Happy Birthday, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CookingWithCarlo.com ^ | July 4, 2003 | Carlo3b

[jellybean]

Happy Independence Day!!
cheesy, but I like cheese :)

[jellybean]

Thanks Christie!!

Happy 4th...

[Soaring Feather]

WHY I LOVE MY COUNTRY

I love her magnificent majesty

Her colors: RED, WHITE and BLUE

from her mighty mountain peaks

to her delta lows

and the way her mighty rivers flow

Her frozen land of glaciers

to her deserts barren and cold

I love my mighty country

on whose rocky roads I've run

I love her Pride and Pomp

I love her patience not to tromp

I love her freedom, she lets me be me

with responsibility 

and the SISU to pay the dues

to take care of me at all times, but

should I need a hand, 

she is grand and lends a hand up

-not a hand out

She said, I could have an education

that I would have to work for it

no one would hand me my grades

It's a prudent decision she has made...

I love her, because I can run 

through the roses at three am

and dream of faraway lands

Be happy in my skin

Oh, yes, I love my homeland

She is Grand

bentfeather©

~ GOD BLESS OUR MIGHTY NATION ~ JULY 4, 2003 ~

[redrock]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!

redrock

[jellybean]

Have a wonderful picnic!

It was raining here when I got up, but now the sun has come out and it looks like it will be a beautiful day. Maybe I'll have a chance to fire up the grill after all!!

Stay safe...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so very much! Hugs!!!

[gitmo]

WOW.
Go see GailA's link NEVER FORGET

[gitmo]

I love that phrase, We hold these truths to be self-evident

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for your post, Carlo.

[strela]

Good thoughts, good post. Thanks.

A sunny, slightly warm day in Central Texas. My flag is flying, a cake is baking, and soon I'll be pulling some nice aged ribeyes out of the marinade to grill so my guests can ooh and aah over them. It rained recently, so I hope not to hear too many fire trucks tonight. I won't be doing the usual fireworks, but the kids down the street certainly will, and I intend to watch every one, sipping a glass of wine with a new friend who will be joining me this evening.

I am the luckiest man on the face of the earth to live in such a place and in such a time. God bless the United States of America. Happy Fourth!

[Libertina]

Happy Independence Day! Have a wonderful 4th of July celebration. May our beautiful country continue to be blessed by God, and kept free and strong. Special thanks Jim & family for the oasis of FRee Republic! Nice post Carlo!

[texson66]

From Our House to Yours, America!

Happy Independence Day!!!! Enjoy the Blessings of Liberty and Almight God today! Remember those who guard our security here and abroad, and who serve as our leaders, in your prayers!

[dansangel]

Remember: freedom is never free!

How right you are, (((((((((carlo))))))))))

May the Lord our Father place his bloodline of protection around our military tp protect them as they protect us. And may we as Americans, members of the greatest nation in the world, always take the time to pray for our military past and present, our Founding Fathers and may we never take the freedoms that we have for granted.

We ask this in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

***Happy Birthday America!***

[jellybean]

Virgos may rule, but Cancers are cool ;^)

My birthday is Monday...HA!

[carlo3b]

I believe George would have fibbed to get a second slice of this pie!
 

CHERRY PIE OH MY

• 3 cups frozen, or fresh pitted tart cherries*
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (depending upon the tartness of the cherry)
• 1/4 cup flour
• dash salt
1) Mix cherries, sugar, flour and salt.
2) Pour into pastry-lined pie plate or tin.
3) Dot with 1 Tbs. butter and cover with second crust. Crimp edges.
Bake at 400 F for 50-55 minutes
*There's about 3 cups of frozen cherries in a pound.

[carlo3b]

Is that Flag field is really true? How did they do it, and where is it?? Thanks so much for posting it!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Carlo thank you!!!! :)

I'm going to try it right now!

ILMH

My husband will be very happy :)

[carlo3b]

What would our Founding Fathers think about present-day society and how we celebrate their achievement?

Paul, my friend, I think they would be proud that more than 145,000,000 Americans are still patriots, albeit somewhat less committed than in "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country", but not everyone in their young America was as committed as others. Thirty two percent of the people of the original settlers wanted to remain subjects of England, and another 33% wanted to break away from the English rule to form their own country, the remaining majority of folks didn't care enough to make their voice heard on the subject!! Not much has changed since the original 4th of July and our independence was won.. sadly.

Because of what they started, we are the envy of the entire world. More people on the earth are free, than any other time in the history of mankind, because of our bravery, courage and dominant presence.

I'll gladly pay my taxes, even if I emphatically disagree with my government, because I can still stand up and fight my own government when I damn well feel like it! The Constitution that the founding Fathers carved out of this rugged land, didn't give me the right to win everything I wanted, any more than the will of the majority of my representatives.

I believe there are people that would like to distort the meaning of our mission statement of the Declaration of Independence, but not enough that I and like-minded people can't fight or change.

We may have strayed a bit off course, but I love this Country more than any other place on earth and would fight for it again, at the drop of a hat, as I know you would. We are still the majority, THANK GOD.

[ppaul]

We may have strayed a bit off course, but I love this Country more than any other place on earth and would fight for it again, at the drop of a hat, as I know you would. We are still the majority, THANK GOD.

Amen, Carlo!

[AMNZ]

A Great Thanks from America, from a friend of New Zealand.
Good to see another Kiwi out here in the FreeRepublic. Hope you can pull a coup soon to get a PM more like our friend, Aussie MP Howard. Need to get more cooperation from all the various conservative fragments. Looking forward to spending time in the south island in December.