Thank you for writing about America’s birthday. I recently watched Ken Burns series “The American Revolution “ and learned so much that I didn’t know and I thought I was well informed as far as history was concerned. I recommend it to everyone who has an interest in history and the birth of this nation, you may learn a lot !
Not to be Debbie Downer here but I just hope there is something left to celebrate this year. With the world as we’ve known it, shifting as rapidly as it is and at the whim of mobster politician, from this vantage point, it’s not looking too promising.
One thing though, we were very lucky that those documents got where they needed to go in a timely manner. Many ships wouldn’t sail in the winter because of the weather that would be encountered to get between Europe and this continent. It probably helped too that the war was getting very unpopular in England(think Vietnam & Iraq wars here). Likely the reason they cut us some slack on their deadline.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
Thanks for the more thorough and more interesting history lesson, Bill.
Also, as I sit here reading and writing this on my iPhone, I’d say Jobs statement was quite the understatement.
I agree with both statements, Rick. Many people are also unaware the advent of the iPhone was the beginning of the end for the newspaper business.
Thank you for writing about America’s birthday. I recently watched Ken Burns series “The American Revolution “ and learned so much that I didn’t know and I thought I was well informed as far as history was concerned. I recommend it to everyone who has an interest in history and the birth of this nation, you may learn a lot !
Not to be Debbie Downer here but I just hope there is something left to celebrate this year. With the world as we’ve known it, shifting as rapidly as it is and at the whim of mobster politician, from this vantage point, it’s not looking too promising.
One thing though, we were very lucky that those documents got where they needed to go in a timely manner. Many ships wouldn’t sail in the winter because of the weather that would be encountered to get between Europe and this continent. It probably helped too that the war was getting very unpopular in England(think Vietnam & Iraq wars here). Likely the reason they cut us some slack on their deadline.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.