Good Morning Deplorables

It is Tuesday 7/4/2017

America's Birthday

Today in History July 4

1712		12 slaves are executed for starting an uprising in New York that killed nine whites.
1776		The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, is approved and signed by John Hancock--President of the Continental Congress--and Charles Thomson, Congress secretary. The state of New York abstains from signing.
1817		Construction begins on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
1826		Two of America's founding fathers--Thomas Jefferson and John Adams--die.

The 4th of July ~ Independence ~ and it's Price

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Their story. . .
       
        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 and 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.
        I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as you can, please.  The Fourth of July means more than beer, picnics, and baseball games. True "reflection" is a part of this country's greatness.

So What Do You Think About President Trump's CNN Tweet

4th Of July Sparklers Are Too Dangerous For Kids, Try Bubbles Doctors Say

Via Daily Caller:

America’s doctors are warning that the use of sparklers on the Fourth of July is just too darn dangerous for your children.

To avoid the risk of injury, you should give your kids bubbles, glow sticks and pom-poms to play with this Independence Day. Those things are safer and almost just as fun.

Sparkler injuries lead to 1,900 emergency visits each year in the United States (pop.: 321.4 million), according to Providence, Rhode Island NBC affiliate WJAR.

“They’re actually not so benign,” Dina Burstein of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital told WJAR. “And I think what people don’t realize is that they actually burn at a very high temperature — up to 2,000 degrees — so that’s the equivalent of what a blow torch would be at.”

Not very surprisingly, the most typical sparkler injuries are burns, Burstein added — “very commonly to the hands, often to the face, injuries to the eyes.”

The doctor helpfully suggests using “things like pom-poms and glow sticks” instead of sparklers to celebrate America’s independence. Bubbles and noisemakers are other good substitutes, Burstein said.

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The doctor must be a gynecologist. Seems he wants to turn kids into pussies. That's right, keep raising kids in bubble wrap and they'll grow up totally helpless liberal snowflakes. I mean bubbles? Really? Is he nuts? What's next with these leftist's, kids with no gender? Oh wait, dammit, too late. C'mon doc, everything is dangerous. Especially liberals who try to kill everything that's fun, entertaining, educational and patriotic. We rode bikes without helmets, drank water out of a garden hose, even played a dangerous game of JARTS, and yet somehow we have survived for these many years and made it to adulthood. Yep, survived these many years without libtards trying to protect us from ourselves because they think we are too stupid to know what is best for us. Fireworks are only dangerous if handled improperly, like this idiot:

Hey doc, FU! Enjoy those sparklers and fireworks kids. Happy 4th!