tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658417.post-37848783140909004252008-07-04T08:35:00.000-05:002008-07-04T08:36:00.859-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy birthday, USA!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503053901@N01/23411352/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos17.flickr.com/23411352_a436734fc2.jpg" alt="4thjuly" height="500" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />To those who are not Americans, I like the way that podcaster <a href="http://www.theclassictales.com/">B.J. Harrison</a> says it (as with so many other things he says):<blockquote>I know that many of my listeners are not American, and to them I wish joy and freedom of the glorious land which they call home. How wonderful to have a day to celebrate independence. To me, independence proclaims our ability to choose right from wrong, and denotes a celebration for the right choices we make. These are the things that give us freedom. May we all rejoice in the freedoms we enjoy, and in the freedoms we create.</blockquote>Here are 10 good ways to <a href="http://adeoetrege.ancient-future.net/2007/07/04/celebrate-america/">celebrate American freedom</a>.<blockquote>3) Walk around your house enjoying the lack of soldiers</blockquote>Julie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.com