July 4, 2010

Hurrah! July 2nd!

For this Fourth of July, I invite the reader to my July 1, 2001 column to understand the following quote from John Adams:

"The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. "

It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade; with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations - from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore."

(click) Hurrah, July 2nd! (click)

When your head swells up, your brain stops working.

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

Smile if you don't  know what is going on.

The best way to clinch an argument with your spouse is to put your arms around him/her.

I don't suffer from stupidity. I enjoy every minute of it.

By Lindsey Wilger Williams, retired newspaper publisher and syndicated columnist