Wednesday, July 4, 2012

USA Independence Day

L  I  B  E  R  T  Y
The Stars and Stripes Forever by US Army on Grooveshark



After the final session
 of the Constitutional Convention
 of 1787,
 Dr. James McHenry,
 one of Maryland’s delegates,
overheard a lady
 ask exiting delegate 
Benjamin Franklin:

 “Well, Doctor,
 what have we got—
a Republic 
or a Monarchy?”

  He answered:
“ A Republic, 
if you can keep it. ”












" Behind the ostensible government
 sits enthroned 
an invisible government
 owing no allegiance
 and acknowledging 
no responsibility 
to the people.  "

Theodore Roosevelt
,
USA President





















" The government is us; 
we are the government, 
you and I.  "

Theodore Roosevelt





The Struggle continues. . . .




Thank YOU!

                                Warmly, cloudia

30 comments:

Birdman said...

The struggle will always be with us.

Joop Zand said...

A wonderful first picture Cloudia..... lovely colors.

Groetjes uit Nederland, Joop

Akelamalu said...

Great photos Cloudia regardless of the struggle.

Daryl said...

beautiful .. and a happy safe Fourth to you!

Hilary said...

Happy Fourth, my friend.

Charles Gramlich said...

a republic if you can keep it. It sometimes doesn't look to promising with all the yelling and screaming I heard today.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Always Cloudia! Happy 4th of July,enjoy the celebrations.

Kay said...

Perhaps it's the struggle that keeps us from getting too complacent. Have a terrific 4th, Cloudia. Enjoy the fireworks.

TexWisGirl said...

we are flawed as humans, but we do try. :)

Myrna R. said...

Happy 4th!!!

May our struggles lessen, through the lessons of time.

FilipBlog said...

Happy Independence Day.

Greetings,
Filip

Anonymous said...

Wishing you all a wonderful Independence Day.

Green Monkey said...

Happy Independence Day Cloudia! and I love the hibiscus :)

Heidi said...

Have a great 4th of July Holiday!

Cloudia said...

Thanks Friends-

Right back at YOU :-)

The Bipolar Diva said...

oh yes, the struggle. ugh, the struggle.

DeniseinVA said...

Love those pictures and quotes. Happy 4th of July Cloudia!

Erik Donald France said...

Gorgeous colors and clouds!

A tortured history, indeed: just having seen bloody fields of action between Loyalists/Tories and Patriots/Rebels back in North Carolina, Americans all hacking away at each other straight through the American Civil War and Civil Rights movement and now through this year's election, albeit with more words and policies than bullets and bayonets, in 2012.

Thistle Cove Farm said...

Well, Roosevelt was correct, in his day, but today...not so much.
Happy 4th to you and yours.

SandyCarlson said...

Indeed it does. Thanks for the reminder that nobody among us need think he or she is better than the rest or has better knowledge or insight. Let's stand with the people who are working hard to make this grand experiment work.

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21 Wits said...

Aloha Cloudia and a very happy 4th of July to you too!

ayala said...

The struggle continues...Happy 4th, hope it's amazing!

Quay Po Cooks said...

Lovely pictures. Always so inspiring. I wish we can say that in here, Government is us.

magiceye said...

Indeed!

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!

magiceye said...

Hope you had a lovely 4th of July!

claude said...

I hope you had a Happy 4th July.
Nice post, Cloudia.
Aloha !

Cloudia said...

Happy to see You - thanks!

Anonymous said...

What vibrant shots!

Democracy is us indeed!

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