July 4, 2008
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Independence Day 2008
One of the advantages to the redecorating is that the stereo has been moved so that the reception is positively wonderful. No fuzz, not static, no fading in and out. Pretty cool. Because of that I have had NPR on all day. One of the annual events on Morning Edition is the reading of the Declaration of Independence. If you have not heard it, I recommend it. It is very, very moving.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92108861
Happy Fourth, America!
Comments (9)
Happy fourth! I do enjoy listening to that myself.
Wow, that’s awesome. I may have to give it a try. I’ve read it a dozen times, but I don’t know that I’ve heard it read aloud.
Thanks for the sub! We’ve never met and I like you already. NPR! (Nancy Pelosi Radio), but never mind. I ignore their political spin and soak up facts.
Maybe instead of playing this awful news every day on the news channels, they should just repeat the declaration of independence over and over and over. Maybe some in this country will actually awaken from their sleep.
Wow.
That was cool. I loved the intermixing of familiar NPR commentators, the consistant pacing throughout… Most of all, I admired Jefferson’s prose. Though some of his statements seem somewhat ironic in hindsight, considering the high-minded rhetoric as compared to the future actions of our young republic, they’re still good words for the most part… Very good words.
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Hello up there in lake erie land.
Boo, provided the link to your site yesterday, so I came over to visit. Hmm, First Amendment, Casablanca, Robert B. Parker: an excellent perspective. If you are ever in NYC, you must visit Otto Penzler’s Mysterious Bookshop, now downtown in Chelsea. Penzler is a publisher fieind and of Parker, who occasionally shows up there!