Happy 4th ladies and gents,

my plans are to clean the house and start cooking for a party at my folks house. Sucks being an cook for 5yrs, I know how to cook for a bunch of people.
bugers, hot dogs, and chicken are the meats
salads, bake beans, and chips for the sides
and fireworks

wish I could head to the range and get this itch done with, that apex is calling my name. [:@]

Count your blessings, being at the range you would be alone, being able to serve others in your family is a blessing, you are literally fufilling the primise of God in the Bible: "Children are a blessing from the Lord, happy is the man whose quivver is full of them", so your folks are being blessed by you. So make it a fun day, andI am sure you will or your wife will kill you.
Chap

May the 4th of July always find the United States Free, there are some who want more Goverment control and would take away our fredom to get it. Lee

Amen.Literally the Constitution and Del of Independence came from wise "FAthers of our country" believing that our "inaliable rights" came directly from God and also freedom. See www.wallbuilders.comor read the WORDS of the founding fathers in the "Federalist Papers",

http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/

where the founding father debated what was to go into the Constitution.

</true confession>
I once was a flaming liberal in college and up to age 30, believing the press, and could not square things in my head (so many things didn't make sense), becuse i had a 'liberal arts degree education' in college, what did I learn, the justification for Greek thought and why "reason' is supreme. Then I became a Christian and had faith and reason, and I tried to square my faith with my education, and it did not square. I had to re-learn everything (creation/evolution, history of America, yata yata). Do NOT read the words of the press or the NEA or any other folk (even me), read it yourself and make up your own independent mind on what you think these founding fathers were thinking in >>their<< head when they wrote theConstitution of the US. Then ask yourself, did I get an eduction in American history or did I get a "walk thru the wars and events of history of the US?". Why didn't we study the Federalist Papers in detail? Wonder why in my liberal education?

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.

Wonderwhy those word arein the DOI? WasJefferson a liberal or a conservative, did hebuyBibles for Washinging DC in 1802? Why do theysay he
tore pages out of hisBible. Do I do that by writing in the margins what I believe that God has revealed to me this day?
</end true confession of a former liberal>
Best Wishes to you on this Day of our Lord 7/4/08,
Chap Gleason

Happy 4th of July all. Do me a favor, play & besafe, avoid fireworks if you can on a personal level, enjoy the public display of fireworks if you're into that, and be careful if you have to drive anywhere as this is a prime weekend for people that believe they can consume large amounts of alcohol and drive with the best of the race car drivers of the world.

"Stupid is as stupid does that is what my mama use to say". Forest Gump

I wish everyone a very happy and safe 4th of July.

Many of my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary war on the winning side.My 5th Great-Grandfather, John Hart, signedthe DOIfor the state of NJ. His monument:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pif&GSln=Hart&GSfn=John&GS byrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=2731&a mp;PIgrid=2731&PIcrid=641079&ShowCemPhotos =Y&

Wow, very cool. Amen, when did your family move to OK? Chap

Thanks.

Two sons of John Hart, both Revolutionary War vets, moved to the vicinity of Beverly, VA (WV) after the war. I'm descended from Edward Hart. Was raised in WV andspent a career in the Army. Retired in 1979 and went backto WV. Have been living in OK since 85. Did not know about any of this stuff untilsome cousins got me into family research. Found a bunch ofskeletons and a little good stuff. Everyone should do some family research.