YOU'RE EITHER SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING, or you’re serious about losing.

I ALMOST WISH I still lived in Virginia so I could vote for him: Gillespie Sends Out Explosive Tweet for Fourth of July.

NOW FROM THE DARK SIDE of Independence Day: "Being a Usaian." And "Happy 4th of July From the Left to America."

The first link is a possible future; the second is from those who wish to bring it about.

AND FINALLY: Offend a Liberal, celebrate the 4^th of July.

FIREWORKS FINALE:

In McCaysville, GA, on the Tennessee border with Copper Hill last Friday. That's a nearly full moon at the top of some of the photos.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, AMERICA:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The rest of the Declaration of Independence is here.

POWERLINE: The eternal meaning of Independence Day.

SARAH HOYT: "I was born American, it just took me a few years to make it official."

IT'S FREEDOM DAY:

Celebrate the Scars and Stripes
Happy 4th of July

Seen at our local church.

CHARLIE MARTIN: A Bunch of White Guys Got Together in Philadelphia and Guess What Happened?

ON THIS DAY in 1776....

Linked from Instapundit.

TWO SIMPLE FACTS WHICH ESCAPE MOST LEGISLATORS: You can’t tax your way to prosperity, and you can’t go on indefinitely spending money you don’t have.

'Most' legislators? I'd suggest the more relevant adjective is 'all'.

TWO DOLLAR GASOLINE: Yesterday I paid $1.99⁹ to fill up my pickup truck. Have you huge a fracker today?

COMPETITION.

ANOTHER UNIVERSITY NOT TO ATTEND: Student union president sparks controversy by saying she would like to ‘oppress white people’, everyone should read the Koran and that men and women must not be friends.

Luckily it's not a U.S. university (yet).

Via Instapundit.

MAXINE WATERS: Every American will die 2200 times if ObamaCare is repealed.

What are a few slipped decimal places when peoples' health is involved?

SPAMBOOBS: an email from "Melania" touting "Obama's homeowner bailout". It's obvious spammers think we're stupid, but that stupid?

RANDOM THOUGHT: Have our 'betters' in the ruling class ever considered the thought that the opiod crisis may be a result of too much government interference in our daily lives?

THIS is single-payer health care.

WHY ME? Susan Rice plays the 'black privilege' and 'woman privilege' cards.