Happy Third of July!

I guess that does not have as nice a ring to it as "fourth of July".

What if our forefathers had declared independence on August 13th 1776? Boy, that would be a mouthful:

"Happy thirteenth of August!"

"It's the annual 13th of August sale!"

"Stock up and save this 13th of August weekend!"

I was re-reading the Declaration of Independence a few days ago. Wow! It's so powerful, so inspired and so to the point. There was no political pandering and no worry about hurting someone's feelings; just straight talk. It's a thing of beauty. Why can't modern-day leaders have the balls that the founders of this country did?

Can you imagine how different history would have been if Ted Kennedy and the Exalted Cyclopse Robert "Sheets" Byrd were in charge of our fledgling colonies?