http://www.cigar.com/cs/forums/16/ShowForum.aspxJokes, sports, politics and the like!en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60217.2664)http://www.cigar.com/cs/forums/thread/61338.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:43 GMT3d635cee-432e-4705-840d-380a236e0d9c:61338kuzi160http://www.cigar.com/cs/forums/thread/61338.aspxhttp://www.cigar.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&PostID=61338I just read <a href="http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4688">THIS</a> article by <a href="http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?ID=10"> Edwin A. Locke </a> titled: <br>July Fourth Celebrates America's and the West's Core Values: Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great. <br><br><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/cs/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Edwin A Locke:</strong></div><div> Why should we celebrate the Fourth of July? Because America -- as the greatest product of Western civilization -- is the greatest country in the world. But it cannot remain great unless we understand the causes of its greatness.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> <br><br><br>and on the more political side...<br><br> <a href="http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5217">Put the "Independence" Back in Independence Day</a> <br>by <a href="http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?ID=74">Michael Berliner </a> <br><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/cs/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Michael Berliner:</strong></div><div>Jefferson and Washington fought a war for the principle of independence, meaning the moral right of an individual to live his own life as he sees fit.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>