founding-father-quotes-conservative-christians-will-hate/


one of my favorites is:

30. “Some very worthy persons, who have not had great advantages for information, have objected against that clause in the constitution which provides, that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. They have been afraid that this clause is unfavorable to religion. But my countrymen, the sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution, and to secure to you the important right of religious liberty.

We are almost the only people in the world, who have a full enjoyment of this important right of human nature. In our country every man has a right to worship God in that way which is most agreeable to his conscience. If he be a good and peaceable person he is liable to no penalties or incapacities on account of his religious sentiments; or in other words, he is not subject to persecution.


But in other parts of the world, it has been, and still is, far different. Systems of religious error have been adopted, in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates, to maintain these errors. When the clouds of ignorance began to vanish, and the people grew more enlightened, there was no other way to keep them in error, but to prohibit their altering their religious opinions by severe persecuting laws. In this way persecution became general throughout Europe.”
~Oliver Ellsworth, Philip B Kurland and Ralph Lerner (eds.), The Founder’s Constitution, University of Chicago Press, 1987, Vol. 4, p.
638

 

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Have a good one, Cecilia!

 

[cecilia]

the teabaggers will hate this but I want to keep on a positive note:

http://qz.com/100457/15-charts-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-the-american-economy/