THE ETERNAL MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

Future President Abraham Lincoln spoke on the 102nd anniversary in 1858.

If they [new arrivals] look back through this history to trace their connection with those days by blood, they find they have none, they cannot carry themselves back into that glorious epoch and make themselves feel that they are part of us, but when they look through that old Declaration of Independence they find that those old men say that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” and then they feel that that moral sentiment taught in that day evidences their relation to those men, that it is the father of all moral principle in them, and that they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration [loud and long continued applause], and so they are. That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world.

Calvin Coolidge celebrated the 150th anniversary in 1926.

If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

Words to remember as this year passes.

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2025: Republicans vs. Democrats.

Despite the Democrats, the American dream is back.

NOT-S0-RANDOM THOUGHT: Today is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. More to come....

WE SHOULD BE THRILLED that Joe Biden is back home on the beach in Delaware and Kamala is wandering around somewhere in California.

THE SKY IS FALLING! DoD ends satellite data-sharing on weather.

So maybe the weather forecasts on my iPhone will get more accurate as the meterologists learn to look out the window....

ONE BIG 'UGLY' BILL PASSED: The inspiring effect Hakeem Jeffries had as he gave final rant on the floor of the House.

I'm sure he -- or his words at least -- will support MAGA Republicans in the 2026 mid-term elections.

SO DON'T TRY TO ESCAPE: Illegals at Alligator Alcatraz in Florida might get injured if they try to escape.

I feel for the poor alligators who have to eat the escapees....

KEEP OUT THE GARBAGE: No visas for foreigners who hate us.

It's a start, but only a start.

IT'S EASY TO SEE RED when you find out you're going to have to pay for it.

PJ MEDIA'S LINCOLN BROWN: Everyone is a target now.

Which explains why next week I'm going down to the county courthouse to renew my weapons carry license. I let it lapse because the rural sleepy village where I live used to be quiet but recent events have convinced me that even the rural areas like where I live are no longer safe.

I blame Democrats....

PROF. NICHOLAS GIORDANO: I found real intellectual diversity far away from elite colleges.

Hint: keep our 'elite' colleges and universities in a galaxy far, far away....

MARXISM, STRAIGHT UP is the future of the Democratic Party.

Watch the video clip.

IT’S NOT ABOUT RACE — Just ‘whiter neighborhoods’ paying more taxes.

So 'wealthier' whites aren't white?

SERIOUS QUESTION: What is college good for?

Based on the current state of our 'elite' institutions, I'd have to say not much beyond massive debt and inflated egos.

PROBABLY NO LONGER A HOTEL AGAIN, EITHER. New York's historic Roosevelt hotel is a migrant shelter no longer.

I HOPE KAMALA HARRIS keeps chasing parked cars.

If she runs in place real, real fast she might catch one.....

REMEMBER HAL? Disturbing signs of AI threatening people spark concern.

Toldjah so....

ON TUESDAY it's Alaska Man Monday.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Republicans are MAGA (Make America Great Again); Democrats are MAMA (Make America Miserable Again).

LESSON FROM NEW YORK: Elect the third world, get the third world.