Happy Fourth of July

**SactoFan** · 07.04.06, 08:05 AM

Happy Foutrh to all and a special thanks to you vets...

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

**smithjc** · 07.04.06, 08:57 AM

Have a great Fourth of July everybody!!

I'm celebrating the hangover of a lifetime today since I gotta work tomorrow. Started a wee bit early with the celebrating. But it was worth it damnit!!!

**Bob_R** · 07.04.06, 09:11 AM

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

**graphicbrian** · 07.04.06, 12:26 PM

Happy Fourth of July to all you great American VHlinkers!
Have a great day!

**stilleddiesangel** · 07.04.06, 04:00 PM

My wonderful friends over there in the US.. those I've been priviledge to meet and those I haven't yet, I wish you all a Happy Independance Day... have a great time with your families and I send huge hugs and snogs to you all.

(I know I haven't been around much for a while but I've had serious family problems here and my life has tipped upside down for a while... but I haven't forgotten you, and I love you all x x x x x)

**OLO** · 07.04.06, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by stilleddiesangel

I send huge hugs and snogs to you all.

Is a Snog like a naked hug?

If so I would like one of those please.

**stilleddiesangel** · 07.04.06, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by OLO

Is a Snog like a naked hug?

If so I would like one of those please.

It's a big long juicy sloppy kiss.. *sends one over just for OLO!!*

**OLO** · 07.04.06, 04:17 PM

Could we be naked and smothered in Jelly when we do that. Thats what most Americans do on the 4th of July.

**Axxman300** · 07.04.06, 06:16 PM

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**kowski** · 07.04.06, 07:42 PM

Happy Independence Day to all, except for the A-hole on the street behind me that set off a few hundred professional-grade fireworks and caused police helicopters to descend on the neighborhood!

**Brian Gibson** · 07.04.06, 08:57 PM

Hope you guys had a great day.

**SNIC** · 07.04.06, 10:02 PM

Got a treat at the fireworks show we attended tonight. They played Jump in part of the theme music that went with the fireworks. And Happy Late 4th to all of you!

**DreamIsOver** · 07.04.06, 10:13 PM

Classic Late Night With David Letterman Top Ten List

Top Ten Items Cut From The Original
Declaration Of Independence

10. Request that the British keep New Jersey

9. P.S. from John Hancock "Have a bitchin' summer!"

8. Gratuitious reference to King George as a "wig wearing crumpet monkey"

7. Statement - Good-Bye fish and chips. Hello, Colonel Sanders

6. Gag signature of Sonny Bono

5. Tear off coupons good for discount at Philadelphia ale house

4. Promise to paint any car for $99.95

3. Demand for more rock, less talk

2. To show there are no hard feelings, please find enclosed package
of Vermont maple candy

1. Inalienable right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
leggy supermodels