Just take a walk through the stationary area. Everything says "Happy Fourth" or 4th of July. You don't see a lot of "Independence Day" there. It is almost as if "Independence Day" is the "Christmas" of summer, and "Happy 4th!" is it's "Seasons Greetings".
Water everything down of substance and that matters in America.
Eaker
I agree with the entirety of this article except for one point. I disagree that the Founding Fathers - as a group or in general - put anything at all above God. The mention of the source of our rights being our God - our Creator - in the Declaration on Independence is one reason I believe this author is wrong.
Further mention of God, Divine Providence, Nature's God, etc, etc. further proves this atheistic author wrong about the mindset of the Founding Fathers.
As does the first act of the first Continental Congress - a prayer to God.
I like Ayn Rand's writings. Atlas Shrugged is one of my favorite and most recommended books. However, their elevation of "Reason" to deity status is unsettling and marks their cause for failure.
Of course, the single most important reason to read the document is to understand it. The "Liberals" love to quote it out of context as an egalitarian document; one justifying their pursuit of a Socialist agenda. Read in context, it is just the opposite. It will take most people less than five minutes to read it through. That is not a lot of time to spend, this Independence Day, to understand what we are supposed to be celebrating.
I would make a further suggestion. Those who have school aged children at home; take the time to read it aloud to the whole family. It won't take much longer to read it through out loud. Start the day by reading it aloud to the family. And then honor those men who risked everything to vindicate it, by your celebration the rest of the day.
William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site
It’s about the only day of the year that I can listen to Bruce Springsteen music. The obligatory hearing of “Sandy”, “Independence Day” and “Jersey Girl.”